- Health-related conspiracy theories appeal to but do not satisfy a need to make sense of the world. Researchers suggest listening empathically to individuals who believe in health-related conspiracies such as Covid-19 being a hoax. https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2022/217/5/practical-recommendations-communicate-patients-about-health-related-conspiracy 50 comments science
- Over half of brains donated to the Australian Sports Brain Bank have signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease associated with repeated blows to the head, researchers have found. https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2022/216/10/chronic-traumatic-encephalopathy-australia-first-three-years-australian-sports 75 comments science
- Cannabis use in pregnancy: Researchers discover that continued use of cannabis at 15 weeks of pregnancy was associated with significantly lower birthweight, head circumference, birth length, and gestational age at birth, as well as with more frequent severe neonatal morbidity or death. https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2020/212/11/deleterious-effects-cannabis-during-pregnancy-neonatal-outcomes 4515 comments science
- Licence to swill: James Bond’s drinking over six decades https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2018/209/11/licence-swill-james-bonds-drinking-over-six-decades 7 comments science
- Dr. Google in the ED: A new study published in the Medical Journal of Australia showed that a third of patients search health information before presenting to the Emergency Room and that this improved the patient's experience https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2018/209/8/dr-google-ed-searching-online-health-information-adult-emergency-department 3 comments science
- Australian study shows effectiveness of acupuncture in providing acute analgesia for patients with back pain and ankle sprain was comparable with that of pharmacotherapy https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2017/206/11/acupuncture-analgesia-emergency-department-multicentre-randomised-equivalence 299 comments science
- The youngest children in a school class are more likely than their classmates to receive pharmacological treatment for ADHD; possibly due to the potential for some developmental immaturity to be mislabelled as a mental disorder and unnecessarily treated with stimulant medication https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2017/206/2/influence-birth-month-probability-western-australian-children-being-treated-adhd#5 24 comments science
- Listening to AC/DC impairs the performance of men but not women when undertaking complex surgical procedures in the board game Operation https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2016/205/11/razor-s-edge-australian-rock-music-impairs-men-s-performance-when-pretending-be 32 comments science