Doctors have warned that drug companies could unduly influence the independent expert committee tasked with recommending drugs for listing on the PBS. | more

Almost 50% of parents have bought OTC cough and cold medicines for kids under two in spite of warnings about their lack of efficacy. | more

The sheer bulk of food needed to supply the demands of obese populations is partly to blame for everything from global food insecurity to climate change, a letter in the Lancet suggests. | more

The idea that tobacco companies can make smoking safer by spending millions of dollars on research is an illusion, an expert writes. | more