Test: Children's painkillers
(Online 03/06)
What products are out there, and how to give them safely.
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Painkillers (archived)
(Online 02/02)
With so many over-the-counter (OTC) painkillers on the market these days, choosing one is enough to give anyone a headache. Here's some help with the choice.
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Test: Extra-virgin olive oil
(Online 05/07)
Expert tasters rated 28 extra-virgin olive oils -- four of the top six were Australian.
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Do cough, cold and flu remedies work?
(Updated 07/02)
People spend millions of dollars each year on cold and flu remedies, and usually the most they'll do is relieve the symptoms. There's no such thing as a cure, but when are you simply wasting your money?
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Fatal error (archived)
(Online 05/03)
Thousands of people a year die from medical mistakes in Australia. Tens of thousands are injured, some irreparably. Martyn Goddard investigates how bad the problem is and what can be done about it.
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Pharmacy advice
(Online 09/04)
CHOICE investigates the quality of advice doled out in pharmacies
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Surviving the healthcare system
(Online 09/03)
All of us need a doctor at some time. But how do you get the most out of the consultation? There's more to it than sitting quietly and following doctor's orders.
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Alternative health survey (archived)
(Online 09/01)
There's good evidence for a few 'alternative' health treatments, very little for others. What have CHOICE readers found helpful?
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Back pain
(Online 04/00)
Avoiding back pain is all about prevention. Once you've got it, it's all about management. We look at what you can do.
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Test: Painkillers
(Online 03/06)
Working out which painkiller to buy can be a pain in the neck. We help you choose.
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