The Latest medicine Reviews, News, Tips and More From Lifehacker Australia

How To Choose A Birth Control Option If You’re Worried About Side Effects

11 months ago

How To Choose A Birth Control Option If You’re Worried About Side Effects

Riley Davis

Maybe Don’t Shop For Plastic Surgeons On InstagramÂ

1 year ago

Maybe Don’t Shop For Plastic Surgeons On InstagramÂ

Jaime Green

Should You Panic About ‘Parasitic Eye Worms’ Or Face Flies?

1 year ago

Should You Panic About ‘Parasitic Eye Worms’ Or Face Flies?

Beth Skwarecki

If You’re Pregnant, You Need These Two Shots

1 year ago

If You’re Pregnant, You Need These Two Shots

Beth Skwarecki

How To Set Up An Advance Medical Directive In Australia

1 year ago

How To Set Up An Advance Medical Directive In Australia

Beth Skwarecki

Someone Can Be Breathing And Still Need CPR

1 year ago

Someone Can Be Breathing And Still Need CPR

Beth Skwarecki

CTE Explained: The Brain Trauma Common In Sports Players

1 year ago

CTE Explained: The Brain Trauma Common In Sports Players

Beth Skwarecki

What To Do When An Exercise Hurts

1 year ago

What To Do When An Exercise Hurts

Beth Skwarecki

Eastern Equine Encephalitis Is Scary But Rare

1 year ago

Eastern Equine Encephalitis Is Scary But Rare

Beth Skwarecki

If A Doctor Only Tells You To Lose Weight, Consider A Second Opinion

1 year ago

If A Doctor Only Tells You To Lose Weight, Consider A Second Opinion

Beth Skwarecki

2

Will You Blab Your Secrets Under Anesthesia?

1 year ago

Will You Blab Your Secrets Under Anesthesia?

Beth Skwarecki

1 year ago

I’m Reproductive Geneticist Dr. Mandy Katz-Jaffe, And This Is How I Work

Nick Douglas

How To Choose A Birth Control Pill

1 year ago

How To Choose A Birth Control Pill

A.A. Newton

The Easiest Way To Give Eyedrops To Your Kid

2 years ago

The Easiest Way To Give Eyedrops To Your Kid

Beth Skwarecki

Use Lollies To Teach Your Kid How To Swallow Pills

2 years ago

Use Lollies To Teach Your Kid How To Swallow Pills

Michelle Woo

2

Two Flu Shots Aren’t Better Than One

2 years ago

Two Flu Shots Aren’t Better Than One

Beth Skwarecki

HIV Treatment Can Keep You From Infecting Your Partner

2 years ago

HIV Treatment Can Keep You From Infecting Your Partner

Beth Skwarecki

2 years ago

Always Bring Stomach Medicine When You Travel

Nick Douglas

How To Quit Your Antidepressants

2 years ago

How To Quit Your Antidepressants

Beth Skwarecki

3

Sleep Trackers Are Actually Pretty Rubbish

2 years ago

Sleep Trackers Are Actually Pretty Rubbish

Beth Skwarecki

Yes, The Flu Vaccine Still Works

2 years ago

Yes, The Flu Vaccine Still Works

Beth Skwarecki

1

How To Know Whether You Have The Flu

2 years ago

How To Know Whether You Have The Flu

Beth Skwarecki

Follow These Health Professionals’ Tips To Avoid Terrible Fates

2 years ago

Follow These Health Professionals’ Tips To Avoid Terrible Fates

Beth Skwarecki

Will Elderberry Syrup Help Your Cold?

2 years ago

Will Elderberry Syrup Help Your Cold?

Beth Skwarecki

The Best Health Posts Of 2018

2 years ago

The Best Health Posts Of 2018

Beth Skwarecki

1

Ask Your Doctor These Four Questions About Any Treatment

2 years ago

Ask Your Doctor These Four Questions About Any Treatment

Beth Skwarecki

How To Take Charge Of Your Health Care As An Adult

2 years ago

How To Take Charge Of Your Health Care As An Adult

Beth Skwarecki

Are Your Medications Affecting Your Sex Life? Find Out Here

2 years ago

Are Your Medications Affecting Your Sex Life? Find Out Here

Vanessa Marin

You’re Probably Not Allergic To Penicillin After All

2 years ago

You’re Probably Not Allergic To Penicillin After All

Beth Skwarecki

1

What You’re Really Agreeing To When You Sign Up For 23andMe Research

2 years ago

What You’re Really Agreeing To When You Sign Up For 23andMe Research

Beth Skwarecki

How To Know Whether You Need To Call Poison Control

2 years ago

How To Know Whether You Need To Call Poison Control

Beth Skwarecki

Do You Really Need Your Own Personal Doctor?

2 years ago

Do You Really Need Your Own Personal Doctor?

Beth Skwarecki

How To Spring Clean Your Medicine Cabinet

2 years ago

How To Spring Clean Your Medicine Cabinet

Beth Skwarecki

Find Out If You Have A Drinking Problem With This Online Tool

2 years ago

Find Out If You Have A Drinking Problem With This Online Tool

Leigh Anderson

How To Give Your Kid Medicine Without A Fight

2 years ago

How To Give Your Kid Medicine Without A Fight

Michelle Woo

The Difference Between Emergency Contraception And Abortion Pills

2 years ago

The Difference Between Emergency Contraception And Abortion Pills

Beth Skwarecki

How Do I Securely Store My Medical Records?

2 years ago

How Do I Securely Store My Medical Records?

Patrick Lucas Austin

1

My Health Record: The Case For Opting In

3 years ago

My Health Record: The Case For Opting In

7

Eyedrops Are Too Big

3 years ago

Eyedrops Are Too Big

Beth Skwarecki

2

Know The Signs Of An Aeroplane-Induced Blood Clot

3 years ago

Know The Signs Of An Aeroplane-Induced Blood Clot

Beth Skwarecki

If Your Child Swallows A Button Battery, Honey Might Help

3 years ago

If Your Child Swallows A Button Battery, Honey Might Help

Beth Skwarecki

Ask LH: Do I Need To See A GP Before Changing My Diet?

3 years ago

Ask LH: Do I Need To See A GP Before Changing My Diet?

1

Why You Shouldn’t Flush Old Medicines And What To Do Instead

3 years ago

Why You Shouldn’t Flush Old Medicines And What To Do Instead

Beth Skwarecki

1

All About Flesh-Eating Bacteria, The Bacteria That… Well, You Know

3 years ago

All About Flesh-Eating Bacteria, The Bacteria That… Well, You Know

Beth Skwarecki

Why You Shouldn’t Use Antihistamines To Prevent Alcohol-Induced Flushing

3 years ago

Why You Shouldn’t Use Antihistamines To Prevent Alcohol-Induced Flushing

Patrick Allan

Don’t Take Your Baby To A Chiropractor

3 years ago

Don’t Take Your Baby To A Chiropractor

Beth Skwarecki on Vitals, shared by Beth Skwarecki to Lifehacker

7

How To Know If You’re Contagious

3 years ago

How To Know If You’re Contagious

Beth Skwarecki

What Your Cholesterol Numbers Really Mean

3 years ago

What Your Cholesterol Numbers Really Mean

Alice Callahan

4

Private Health Insurance: What Australians Need To Know

3 years ago

Private Health Insurance: What Australians Need To Know

Sophie Lewis and Karen Willis

2

80 Per Cent Of Health Advice On ‘The Doctors’ Is Unproven

3 years ago

80 Per Cent Of Health Advice On ‘The Doctors’ Is Unproven

Beth Skwarecki

The Best Health Posts Of 2017

3 years ago

The Best Health Posts Of 2017

Beth Skwarecki

What Should You Do With Your Unused Medicine?

3 years ago

What Should You Do With Your Unused Medicine?

Amanda Wheeler | Emilie Bettington | et al

How To Enjoy Anal Sex When You Have Haemorrhoids

3 years ago

How To Enjoy Anal Sex When You Have Haemorrhoids

Beth Skwarecki

2

What Your Penis Will Look Like When You Get Older

3 years ago

What Your Penis Will Look Like When You Get Older

Beth Skwarecki

Don’t Believe Everything You Read About Epidurals

3 years ago

Don’t Believe Everything You Read About Epidurals

Beth Skwarecki

Men Should Worry About HPV Too

3 years ago

Men Should Worry About HPV Too

Beth Skwarecki

Lesser-Known Breast Cancer Facts You Should Know

3 years ago

Lesser-Known Breast Cancer Facts You Should Know

Beth Skwarecki

1

You Still Have To Finish Your Antibiotics, But Ask These Questions First

3 years ago

You Still Have To Finish Your Antibiotics, But Ask These Questions First

Beth Skwarecki

When Cancer Screenings Aren’t Worth The Risk

3 years ago

When Cancer Screenings Aren’t Worth The Risk

Nick Douglas

Can We Hide From Plague, Flu, And The Spectre Of Death?

4 years ago

Can We Hide From Plague, Flu, And The Spectre Of Death?

Beth Skwarecki

I Went On A Quest For Legit Health Tips At Gwyneth’s Goop Summit

4 years ago

I Went On A Quest For Legit Health Tips At Gwyneth’s Goop Summit

Beth Skwarecki

Please Calm Down: Coconut Oil Is Fine

4 years ago

Please Calm Down: Coconut Oil Is Fine

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

What ‘Homeopathy’ Is (And Why It’s Useless )

4 years ago

What ‘Homeopathy’ Is (And Why It’s Useless )

Beth Skwarecki

Five Warning Signs Your Injury Needs A Doctor

4 years ago

Five Warning Signs Your Injury Needs A Doctor

Beth Skwarecki

What Lethal Injection Drugs Actually Do

4 years ago

What Lethal Injection Drugs Actually Do

Beth Skwarecki

4 years ago

How To Tell Someone You Have An STD

Beth Skwarecki

How To Survive The Next Catastrophic Pandemic

4 years ago

How To Survive The Next Catastrophic Pandemic

George Dvorsky

Five Types Of Male Birth Control We’ll Probably Never Get To Use

4 years ago

Five Types Of Male Birth Control We’ll Probably Never Get To Use

Beth Skwarecki

Tetris May Prevent Flashbacks After You’re In A Gruesome Accident

4 years ago

Tetris May Prevent Flashbacks After You’re In A Gruesome Accident

Beth Skwarecki

You Can Now Do CPR To More Than Just Disco Music

4 years ago

You Can Now Do CPR To More Than Just Disco Music

Beth Skwarecki

Please Don’t Pee On Jellyfish Stings

4 years ago

Please Don’t Pee On Jellyfish Stings

Patrick Allan

The Easiest Way To Stop A Nosebleed, According To A Harvard Doctor

4 years ago

The Easiest Way To Stop A Nosebleed, According To A Harvard Doctor

Patrick Allan

How Fake Drugs End Up In Our Public Health System (And How To Spot Them)

4 years ago

How Fake Drugs End Up In Our Public Health System (And How To Spot Them)

Bruce Baer Arnold

2

4 years ago

This Video Explains Why You’re Waiting So Long In The Emergency Room

Beth Skwarecki

2

The Most Popular Test For Herpes Is Commonly Wrong

4 years ago

The Most Popular Test For Herpes Is Commonly Wrong

Beth Skwarecki

It’s Safe To Skip Your Period On Birth Control

4 years ago

It’s Safe To Skip Your Period On Birth Control

Beth Skwarecki

Iodine’s Birth Control Reviews Help You Pick The Best Method For You

4 years ago

Iodine’s Birth Control Reviews Help You Pick The Best Method For You

Beth Skwarecki

How To Protest Safely And Legally

4 years ago

How To Protest Safely And Legally

Alan Henry

3

The Differences Between Antibiotics, Antibacterials And Antiseptics (And When To Use Them)

4 years ago

The Differences Between Antibiotics, Antibacterials And Antiseptics (And When To Use Them)

Stephanie Lee

Why You Get Night Terrors And How To Make Them Stop

4 years ago

Why You Get Night Terrors And How To Make Them Stop

Beth Skwarecki

Why Some People Sweat More Than Others (And What To Do If That’s You)

4 years ago

Why Some People Sweat More Than Others (And What To Do If That’s You)

Alan Henry

2

Older Medications May Be Better Than Fancy New Ones

4 years ago

Older Medications May Be Better Than Fancy New Ones

Beth Skwarecki

3

Don’t Waste Your Money On Homeopathic ‘Drugs’

4 years ago

Don’t Waste Your Money On Homeopathic ‘Drugs’

Beth Skwarecki

4 years ago

Why We Blush, And Why We Can’t Control It When We Do

Stephanie Lee

Why Some Women Accidentally Pee During A Workout

4 years ago

Why Some Women Accidentally Pee During A Workout

Stephanie Lee

If You Have An Itch On Your Arm, Scratching The Other Arm Can Relieve It

4 years ago

If You Have An Itch On Your Arm, Scratching The Other Arm Can Relieve It

Alan Henry

2

What Is Walking Pneumonia, And How Is It Different Than Regular Pneumonia?

4 years ago

What Is Walking Pneumonia, And How Is It Different Than Regular Pneumonia?

Beth Skwarecki

2

How To Figure Out If Your Supplements Are Safe

4 years ago

How To Figure Out If Your Supplements Are Safe

Beth Skwarecki

The Medical Screenings All Women Need, And When

4 years ago

The Medical Screenings All Women Need, And When

Caroline Weinberg

The Medical Screenings All Men Need, And When

4 years ago

The Medical Screenings All Men Need, And When

Caroline Weinberg

4 years ago

Why You Shouldn’t Be Embarrassed By Hair On Your Nipples

Stephanie Lee

3

More Medical Care Isn’t Always Better

4 years ago

More Medical Care Isn’t Always Better

Beth Skwarecki

Why I Had My Babies With A Midwife Instead Of A Doctor

4 years ago

Why I Had My Babies With A Midwife Instead Of A Doctor

Beth Skwarecki

Career Spotlight: What I Do As A Cancer Researcher

4 years ago

Career Spotlight: What I Do As A Cancer Researcher

Andy Orin

What Is Whole-Body Cryotherapy, And Why Are People Being Warned About It?

4 years ago

What Is Whole-Body Cryotherapy, And Why Are People Being Warned About It?

Stephanie Lee

Why It’s Still Smart To Get A Flu Shot

5 years ago

Why It’s Still Smart To Get A Flu Shot

Beth Skwarecki

7

Spacing Out Vaccines Isn’t Good For Kids

5 years ago

Spacing Out Vaccines Isn’t Good For Kids

Beth Skwarecki

1

Feevy Tracks Your Child’s Fever, Or Other Symptoms Of Illness

5 years ago

Feevy Tracks Your Child’s Fever, Or Other Symptoms Of Illness

Alan Henry

Do I Need Regular Checkups When I’m Already Healthy?

5 years ago

Do I Need Regular Checkups When I’m Already Healthy?

Thorin Klosowski

4

Stop Telling Kids That Medicines Are Lollies

5 years ago

Stop Telling Kids That Medicines Are Lollies

Beth Skwarecki

2