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Health Check: how do you know if you're obsessed with your health?

  • Written by Jill Newby, Lecturer and NHMRC Early Career Research Fellow, UNSW Australia
imageIllness anxiety disorder is a serious mental health condition. But it can be treated.from www.shutterstock.com/jevelin

Most of us worry about our health at some point. You may notice a new symptom or change in your body and become convinced it’s a sign of a horrible illness; a loved one might become ill and you might worry it may also happen...

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  3. Medicine for older people is the same for anyone else: treat the person, not just the body
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  5. Breast milk banking continues an ancient human tradition and can save lives
  6. Why don't we know how many people die in our hospitals?
  7. Physical health ignored in people with mental illness
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  9. What's in store for new health minister Greg Hunt?
  10. What’s the point of sex? It frames gender expression and identity – or does it?
  11. The trouble with 'microaggressions'
  12. What's the point of sex? It's good for your physical, social and mental health
  13. Health Check: is snoring anything to worry about?
  14. The mosquito-borne Zika virus can also be transmitted by sexual activity
  15. What's the point of sex? It's communication at a biological level
  16. Should over 50’s avoid that afternoon coffee? Maybe.
  17. 9 ways 'won’t-power' is better than 'willpower' for resisting temptation and helping you eat better
  18. What is heart failure? It's not as common a cause of death as reports would have us believe
  19. Are our busy doctors and nurses losing empathy for patients?
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