Soft drink companies stay sweet on aspartame despite health warning

Soft drink companies stay sweet on aspartame despite health warning

The World Health Organisation has declared the artificial sweetener aspartame could possibly cause cancer. The problem is:Big Food just can’t seem to quit it.

  • byJulie Creswell

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Sweetener used in soft drink,chewing gum deemed a possible carcinogen

Sweetener used in soft drink,chewing gum deemed a possible carcinogen

Two groups linked to the WHO made the ruling based on studies in the US and Europe that indicated a link between a form of liver cancer and the sweetener aspartame.

  • byJennifer Rigby
Charlie Teo hits celebrity speaker circuit spruiking discredited theories

Charlie Teo hits celebrity speaker circuit spruiking discredited theories

The controversial neurosurgeon is set to hit the celebrity speaker circuit spruiking dubious medical theories,including linking brain cancer to mobile phone usage.

  • byKate McClymont
Drug watchdog overturns ivermectin ban despite warnings from its own experts

Drug watchdog overturns ivermectin ban despite warnings from its own experts

The TGA ignored submissions from pharmaceutical and poisons organisations when it removed restrictions on the controversial drug debunked as a treatment for COVID-19.

  • byLiam Mannix
Australia joins fight to stop introduction of cancer-risk wine labels

Australia joins fight to stop introduction of cancer-risk wine labels

Labels will be required to provide detailed warnings about calorie content of all booze and the risk of cancer,liver disease,and drinking while pregnant.

  • byRob Harris
Here’s to your health:How the alcohol industry shifted the narrative on safe drinking levels

Here’s to your health:How the alcohol industry shifted the narrative on safe drinking levels

A new analysis of alcohol industry submissions to government has found they’re rife with misrepresentation and bad data.

  • byAngus Dalton
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WHO declares mpox global health emergency over

WHO declares mpox global health emergency over

The disease wasn’t known to spark big outbreaks beyond the continent or to spread easily among people until last May,when dozens of epidemics emerged in Europe,North America and elsewhere.

  • byMaria Cheng
Long COVID database and more clinics needed to close a ‘diagnosis and treatment gulf’

Long COVID database and more clinics needed to close a ‘diagnosis and treatment gulf’

A new report estimated between 2 and 20 per cent of people suffer long COVID. But there is no concrete data on how many Australians are affected by it,nor the most effective way to treat it.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
Woman,56,first person to die from H3N8 bird flu:WHO

Woman,56,first person to die from H3N8 bird flu:WHO

The patient from Guangdong in China was the third person known to have been infected with a subtype of avian influenza that rarely infects humans.

  • byDominique Patton
Free COVID jabs for young people might not be good policy any more. Here’s why

Free COVID jabs for young people might not be good policy any more. Here’s why

As evidence shows COVID-19 booster shots for young,healthy people make little difference,experts are questioning whether the government should be offering them free.

  • byLiam Mannix
Healthy children,teens may not need COVID shots,WHO says

Healthy children,teens may not need COVID shots,WHO says

The World Health Organisation has updated its guidance on vaccines as the world tries to live with the virus. Not everyone agrees.

  • byKaren Leigh andTanaz Meghjani