Is it time you gave your GP a hug?
The GP-Patient Relationship is a valuable but often overlooked cornerstone of of health care. It’s time GPs got the recognition they deserve.
Opinions
How prepared are GP practices for the next pandemic?
A pandemic plan on paper cannot replace the confidence that comes from having practised what to do.
Patients are already asking AI. How do we make it safer?
AI health advice is already shaping patient decisions before they see a doctor. Dr Samantha Pillay examines the risks, regulatory gaps and policy reforms needed to make AI health advice safer in Australia.
How is access to UTI treatment and the pill changing? And is the policy backed by evidence?
From 2027, eligible Australian women may access UTI treatment and hormonal contraception through participating pharmacies at reduced cost. But is the evidence strong enough to support expanded pharmacist prescribing?
Are we overlooking the role of environment and location in cystic fibrosis?
Understanding how environmental conditions and where people live affect infection risk may help explain why some people with cystic fibrosis experience respiratory infections more frequently than others.
We need to be better at improving healthcare, and harnessing the power of AI can help
Australia is missing an opportunity in how to improve data-driven healthcare with AI.
Fossil gas is an overlooked health hazard
The significant health risks of fossil gas in our homes is the subject of a new report from Doctors for the Environment Australia.
Are we missing hypertension in young adults?
Hypertension is often perceived as an older person’s condition, but most Australians aged 18–39 years with hypertension don’t know they have it.
Sarcopenia: more than a muscle problem
Sarcopenia has been treated as a muscle problem for decades. A new paper in The Lancet Healthy Longevity argues that the nervous system has been left out of the picture, and that this explains why so many treatments have disappointed.
