Editor's Picks

‘Bikini Medicine’: time to retire the term in the drive for better overall women’s health

The term ‘bikini medicine’ originally highlighted the narrow reproductive focus of women’s health research, but has since broadened into a much-needed campaign for equitable inclusion of women across all aspects of health care. Continued use of this patronising pejorative term may paradoxically diminish rather than augment the overall push for better women’s health. So it’s time to abandon the bikini and in the 21st century seek sex- and gender-specific medicine for the whole person.

Nicholas M Fisk, Caroline de Costa

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: new guidelines for assessment and diagnosis

A summary of the new Australian Guidelines for Assessment and Diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder has been published in the Medical Journal of Australia.

Annika Howells

Misinformation, AI and the fragile contract of trust in the Australian health system

Public trust in doctors and health services is shifting slowly, but in the wrong direction in both Australia and the US. At the Australian Ethical Health Alliance (AEHA) symposium in May 2025, the message was clear, that as health professionals, we need to take swift action. As panellists speaking on the rise of misinformation and disinformation, we explored how trust has always been the ethical currency of medicine; however, once you start to spend it, everything else, including vaccination, screening, shared decision-making and even discharge planning to aged care, becomes harder.

Adrian Cosenza, Emily Kirkpatrick 

Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome: beyond the myth, towards better care

Around one in eight Australian women live with PMOS. Clearer diagnosis and multidisciplinary care are key to supporting their reproductive, metabolic and psychological health across the lifespan.