This week, InSight+ spoke to prominent Australian, Professor Fiona Stanley, about her views on how to improve the health and wellbeing of Indigenous Australians.
Analysis of emergency department data has dispelled the myth that many people attending emergency rooms should have been seen by GPs. Experts say the actual reasons are much more complex.
GPs are being encouraged not to test routinely for vitamin D deficiency after a new study found that testing had increased unnecessarily.
Australia's primary mental health system requires some major changes to the way people access more specialised psychological care, write Dr
City-centric health professional education is not helping to produce an equitably distributed health workforce, writes the National Rural Health Commissioner.
The world’s health and medical community is being urged to take a stand against nuclear weapons, with 11 of the world’s leading health and medical journals publishing an editorial about the increasing threat of nuclear war.
The development of living guidelines for treating COVID-19 is vital to ensure that clinicians can provide the best quality care to their patients, but more Australian research is needed.
Recently announced vaping reforms are to be commended, with Australia finally taking a stand against commercial interests and putting the health of our population ahead of corporate profits. But some industry actors are already spreading misinformation in an attempt to undermine vaping control policies.
Increasing public access to defibrillators in Australia could double the survival rate of cardiac arrests that occur outside of hospitals.
