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Health professionals practising cosmetic surgery will need to meet tougher regulations from 1 July 2023.

Becca Whitehead

Access to abortion and contraception in rural and regional Australia could be improved with nurse-led models of care in general practice, write Jessica Moulton, Jessica Botfield and Danielle Mazza.

Jessica Moulton, Jessica Botfield, Danielle Mazza

The profound effects of child maltreatment on health and wellbeing have long been voiced by survivors, write Hannah Thomas, Divna Haslam, Holly Erskine.

Hannah Thomas, Divna Haslam, Holly Erskine

A structured diagnostic approach is required when assessing for Japanese encephalitis virus in patients with encephalitis.

Sam Hunt

New research has found poisonings from modified release paracetamol has not significantly declined, despite being up-scheduled to Schedule 3 (pharmacist-only medicine).

Sam Hunt

We need to re-think medical ethics in the era of the Anthropocene, writes public health physician, Professor Tony Capon.

Tony Capon

Changes to the Medicare Benefits Schedule will benefit children and young people with complex neurodevelopmental disorders, write Elizabeth Elliott, Marcel Zimmet and Julie Flanagan.

Elizabeth Elliott, Marcel Zimmet, Julie Flanagan

A new report shows almost 2000 people are dying each year from an alcohol-related injury, including suicide, accidental poisoning, road accidents and falls, prompting an advocacy group to call for stronger restrictions on online alcohol purchases.

Sam Hunt

A new Perspective article in The Medical Journal of Australia says rising out-of-pocket costs are creating barriers to health care, putting Australia’s most vulnerable at risk.

Becca Whitehead