Problem gambling has a compounding cost not just for individuals but also for their families and their communities, write Professor Steve Robson and Associate Professor Jeffrey Looi.
Australia’s first national prevalence study of all forms of child abuse and neglect reveals that the typical experience of maltreatment is of multiple types, write Professors Daryl Higgins and Ben Mathews.
Indigenous Australians in remote areas bear a disproportionate burden of poor heart health, prompting innovative AI solutions and targeted campaigns.
The easy access to, and uptake of, vaping by young Australians is a public health crisis, writes Professor Jonine Jancey.
GPs with mental health expertise are leaving the profession, leaving a worrying gap in the delivery of vital frontline mental health care, writes Canberra GP Dr Louise Stone.
The latest Medical Training Survey makes for sobering reading, prompting the need for senior doctors to do more to address bullying and racism in the profession, writes Dr Jillann Farmer.
Women with rheumatoid arthritis who were taking oral contraceptives or hormone replacement therapy had a greater chance of achieving remission, according to a new study that has been welcomed by the Australian Rheumatology Association.
To reduce delayed transfers of care in hospital, a new perspective piece argues Australia should look to policy decisions implemented in the UK.
The philosopher Baltasar Gracian observed: “The art of medicine lies in knowing what not to do”. That includes not discontinuing antidepressants when it is in the patient’s best interests to recommend continuing treatment to prevent relapse, write Associate Professors Jeffrey Looi, Stephen Allison and Professor Tarun Bastiampillai ...
