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GPs play a vital role in mental health care, but their place is often overlooked, writes Canberra GP Associate Professor Louise Stone ...

Louise Stone

In this exclusive article, Sydney endocrinologist Dr Namson Lau explores how the Ozempic crisis came about, the impact of the extended shortage on the care of patients, and how it is affecting clinicians.

Namson Lau

Indigenous health advocates hope that the launch of a new, dedicated First Nations health journal will help Close the Gap, while in a small town in the Northern Territory, six students have made local history by graduating with qualifications in Aboriginal Primary Health Care.

Becca Whitehead

Long term medical management is vital for managing obesity, an often-stigmatised condition that is complex and chronic.

Annika Howells

Australia could lead the world in digital mental health if new platforms were paired with appropriate in-person clinical care, writes clinical psychologist Dr Peter Baldwin …

Peter Baldwin

We must focus on the social and intergenerational determinants of health and develop more nuanced measures of need and access to improve health outcomes in rural and regional Australia, write Associate Professor Bernadette Ward and Dr Pamela Harvey ...

Bernadette Ward, Pamela Harvey

A new study has found that assistance dogs, when used in conjunction with traditional therapies, provide the most effective treatment outcomes for returned Australian veterans experiencing mental health struggles.

Annika Howells

The experience of Australians with long COVID can help inform responsive and effective health care, writes occupational therapist Dr Danielle Hitch ...

Danielle Hitch

Leukaemia treatment in Australia has been labelled a “postcode lottery” due to inconsistencies in treatments, and the Co-Chair of the Blood Cancer Taskforce is pushing for more funding in the May federal Budget to standardise clinical guidelines.

Sam Hunt