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Tenacity and optimism. These seem to be the two qualities that climate advocates have as they prepare to charge into the 30th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP), COP30, from 10 – 21 November.
As our population ages, so too do our doctors. But ageing physicians should still play an active and leading role in our health care workforce, writes Steve Robson.
The latest edition of the Australian Asthma Handbook offers pathways to improvement for asthma control, urging clinicians and their patients to move beyond over-reliance on SABA inhalers in favour of inhaled corticosteroid (ICS)-containing preventer inhalers.
Amid unprecedented medical workforce pressures, many doctors are rethinking their futures. Yet new WHS laws provide the tools to protect our wellbeing and our careers — if we use them. This piece urges every doctor to lead by example: know the law, speak up about poor working conditions and other abuses safely, and advocate for better health system resourcing — together.
Omega 3 supplements can improve pregnancy outcomes: and a new trial shows how routine screening and supplementation can be implemented.
Not all GPs are convinced the Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Scheme will benefit their practice
Health care practitioners are a key voice in championing the rights of unaccompanied children to survive, to receive health care, and to experience wellbeing, writes Associate Professor Catherine Robinson.
Australia’s current and future doctors must be educated and equipped to provide healthcare in the face of the escalating climate crisis, the health impacts of which have been starkly outlined in the recently released National Climate Risk Assessment.
Around one in eight Australian women lives with PCOS. Clearer diagnosis and multidisciplinary care are key to supporting their reproductive, metabolic and psychological health across the lifespan.
