Researchers at the Frazer Institute, UQ, have developed an antibody that targets triple negative breast cancer — as well as other types of cancers — by helping natural killer cells to ‘see’ and kill cancer with fewer roadblocks.
Where you live shouldn’t determine whether you can access colonoscopy services when you need them. However, new data shows there are stark differences in rates of MBS-subsidised colonoscopy across Australia, and that these gaps have grown over the last decade. How can we make sure some patients aren’t having colonoscopies unnecessarily while others with greater need miss out?
Randomised controlled study shows that deployment of germicidal ultraviolet technology results in a significant reduction in the cumulative incidence in respiratory viral infections.
We all know that Australia punches above its weight in international diplomacy and multilateral geopolitics — from humanitarian aid efforts, to international negotiations, and beyond. Our health professions now have the chance to contribute our outsized influence in the global climate and health agenda.
Fellowship schemes by Australian funding agencies invite researchers to disclose personal career disruptions to promote equity. For applicants living with illness or disability, this well-meaning policy can expose private medical details to non-medically trained reviewers and create new risks of bias. A proposed reform could bring medical privacy and consistency back into the process.
An expert on gun violence in Australia has urged for a public health guided approach to gun control reforms in the wake of the Bondi terror attack.
A legacy of exclusion means Australia’s medical system is fundamentally skewed, as it was built for and tested on men
One quarter of the global population is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), though tuberculosis (TB) is largely eradicated in the global north.
Despite reductions in consumption, particularly among young people, Australia has seen a rise in alcohol-related harms and avoidable costs. To decrease alcohol’s enormous burden on individuals, families and communities, it is important that all drinkers ease their alcohol consumption, not just heavy drinkers and other risk groups.
