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Experts call for urgent action to reduce stigma, improve treatment, and address rural inequities
The ABC’s Four Corners program God Complex should be regarded as a catalyst for change. Speaking up — safely, lawfully and together — is the first step.
Australia must vow to never to let our public health service suffer in the same way as the United States, write Robert Steinglass and C John Clements AM.
GPs and their patients face systemic issues with workers’ compensation schemes. The NSW Government’s proposed reforms to workers compensation legislation are a welcome sign that policy makers are listening.
Five stories of excellence from across Australia reveal how health services are using the Clinical Care Standards to drive meaningful improvements in safety, consistency and outcomes for patients.
For anyone living with the experience of an eating disorder, either personally, or as a carer, seeking and receiving treatment remains a challenging journey in Australia and most countries around the world.
Spinal cord stimulators are electrical devices that are surgically implanted in the body to treat long-term pain. They have a battery pack and leads that deliver electrical impulses directly to the spinal cord. The devices are thought to work by providing electrical impulses that interfere with how the brain senses pain.
In October last year, we published findings from our retrospective cohort analysis of data from the Generation Vape study in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, accompanied by an InSight+ article. Our analysis examined the relationship between adolescent e-cigarette use (vaping) and subsequent cigarette smoking and was the first Australian study to do so using individual-level data. We found that adolescents aged 12–17 years who vaped were significantly more likely to subsequently initiate smoking, with the strongest increased risks observed among the youngest participants.
New research published in the Medical Journal of Australia has a found a significant number of people with diabetes-related foot ulcers (DFUs) are requiring hospitalisation before they heal.
