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AI scribes promise multiple benefits for general practitioners and their patients, but we may risk losing valuable human connection in the process, writes Dr Elizabeth Deveny.
Despite a large body of new evidence, our best treatments for neuropathic pain continue to provide only modest benefits.
Professional courtesy (providing free or discounted health care to doctor-patients and their families) is a long-held medical tradition. While it may lower barriers to health care, there can also be drawbacks. Open discussion about professional courtesy between the treating doctor and their doctor-patient is important.
Bowel cancer rates are rising in young people, and researchers are working tirelessly to find out why, writes Dr Lisa Mielke.
In 2024 alone, Australia’s medicines regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), authorised at least 979,000 prescription applications for medicinal cannabis through its specialised access pathways.
Health services research must become a frontline service in Australian health care, to provide prompt solutions to pressing system-wide problems. Chief among these is inadequate access to care, where Australia ranks ninth out of ten countries in a recent report.
A Gold Card for children in care would represent a step toward the kind of coordinated, child-centred healthcare we all strive for, writes Dr Suzanne Packer, AO FRACP.
Social media feels personal, but posting without filter can have professional perils, writes Dr Maria Li.
Cancer is traditionally known as a disease affecting mostly older people.
