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The updated guidelines for osteoporosis management and fracture prevention are an evidence‐based pragmatic tool designed to support general practitioners in the treatment and management of at-risk patients.
Needle and syringe programs are a proven public health intervention that provide free, sterile injecting equipment to people who use drugs. By reducing needle sharing, these programs help prevent the spread of blood-borne viruses such as hepatitis C and HIV and minimise life-threatening bacterial infections.
Médecins Sans Frontières Australia (MSF) and Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) have written an open letter to all federal election candidates, calling for climate action to protect human health.
Australia is grappling with significant shortages of essential medications, including opioids, posing severe consequences to the people and families we care for as palliative care specialists — and it has been like this for over two years.
A new Cochrane review examines the latest evidence on stem cell injections for knee osteoarthritis — a debilitating condition that affects over 2 million Australians and costs the health system more than $4 billion each year. The findings highlight how much uncertainty remains around the potential benefits of this increasingly popular treatment option.
Cost-of-living pressures dominate public priorities and major policy focus this election, along with a strong undercurrent of political unease from the United States. As voters appear to be searching for a reassuring alternative to global issues, health care is once again a critical bargaining chip, with the three major parties going all in.
When we think of heart disease, the primary concern for most people is about survival. But it is also important to know what happens after someone survives. New research reveals that a significant number of older people who survive a cardiovascular disease (CVD) event become frail.
Advances in 3D printing technology could have profound implications for tissue engineering in plastic and reconstructive surgery.
New definitions of obesity aim to overcome current limitations that exclude some people from receiving the health care they need, while pushing others towards unnecessary treatments
