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Australia is often called the allergy capital of the world. Allergic diseases – such as allergic asthma, hay fever, eczema and food allergies – affect almost one in five people. And this figure is expected to rise in the years to come.
A globe-trotting patient becomes a diagnostic challenge when a tick is discovered during an outback adventure.
Australia’s growing reliance on larger, heavier vehicles is significantly exacerbating road trauma and accelerating climate change. Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) and utes now dominate new car sales, increasing the risk of death per kilometre travelled while emitting four times more CO2 than smaller vehicles. Without urgent action, this trend will continue to endanger lives and push Australia further into a climate catastrophe.
On March 11 2020, as COVID continued to spread rapidly around the globe, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared a pandemic.
With 82% of young people using social media for health information, it’s increasingly important for health professionals to cut through online misinformation with reliable and appealing social media health communication for young people.
Australia and New Zealand’s medical schools provide LGBTQI+ specific training in their curriculum, but international medical graduates may not have received such training, leaving LGBTQI+ patients vulnerable to discrimination during medical care.
The Living with Anxiety study aims to identify genes that influence a person’s risk of developing anxiety disorders and genes that impact how well treatments for anxiety work.
Unaffordable GP visits has become a pressing issue amid the increasing cost-of-living crisis. About 30% of Australians delayed or didn’t see a GP in 2023–24.
Australia is facing a pressing challenge as the population ages — the way we manage medicines and how we prescribe for older adults must evolve.
