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The last day of February each year is Rare Disease Day, a day to raise awareness and drive change for the 300 million people worldwide living with a rare disease.
New research has found that that people who consume yeast extracts and tomato-based sauces have higher median sodium intakes, but also receive important nutrients from these products.
As workforce shortages continue to plague the Australian health care system, an innovative program in Melbourne utilising final year medical students as Clinical Assistants could present a solution to hospitals struggling to fill rosters.
There are fears for the lives of thousands of displaced civilians in southern Gaza, who were sheltering in the grounds of a major hospital in Khan Yunis, with Médecins Sans Frontières now declaring “nowhere in Gaza is safe”.
Our study recommends antenatal care providers reconsider widespread prescriptions for pregnancy supplements, with the need to promote whole food diets in pregnancy instead, write Dr Linda Gallo and Associate Professor Shelley Wilkinson.
We must urgently allocate more resources to upskilling general practitioners to better diagnose and manage Parkinson disease, particularly in regional areas, writes Dr Shanna Fealy.
Following the COVID-19 pandemic, humanity reverted to the small world behaviours that leave us vulnerable, perched as we are on our increasingly dynamic and unpredictable planet.
Health systems need to adopt a workplace culture centred on human wellbeing to build a healthy workplace culture that is fit for the modern era. Psychosocial hazard policies could be effective levers to drive this change.
New research has uncovered poor representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in trials of parenting programs in Australia.
