GPs play 'vital role' in helping Australians quit nicotine
New provisional guidance from the RACGP on the use of e-cigarettes to help Australians quit smoking provides a balanced approach for GPs, according to tobacco control experts.
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Amplifying the voices of children and young people in Australian health care
Australia needs to embrace a “rights lens” in health care delivery to promote the inherent human rights of Australia’s children and young people.
Spotlight on a rare kidney disease this World Kidney Day
This World Kidney Day, we highlight Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD), which affects about one in 1,000 people. New Australian guidelines have been developed to diagnose and manage this disease, with support available through PKD Australia.
Reducing seclusion and restraint in Australian mental health services
A project to tackle seclusion and restraint in one Local Health District in New South Wales not only reduced these practices, but improved leadership and collaboration in the mental health units.
Medicine's gender pay gap revealed
Amid concerns women in medicine face a “glass cliff” when trying to obtain leadership positions, experts say this can be overcome by addressing systemic and structural barriers in the health care industry.
'Putting a price' on cultural loss faced by Aboriginal peoples
Recent judicial decisions have highlighted a shift in the way that anthropologists talk about cultural loss among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Health care in for a 'roller coaster ride' when the world’s population plummets
With the Total Fertility Rate dropping in almost all nations, the world’s human population is expected to fall spectacularly in the next few hundred years, writes Dr Will Cairns in Part One of this series.
A new dietary approach for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome
Irritable bowel syndrome frequently occurs with comorbid depression, but traditional treatment just targets the troubling gut symptoms. A recent study tells us a new dietary approach may be able to treat both.
GPs must be on the lookout for hereditary high cholesterol
General practice is the place to provide preventive care in the detection and management of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk, but GPs must do the obvious work well.
