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Dr Tanvir Kapoor opens up about his journey in overcoming stigma from obesity, saying judgement has no place in medicine.

Tanvir Kapoor

A new study suggests rough surfaces inspired by the bacteria-killing spikes on insect wings may effectively combat drug-resistant superbugs, including fungi, particularly in people with implants.

Elena Ivanova, Denver Linklater, Vladimir Baulin, Saulius Joudkazis

Recent research may lead to a misunderstanding about the importance of bowel cancer screening, a vital program which saves 50 Australian lives each week.

Mark Jenkins, Belinda Goodwin, Nancy Baxter

With the guarantee of a training position and a pathway to consultancy, Australian medical trainees might have greater capacity to focus on clinical excellence and patient care, rather than competing in a qualifications arms race.

Manu Juneja

New guidelines are now available for health care practitioners to provide best-practice care to people with diabetes-related foot disease — the first new guidelines in over a decade.

Annika Howells

With the cost of health care in Australia increasing faster than the cost of living and wage growth, medical practitioners tell InSight+ that our primary care system is becoming increasingly inequitable and inefficient.

Becca Whitehead

Although cancer care has improved dramatically in Australia over the past few decades, two new cancer plans have been unveiled focusing on improving outcomes for priority population groups and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Sam Hunt

The Melbourne Cup of 1991 remains in the memory of one doctor who was staffing a busy emergency department when everyone wanted to watch the race that stops a nation.

Meagan Brennan

Medicine cannot cure all diseases, but one simple yet powerful tool – art – can help patients and doctors alike, writes Dr Mogeshni Govender.

Mogeshni Govender