Burnout in health care undermines the safety of patients and practitioners alike, and there are growing calls for this genuine health care crisis to be properly addressed.
With evidence suggesting that menopause reduces gut diversity and increases the risk of metabolic disease, moving to a diet composed of low inflammatory functional foods offers potential to help mitigate dry eye disease in a post-menopausal population.
Eczema has a devastating and far-reaching impact, with estimates showing nearly 3 million Australians are affected by the condition.
While access to invasive melanoma health care is fairly equitable across Queensland, people in regional areas are relying more on public hospitals for treatment rather than GPs or skin cancer specialists.
With hepatocellular carcinoma cancer rates rising in Australia, we need a dramatic shift in the way we think about screening and understanding of this disease, experts say.
Understanding trends in alcohol consumption via liver disease mortality rates is crucial for targeting resources to reduce alcohol-related harm, writes Associate Professor Michael Livingston.
Doctors caring for patients with psoriasis should consider exploring early screening and treatment for comorbidities, while the impact of early intervention cannot be underestimated.
A recent study shows that mothers with partners who smoke are less likely to breastfeed their babies, suggesting that breastfeeding promotion efforts should target smoking families, and particularly include those with smoking fathers/partners.
The Australian Government is undertaking a raft of measures to improve the wellbeing of young people, but new research shows that a lot more needs to be done to turn around the worrying trends.
