Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease can cause severe morbidity and affects around 5 million Australians, but is typically asymptomatic until the late stages of the disease.
The Australian Government’s new mental health workforce strategy must be implemented urgently according to the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, with health professionals interviewed for InSight+ saying our country’s psychiatric workforce is in “crisis” and cannot meet the needs of Australians.
The latest MJA supplement focuses on kidney health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and highlights the work of the National Indigenous Kidney Transplantation Taskforce.
Before the health workforce is “unleashed”, we must consider what an appropriate governance system might look like that balances autonomy and agency and apply it to everyone working in primary care.
A new trial aims to investigate the potential harms and benefits of notifying Australian women of the risks associated with breast density during routine breast screening.
Australia’s focus on reducing domestic greenhouse gas emissions while seemingly ignoring responsibility for exported emissions is morally wrong.
The under-recognition and undertreatment of heavy menstrual bleeding leads to delayed diagnosis, affecting the lives of women across Australia.
Australia currently has over 100 clinical registries that are increasingly seeking to improve multiple health care and health system issues. Yet greater recognition across sectors of their important role in monitoring and improving health care delivery and population outcomes is needed.
We urgently need to use Australian data to understand the breast cancer screening rates of Australian women with diabetes, compared with those without the condition.
