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A report on the causes of injury leading to hospitalisation and death over the last decade has been released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).

Sally Block

Parkinson’s disease neurologists and advocates are urging the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicine Authority (APVMA) to ban the common herbicide paraquat, citing compelling evidence linking its use to the development of Parkinson’s disease.

Caitlin Wright

The National Lung Cancer Screening Program will begin in July 2025, with the hope that it will save lives by detecting cancer at an earlier and more treatable stage.

Sally Block

Politics has put abortion back on the ballot in the United States, as well as in Queensland and South Australia. InSight+ spoke to health care professionals about their concerns as reproductive health care is influenced by both politics and postcode.

Becca Whitehead

Australia’s peak doctor groups are highly critical of aspects of the Scope of Practice Review.

Sally Block

50 years on from when the term was first coined, burnout continues to be a complicated and controversial phenomenon.

Annika Howells

Researchers question whether social media is the root cause of rising youth self harm, or a conveniently simple scapegoat for a complex problem.

Annika Howells

Many women are now choosing to self-collect their HPV (human papillomavirus) swab rather than having a physician take the sample. Insight+ spoke with a GP and a member of the original national self-screening committee about Priceline’s plans to offer self-screening on site.

Becca Whitehead

The national Cardiovascular Health Leadership Research Forum: a new data-driven model placing research at the centre of improving patient outcomes.

Sally Block