The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand has updated its recommendations on the diagnosis and treatment of bronchiectasis, saying greater awareness is needed of this under-recognised disease.
The escalating conflict in Israel and Gaza has seen thousands of civilians die or be injured, and hospitals and other health care infrastructure be targeted, prompting calls from medical organisations for a continued humanitarian ceasefire and medical neutrality.
The surgical field is on the cusp of reinvention but whether robots will take over all operating theatres in the next decade is up for debate.
The gap in cancer rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples tripled between 2006 and 2019, while cancer rates fell for non-Indigenous Australians. InSight+ spoke with a medical oncologist and Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officers about the new First Nations-led cancer plan to address the disparity.
New recommendations have been unveiled for the diagnosis and management of chronic cough, a condition that affects 8.8% of Australian adults.
Adjunct Professor Janine Mohamad is the Victorian recipient of the Australian of the Year award for 2024, recognising her contribution to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health sector.
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.
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.
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.
