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Artificial intelligence has enormous potential consequences for health care, with major concerns regarding patient privacy and data security.

Sam Hunt

More than 500 lives could be saved each year through the Australian Government’s new National Lung Cancer Screening Program, which advocates have described as “world leading”.  

Annika Howells

Improving housing affordability in Australia may help reduce the burden on the country’s health system, according to a Perspective published in the Medical Journal of Australia today.

Caitlin Wright

InSight+ journalist Becca Whitehead takes a personal look at the current state of multiple sclerosis treatment and research for World Multiple Sclerosis Day.

Becca Whitehead

The rise in prescribing and dispensing rates for psychotropic medications for children and adolescents cannot be entirely attributable to the pandemic, and further research is needed to learn why certain prescribing patterns have emerged.

Alisha Dorrigan

The World Health Organization’s announcement that COVID-19 is no longer a global health emergency has caused some confusion over what that means for the state of the pandemic.

Caitlin Wright

It is hoped that a reduction in the maximum packet size of immediate release paracetamol will reduce the harm from intentional overdose, but have the changes gone far enough?

Alisha Dorrigan

There are concerns that a voluntary patient enrolment program in Australia could lead to a capitation funding system similar to the one used in the United Kingdom.

Becca Whitehead

In order to address health care challenges in rural and remote Australia, there needs to be bespoke solutions tailored to this unique health care landscape.

Caitlin Wright