Urgent need for Indigenous-led approach to AI in healthcare
The use of artificial intelligence in healthcare has resulted in a gap of understanding in how AI can best serve Indigenous people
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New Indigenous-led collaborative cancer care and prevention network welcomes $2.5m funding
An Indigenous-led cancer prevention and care project will create better connections, communication, and cultural safety, in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across Northern Queensland.
Unpacking the relationship between socio-economic position and chronic disease
A new study published in the Medical Journal of Australia examines the complex interplay of socio-economic position with ten of Australia’s most prevalent chronic diseases.
Government’s addiction to fossil fuels ‘catching up with us, killing us,’ says Senator David Pocock
Senator David Pocock attended the Doctors for the Environment (DEA) Climate and Health Forum to discuss Australia’s greenhouse emissions.
Intersection of gender and health explored in MJA special issue
In recognition of the important intersections between gender, health and wellbeing, the Medical Journal of Australia has dedicated a special issue to the topic of gender and health.
MJA NAIDOC issue celebrated at University of Wollongong Shoalhaven gathering
Representatives from the Medical Journal of Australia attended the First Nations Cultural Sharing Gathering to celebrate the NAIDOC Week issue of the journal.
First-of-its-kind online tool revolutionises hypertension treatment
A new online blood pressure calculator could help overcome the inadequacies of hypertension treatment in Australia
Australian experts first to describe potentially fatal magic mushroom toxidrome
An Australian MD, and a mycologist, have been the first to publish a study on Wood-lover’s Paralysis, a rare toxidrome associated with ingesting species of ‘magic mushrooms.’
Australia’s first birth from a transplanted uterus
The first successful birth from a transplanted uterus in Australia offers hope to infertile women who wish to one day give birth to their own child.
