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Vitamin C deficiency is more frequent in people living in areas of socio-economic disadvantage, prompting calls for targeted public health intervention.

Annika Howells

The lives of more than 700 doctors who served in the Australian Army during the Second World War are remembered in a new book, published in time for Remembrance Day.

Sam Hunt

With hepatocellular carcinoma cancer rates rising in Australia, we need a dramatic shift in the way we think about screening and understanding of this disease, experts say.

Caitlin Wright

While access to invasive melanoma health care is fairly equitable across Queensland, people in regional areas are relying more on public hospitals for treatment rather than GPs or skin cancer specialists.

Annika Howells

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.

Becca Whitehead

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.

Caitlin Wright

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.

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.

Sam Hunt

Rural placements enable medical, nursing, midwifery, and allied health students to work at the top of their scope of practice, but that is just one advantage of practising in a rural area.

Becca Whitehead