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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”.
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.
InSight+ journalist Becca Whitehead takes a personal look at the current state of multiple sclerosis treatment and research for World Multiple Sclerosis Day.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
Medical studies have historically excluded female subjects from foundational medical research, and there are increasing calls for greater inclusion of gender diversity.
