Flipping the script on loneliness with green prescriptions
Green prescriptions — a prescription for an individual to step outside and spend time in nature and community — are an effective, inexpensive way to ease the burden of loneliness.
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The entwinement of social determinants of health, the social model of disability and the Disability Royal Commission
The medical profession must understand and addresses the social influences on the lives of people with disability in order to improve the health, wellbeing and lives of people with disability.
This is our lane: why doctors must care about climate change
As doctors, we must use our powerful voices to communicate climate threats and solutions clearly, and demonstrate how deeply we care about addressing the climate impacts on the health of Australians.
A great challenge: implementation of SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists for type 2 diabetes
SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists represent significant advances in the treatment of type 2 diabetes, but there are challenges in providing equitable access to these medicines.
Long COVID appears to be driven by ‘long infection’. Here’s what the science says
Around 5–10% of people with COVID infections go on to experience long COVID, with symptoms lasting three months or more.
Extreme heat leads to worse mental health for young people
A new study by researchers from the University of New South Wales, of 55 000 youth presentations to emergency departments with suicidal thoughts and behaviours demonstrates a clear link with hot weather.
‘Burnt out, tired, frustrated’: how hospital pressures harm doctors’ mental health
Even before the COVID pandemic, which added significant pressure to the health-care workforce, Australian doctors experienced poor mental health at higher rates than the overall population.
Redistributing trust: professionalism, policy and expanding scope of practice in primary care
As governments seek to build public trust in nurses, allied health professionals and pharmacists, the role of general practice continues to pay the price for redistributed trust and investment.
Can treating depression mitigate the excess cardiometabolic risk of people living with serious mental illness?
A national primary-care based trial is the largest ever to determine whether lifestyle therapy is as good as psychological care for improving mental and cardiometabolic outcomes for Australians with serious mental illness.
