The World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Tenth Conference of the Parties will discuss next generation tobacco control policies, as the incoming New Zealand Government receives strong international condemnation for repealing recent tobacco control measures.
Under the recently amended Sex Discrimination Act, the medical profession risks attracting the scrutiny of the Australian Human Rights Commission unless sex discrimination, sexual harassment, sex-based harassment, and victimisation of complainants or witnesses are eliminated in its workplaces and training programs.
Dr Will Cairns explores the challenge of forecasting in complex systems. He writes that even the best forecasting systems cannot make decisions for us; it is up to us as humans to decide the best way forward.
A new tool, called the Raising Awareness Tool for Endometriosis (RATE), has been developed to help prompt early conversations between health providers and women about endometriosis-related symptoms, in efforts to improve early detection.
New research has found notable inconsistencies in how different medical schools approach the teaching of women’s cardiac health, prompting calls for more comprehensive education on this topic.
The way we talk about and value women’s health needs to change because too many women have painful periods and experience awful side effects from contraception, writes Dr Aajuli Shukla.
Evidence suggests that long lists of side effects on patient information lists do not improve informed consent but instead decrease consumer willingness to take medication.
A second National Action Plan for Endometriosis is vital to help improve care and the quality of life for women with this condition.
People with diabetes-related foot disease are often not sufficiently educated on preventing and managing foot ulcers and other related conditions, and more research is needed to find the best approach so people with this condition can best manage themselves.
