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Around 5–10% of people with COVID infections go on to experience long COVID, with symptoms lasting three months or more.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ebola has a cousin — the highly lethal Marburg virus (MARV), which is closely related to the Ebola virus. Both are members of the Filoviridae family. MARV is highly infectious and causes a haemorrhagic fever in humans and primates, with mortality rates of over 80% in some outbreaks.
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.
The human impact of possibly carcinogenic chemicals in Australia’s water needs to be investigated with more government funding.
Imagine being questioned about complex technical knowledge in front of your peers, supervisors, and members of the public – knowing that a wrong answer could lead to public ridicule.
