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The Declaration of Helsinki has been revised for the ninth time on its 60th birthday, taking into account new health research issues like data collection, AI and the post-pandemic landscape.
Australia has an exciting new podcast called “Hold the Moment”. It’s co-hosted by respected journalist and Dementia Australia ambassador Hamish Macdonald, whose father has dementia, and dementia advocate Jim Rogers, who is living with younger onset Alzheimer’s disease, diagnosed in 2022. The podcast taps into real life stories and experiences of people living with dementia, along with great tips to help with living well after diagnosis.
With increasing recognition of bullying in academic settings, it is vital that institutions adhere to their own policies and protocols when supporting victims of bulling and abusive behaviour in medical academia.
A new study on the relationship between fluid viscosity and cellular function in the reproductive tract offers a new perspective on how fluid dynamics within the tract might influence fertility, particularly in cases where abnormal viscosity may be present.
Aboriginal children living in remote communities have the highest rate of skin sores, or impetigo, in the world. Almost one in two have skin sores at any one time.
For the second time in three years, mpox has been declared a global health emergency — the highest level of alert given by the World Health Organization (WHO). Such a declaration demands continued monitoring, surveillance and response to ameliorate further transmission.
There’s a common thread linking our experience of pandemics over the past 700 years. From the black death in the 14th century to COVID in the 21st, public health authorities have put emergency measures such as isolation and quarantine in place to stop infectious diseases spreading.
New research shows Australian adolescents who have vaped are five times more likely to initiate smoking compared to their peers who have never vaped.
By bringing health and the arts together in the form of a picture book, researchers are delivering their health findings to communities in a way that is easier to understand.
