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Current drug policy in Australia fails to adequately support pregnant women’s health care, which exacerbates the gender health gap. Prompt and meaningful changes are urgently needed alongside a renewed commitment to integrated, woman-centred care for pregnant women.
Telehealth should be available, when needed, to support all types of health care, including voluntary assisted dying.
As our population ages, we must ensure our health and aged-care systems are able to deliver appropriate care to a growing number of people with dementia, especially in rural and remote Australia.
The Alabama Supreme Court’s decision to elevate the status of frozen embryos to that of living children has sparked a contentious debate, with the implications of the decision affecting medical practices, patients, family law, and the very fabric of societal norms and values.
Hand osteoarthritis is a common and significant cause of pain and disability with limited treatment options. The finding that methotrexate is effective for symptomatic hand osteoarthritis and inflammation offers new hope to patients.
For many people, the term “bulk billed” refers to a GP visit they don’t have to pay for out-of-pocket. But another form of bulk billing is in the news ahead of May’s federal budget – bulk billing of pathology testing, such as blood tests.
As we look towards the peak season for respiratory viruses, the announcement of new respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) immunisation programs for children in a number of Australian states is welcome news.
Changing a person’s dietary fatty acid profile is not always intuitive, and can be difficult to achieve in isolation, writes Dr Michael Skilton.
As diabetes care continues to grow and evolve, understanding of comorbidity patterns can help inform the design of future health services.
