Opinions

Medicine cannot cure all diseases, but one simple yet powerful tool – art – can help patients and doctors alike, writes Dr Mogeshni Govender.

Mogeshni Govender

The Melbourne Cup of 1991 remains in the memory of one doctor who was staffing a busy emergency department when everyone wanted to watch the race that stops a nation.

Meagan Brennan

With evidence suggesting that menopause reduces gut diversity and increases the risk of metabolic disease, moving to a diet composed of low inflammatory functional foods offers potential to help mitigate dry eye disease in a post-menopausal population.

Judith Flanagan

Burnout in health care undermines the safety of patients and practitioners alike, and there are growing calls for this genuine health care crisis to be properly addressed.

Christopher Erian, David Bade, Michael Erian

Eczema has a devastating and far-reaching impact, with estimates showing nearly 3 million Australians are affected by the condition.

Melanie Funk

Doctors caring for patients with psoriasis should consider exploring early screening and treatment for comorbidities, while the impact of early intervention cannot be underestimated.

Tom Kovitwanichkanont

Understanding trends in alcohol consumption via liver disease mortality rates is crucial for targeting resources to reduce alcohol-related harm, writes Associate Professor Michael Livingston.

Michael Livingston

A recent study shows that mothers with partners who smoke are less likely to breastfeed their babies, suggesting that breastfeeding promotion efforts should target smoking families, and particularly include those with smoking fathers/partners.

Katharine Blaze, Huilan Xu, Louise Baur, Li Ming Wen

The Australian Government is undertaking a raft of measures to improve the wellbeing of young people, but new research shows that a lot more needs to be done to turn around the worrying trends.

Dot Dumuid, Sally Brinkman, Carol Maher