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Urgent care clinics – solution or just a Band-Aid? 

While solving some problems, many GPs feel that they will create many more….

By Lynnette Hoffman

Policy

Clinical Articles

Budget is a fizzer for GP

The health budget prioritises populism over policy, at the expense of general practice…

By Lynnette Hoffman

Policy

Clinical Articles

Cheaper medicines and a new approach for mental health care. Will the budget make us healthier?

Health was a centrepiece of last year’s budget, based on a new vision for Medicare. This year, there is less health reform, but the budget does set the foundation for a new approach to community-based mental health care.

By Peter Breadon, Anika Stobart

Oncology

Clinical Articles

How does the drug abemaciclib treat breast cancer?

The anti-cancer drug abemaciclib (also known as Vernezio) has this month been added to the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) to treat certain types of breast cancer.

By Sarah Diepstraten, Dr John La Marca

Policy

Clinical Articles

Is rising payroll tax about to undo bulk billing gains?

State tax greed likely to reverse recent federal efforts to improve bulk billing...

By Prof Stephen Duckett, A/Prof Fiona McDonald

Mental health, Psychiatry, Public health

Clinical Articles

People at higher genetic risk for depression experience more stressors

The core experiences of depression – changes in energy, activity, thinking and mood – have been described for more than 10,000 years. The word “depression” has been used for about 350 years.

By Jacob Crouse, Prof Ian Hickie

Public health

Clinical Articles

Microplastics found in arterial plaque?!

A recent study published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine has linked microplastics with risk to human health.

By Prof Mark Patrick Taylor, Dr Scott P. Wilson

Policy

Clinical Articles

Profits or patients? What’s driving pathology’s bulk billing campaign

Simple solutions put forward by vested interests involving more public funds are rarely in the public interest. Here’s how we might design a fairer pathology system...

By Prof Stephen Duckett

Policy

Clinical Articles

Nurse practitioner busts prescribing myths

CEO of the Australian College of Nurse Practitioners dispels misinformation about NP prescribing powers.

By Leanne Boase

Public health

Clinical Articles

Which sports put the most kids in hospital?

Injuries are the leading cause of disability and death among Australian children and adolescents...

By Dr Lisa Nicole Sharwood, Prof Rebecca Ivers, A/Prof Warwick Teague

Mental health

Clinical Articles

Are happiness rankings biased toward wealth and status?

In March 2024 Finland was, for the seventh year in a row, ranked as the happiness champion. But a new experimental study suggests that the ladder metaphor makes people think about power and wealth...

By August Nilsson

Mental health, Psychiatry

Clinical Articles

Families including someone with mental illness can experience deep despair. They need support

Globally, one out of every eight people report a mental illness. In Australia, one in five people experience a mental illness in their lifetime...

By Dr Amanda Cole

Articles

Urgent care clinics – solution or just a Band-Aid?

While solving some problems, many GPs feel that they will create many more….

Budget is a fizzer for GP

The health budget prioritises populism over policy, at the expense of general practice…

Cheaper medicines and a new approach for mental health care. Will the budget make us healthier?

Health was a centrepiece of last year’s budget, based on a new vision for Medicare. This year, there is less health reform, but the budget does set the foundation for a new approach to community-based mental health care.

How does the drug abemaciclib treat breast cancer?

The anti-cancer drug abemaciclib (also known as Vernezio) has this month been added to the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) to treat certain types of breast cancer.

Is rising payroll tax about to undo bulk billing gains?

State tax greed likely to reverse recent federal efforts to improve bulk billing...

People at higher genetic risk for depression experience more stressors

The core experiences of depression – changes in energy, activity, thinking and mood – have been described for more than 10,000 years. The word “depression” has been used for about 350 years.

Microplastics found in arterial plaque?!

A recent study published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine has linked microplastics with risk to human health.

Profits or patients? What’s driving pathology’s bulk billing campaign

Simple solutions put forward by vested interests involving more public funds are rarely in the public interest. Here’s how we might design a fairer pathology system...

Nurse practitioner busts prescribing myths

CEO of the Australian College of Nurse Practitioners dispels misinformation about NP prescribing powers.

Which sports put the most kids in hospital?

Injuries are the leading cause of disability and death among Australian children and adolescents...

Are happiness rankings biased toward wealth and status?

In March 2024 Finland was, for the seventh year in a row, ranked as the happiness champion. But a new experimental study suggests that the ladder metaphor makes people think about power and wealth...

Families including someone with mental illness can experience deep despair. They need support

Globally, one out of every eight people report a mental illness. In Australia, one in five people experience a mental illness in their lifetime...

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While solving some problems, many GPs feel that they will create many more….

The health budget prioritises populism over policy, at the expense of general practice…

Health was a centrepiece of last year’s budget, based on a new vision for Medicare. This year, there is less health reform, but the budget does set the foundation for a new approach to community-based mental health care.

The anti-cancer drug abemaciclib (also known as Vernezio) has this month been added to the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) to treat certain types of breast cancer.

State tax greed likely to reverse recent federal efforts to improve bulk billing...

The core experiences of depression – changes in energy, activity, thinking and mood – have been described for more than 10,000 years. The word “depression” has been used for about 350 years.

A recent study published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine has linked microplastics with risk to human health.

Simple solutions put forward by vested interests involving more public funds are rarely in the public interest. Here’s how we might design a fairer pathology system...

CEO of the Australian College of Nurse Practitioners dispels misinformation about NP prescribing powers.

Injuries are the leading cause of disability and death among Australian children and adolescents...

In March 2024 Finland was, for the seventh year in a row, ranked as the happiness champion. But a new experimental study suggests that the ladder metaphor makes people think about power and wealth...

Globally, one out of every eight people report a mental illness. In Australia, one in five people experience a mental illness in their lifetime...

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