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Adjunct A/Prof Carolyn Nickson

Australia’s BreastScreen program offers women regular mammograms (breast X-rays) based on their age. And this screening for breast cancer saves lives.

Sophia Auld

One in four GPs say they’ve personally had one - here’s what to do

Karinna Saxby

Here’s why we shouldn’t aim for 100%...

Lynnette Hoffman

The plan will cost at least 3X more than it’s expected to save, and 53% of GPs say it won't change who they bulk bill...

Lynnette Hoffman

Australian study finds patients are recording visits with their doctors, often covertly...

Prof Anastasia Powell

Every day in Australia, thousands of people call a family violence crisis support line. These calls are made from shopping centre car parks, from the house of a trusted friend, from doctors’ offices and police stations...

Fiona Clark

We recap the debate between two world experts at the recent World Congress on Menopause in Melbourne...

Lynnette Hoffman

Perverse incentives drive pathology test inefficiencies…no wonder they’re resisting change

Prof Stephen Duckett

Australians today are more likely than previous generations to live with complex and chronic diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease and depression.

Lynnette Hoffman

With pharmacy prescribing now national, we asked GPs about the likely impact on the number of patients seeking appointments at their clinic.

Lynnette Hoffman

Recommendations regarding practice incentive payments like WIP are raising some eyebrows…

Brenton Prosser

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most diagnosed childhood neurological disorder in Australia.