CIS 2022 Nanny State Awards
This year’s Nanny State Awards saw Australia and the AMA dominate a horde of strong international contenders for the dubious ‘honour.’ Read More...
LATEST ARTICLES
Australia’s sexual health check-up
New data released by the UNSW’s Kirby Institute has shown how the pandemic impacted testing and diagnoses of sexually transmissible infections (STI) in Australia. Read More...
Clock is ticking on our health data
The pandemic broke down some resistance to the use of My Health Record by consumers and practitioners. The challenge is to keep that momentum going. Read More...
Transforming blood pressure management in Australia
Hypertension affects around one third of the adult population in Australia and represents the leading modifiable risk factor for major adverse outcomes such as coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular disease globally. Read More...
COVID mandates – learning the lessons
The COVID state of emergency ended with health worker vaccine mandates quietly revoked in November. The mandates were imposed to “limit the spread of COVID-19 among vulnerable populations in Western Australia” and to “abate the risk to health care workers and health support workers who are at a higher risk of exposure”, the Chief Health Officer said. It is difficult to find any robust evidence supporting this policy. Read More...
Glaucoma update
Glaucoma still is the number one cause of preventable blindness in the Western world and is still a silent condition until it's very late. Thus, it is worth remembering its importance and that of screening. Read More...
Message from the heart: Abdominal aortic calcification for CV risk detection
Abdominal aortic calcification or AAC is the deposition of calcium within the intimal or medial layers of the aortic wall. The presence of AAC is evidence of aortovascular disease and has been shown to be a marker of generalised atherosclerosis at other vascular beds e.g. coronary and carotid arteries, and/or medial calcifications seen in certain clinical populations and advanced ages. Read More...
Travel lifts off
Australians are taking to travel again, with vigour. Do we still need to take precautions and if so, what’s the best advice for concerned travellers? Suzanne Harrison reports. Read More...