Mental health sessions halved
The Federal Government has announced that the number of mental health sessions made available to Australians under the Better Access initiative will be halved in 2023. Read More...
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Dietary resistance to nicotine
An Australian-led study has found that removing a single, essential, dietary amino acid could provide natural tolerance to toxic chemicals such as nicotine. Read More...
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...
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...