In-brief: May 2022
People in Western Australia making health care headlines. Read More...
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News & views: May 2022
News & views – May 2022: HBF hits pause on gap plans; More home visits; New cancer hub for WA; X-rays on the move; Heart service milestone; Yarning helps healing; Funding relief for allergies; Hormones & dementia risk; Family charity digs deep for research Read More...
The highs and lows of breast cancer
When I first began reporting on health – arriving at work in a horse and buggy and using telegrams to contact people – the risk of breast cancer in Australian women was about one in 15. Read More...
Transgender hormone treatment
With transgender participation in sports a source of controversy in the upcoming election, a new study calling for more research into the effects of gender-affirming treatments highlights how the enduring consequences of underlying biology continue to impact this community. Read More...
Australian made drugs
If there is one thing that antivaxxers and doctors can agree on, COVID exposed the inherent weaknesses in Australia’s reliance on global supply chains to provide a wealth of essential goods, including the vaccines and other medicines that kept us safe during the pandemic. Read More...
Aussies more vulnerable to flu
Even though Australians’ willingness to roll up their sleeves has been a central feature of the nation’s fight against COVID, the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA) warns that many Aussies are more likely to be vulnerable to influenza this year thanks to vaccine fatigue and low herd immunity. Read More...
Antidepressants ambivalent
With more than 1 in 6 Australians (17.2% of the Australian population) receiving a mental health-related prescription in 2019–20, new findings showing that the long-term use of antidepressants resulted in no better physical or mental health should be of serious concern. Read More...
E-scooter injuries
Electric scooters have gone from oddity to essential item for the inner-city commute, and even on Perth City’s quiet, pandemic deserted streets, it’s still almost impossible to walk for more than a few minutes without one zooming by at top speed. Read More...