It’s time for patients and clinicians to have frank discussions about what diagnostic imaging scans can do for low back pain, and what they cannot, according to research published rece... Read more
Most people are familiar with the concept of undergoing general health checks. This might mean that your doctor talks to you about your medical history and lifestyle including diet, physical... Read more
In the article below, University of Sydney Public Health Professor Alexandra Barratt explores the contention around the AgeX trial, the biggest randomised trial ever, which is considering ho... Read more
In the article below, Dr Ray Moynihan explores some of the reasons why tackling the complex problem of too much medicine remains a big priority in the COVID era. This article is published as... Read more
We hear increasingly about the importance of tackling overtreatment, but less often about how overtreatment plays out in the lives of patients and their families. In the article below, Brook... Read more
We all understand the role of clinical trials in testing new medicines but many people would be surprised to find out that there are different regulatory processes in place for the introduc... Read more
As covered in Croakey’s TOO MUCH of a Good Thing series, overtreatment and overdiagnosis are problems which undermine the goals of health care by causing harm and diverting resources from ad... Read more
Many GPs who in 2018 received Health Department letters regarding their opioid prescribing criticised the strategy to stem over-prescribing, saying it unfairly targeted doctors who had legit... Read more
We hear increasingly about the importance of tackling overtreatment, but less often about how overtreatment plays out in the lives of patients and their families. In the article below, Assoc... Read more
A groundbreaking new study is examining how the media globally report on the benefits and harms of tests for healthy people. Dr Mary O’Keeffe, from the School of Public Health at the Univers... Read more
