The Cochrane Collaboration is a respected, independent, not-for-profit international organisation (with a base in Australia) that is hailed for its mission to provide trusted health informat... Read more
Julian Koplin writes: DrinkWise Australia has withdrawn thousands of posters designed to inform women about the risks of drinking during pregnancy. DrinkWise – which has previously drawn cri... Read more
(Introduction by Croakey) Towards the end of last year, the Medical Board of Australia released a new Professional Performance Framework for patient safety. The framework has five “pillars,”... Read more
Last November, Australian casino giant Crown Resorts announced it had appointed former Federal Health Department head Jane Halton to its board. In the post below, Dr Melissa Stoneham laments... Read more
Marie McInerney reports: Tobacco companies are trying to influence health policies by “infiltrating” non-health policy areas, such as tax, customs and law enforcement, in Austral... Read more
Pharmaceutical giants had “no legitimate role” in evaluating their products beyond initial development stages and their involvement was “distorting” the debate, BMJ c... Read more
Governments and public health professionals have been warned against developing partnerships with a new tobacco industry-funded organisation that says it wants to eliminate smoking globally.... Read more
Catriona Bonfiglioli and Josephine Chau write: Sitting is so culturally ingrained at work, at the wheel, in front of the TV and at the movies, it takes a great effort to imagine doing these... Read more
Alice Fabbri, Lisa Bero and Ray Moynihan write: In June 2015, 24 Australian cancer specialists flew to Chicago to attend a five-day conference. Drug giant Amgen funded the trip, including re... Read more
There are unacceptable hidden costs in the production and procurement of medical goods by Australian companies and government, according to a new report published on Thursday by the Australi... Read more
