Long gone are the days when the tobacco industry could try to entice Australians to smoke particular brands with sophisticated, well-researched package design, but many countries around the... Read more
Prevention, we learnt from the 2017-18 Federal Budget, will be part of a ‘third wave’ of reform being planned by Health Minister Greg Hunt – possibly to be outlined in the next budget. There... Read more
The Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet rolled out its landmark annual Overview this week, offering a comprehensive snapshot of the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islan... Read more
Over the past generation, Australian children have increased in weight and Australia now has one of the highest rates of child obesity in the world. If our current pattern of weight gain co... Read more
With the holiday season approaching many Australians will be looking forward to boarding planes to visit their family and loved ones or to spend their vacation away from home. For those peo... Read more
It will come as no surprise to anyone who has attended a conference hosted by the National Rural Health Alliance or Palliative Care Australia that the arts are central to health and well-bei... Read more
This edition of JournalWatch takes us to Hawaii, home of epic sunsets, birthplace of surfing and, according to recent research, the location of some concerning ethnically-based health dispar... Read more
Drugs deemed safe and suitable for human use by other jurisdictions could be fast-tracked for approval in Australia under proposed government reforms aimed at reducing red tape and regulatio... Read more
In this month’s instalment of JournalWatch, Dr Melissa Stoneham discusses an article focussing on the inclusion of flavours into tobacco products as a strategy to recruit new users. I... Read more
International placements and elective terms are increasingly part of the medical curriculum in Australia, and many students choose to do short stints on their own time and purse to get extra... Read more
