Health economist Professor Gavin Mooney has had a longstanding concern about the flow of health professionals from poor to wealthy countries. In the article below, he proposes a plan for how... Read more
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It’s that time of the year: for making lists of media lists. (After the list of lists below, the bottom section of this post covers recent discussions about social media and health). In rece... Read more
Below is the final wrap for this year of health and medical reading at The Conversation. Thanks to Froncesca Jackson-Webb and Reema Rattan for compiling these wraps for Croakey readers. Vacc... Read more
Anne Cahill Lambert writes: The festive season is always a good time to pause and reflect upon the year’s achievements. As I’m a person who gets out of bed for three causes each day, my key... Read more
What are “placed-based” approaches to improving health? What is “social climate change”? And why might these concepts matter for the health and wellbeing of children... Read more
Perhaps it’s a little early in the festive cycle to be thinking of New Year’s resolutions…but the clip below offers an excellent suggestion: can you limit your sitting and... Read more
In a recent Croakey post, public health researcher Professor Chris Rissel reported on new research which found that one in five adults say they would cycle more if they didn’t have to wear a... Read more
In the previous post, Gary Schwitzer gave an overview of an impressive upgrade to the HealthNewsReview website in the US. In the article below, Dr Amanda Wilson describes the funding constra... Read more
