Note: QIMR have contacted Croakey to correct information in this morning’s story on the use of personal information by DHS. The post has been updated to include this information. Da... Read more
Marie McInerney writes: Health researchers who want to make a difference for Indigenous people must work at the interface of two knowledge systems – the Western biomedical/bioscience approac... Read more
As outlined in a previous post at Croakey, health research bodies have welcomed the announcement of the strategy and priorities for the Federal Government’s $20 billion Medical Research Futu... Read more
The Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Aboriginal Health Organisation (VACCHO) has launched an online petition asking Senators to block the $7 copayment on GP visits and medical tests... Read more
(This post is being updated as further statements land – see bottom of post for updates). The medical research industry relies on the goodwill and support of the public to secure its l... Read more
Is there a disconnect between the general focus of health and medical research and population health perspectives? Most people with a concern for population health would surely nominate heal... Read more
Croakey has already had something of a whinge about the narrow terms of reference for the national review of health and medical research. Others in public health have recently raised concern... Read more
What is the point of health and medical research? Is it to keep researchers in jobs? To boost the economy and increase corporate profits? To add to the prestige and power of universities and... Read more
There are so many reasons why we can get a misleading, and often overly positive, view of the impact of treatments. One reason is publication bias, which refers to the fact that studies repo... Read more
In December, I wrote this story for Crikey about the practice of ghostwriting – whereby undisclosed parties, typically drug companies, are involved in writing and orchestrating medical... Read more
