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Six ways to relax after work
Derek Lotts | November 30, 2019Be it fishing, meditation or just a good crossword puzzle, we all need to find positive ways to wind down outside the workplace.
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Here’s a way to end “health bill shock”
Stephen Duckett | November 27, 2019A minority of greedy private doctors are bringing private medicine into disrepute, and reigning in their excesses would help restore public confidence in mixed healthcare.
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Coach potato nation
Brendon Hyndman | November 24, 2019Australians like to think of themselves as a sporty, active, outdoors nation, but in reality our young people are among the least active in the world, a trend which can only contribute to disease and obesity in the future.
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Counting the true cost
Open Forum | November 21, 2019Suicide statistics of non-Indigenous Australians are underestimated by 15 to 50 per cent, owing partly to coroners being confined to a binary finding of suicide or not suicide, and their desire to spare the dead person’s family the stigma of the act.
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Closing the gap in blindness
Hugh Taylor | November 18, 2019While the roadmap to “Close the Gap for Vision” is working to improve the eye health of Indigenous Australians, there are still areas that need greater attention.
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Physician, heal thyself
Ian Harris | November 17, 2019Professional societies of doctors, surgeons or physiotherapists are more likely to recommend against treatments provided by others, according to new research.
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Learning from Denmark to reduce teenage self-harm
Sarah Steeg | November 13, 2019Denmark’s success in reducing teenage self-harm suggests that positive social media and more support services can offset the pressures of school and work which can drive young people to damaging behaviours.
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No chance to dream
Open Forum | November 10, 2019Artificial light and the use of technological devices are disrupting our natural patterns of sleep, and could be taking a heavy toll on our health.
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Run for your life
Open Forum | November 10, 2019There would be substantial improvements in population health and longevity if more people took up running – and they wouldn’t have to run that far or fast.
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Linking national heath data should boost Aussie health services
Open Forum | November 5, 2019The creation of a national data linkage resource will improve health services and policy, as well as providing essential information on comparative effectiveness of treatment strategies.
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Older people still shun mental health support
Open Forum | October 30, 2019New research has found that more than 40 per cent of older Australians with chronic disease would be unlikely to seek help for mental health conditions even if they needed it.
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Evidence based policies can reduce drug harm
Open Forum | October 26, 2019Australian experts are calling for evidence-based policies, which adapt faster, and respond more humanely and effectively, to new drugs and their changing availability and patterns of use.