Encouraging female leadership in health care

Cultural change is needed to increase the number of women in healthcare and medical leadership in Australia, according to Australian researchers.

A lab in your pocket

Biosensing technology developed by UNSW engineers has made it possible to create gene test strips that rival conventional lab-based tests in quality.

Nurses call for more nurses

The Australian College of Nursing is calling on the Government to fund a major national campaign to promote a positive image of nursing to boost recruitment and retention.

Overthinking everything

If you find overthinking everything is affecting your life, and your levels of anxiety are rising or your enjoyment of life is being negatively affected, it might be time to get some strategies to get your mind back on track.

Fixing aged care workforce shortages

The federal government must lift pay and improve housing affordability to fix the critical workforce shortage in aged care, according to Catholic Health Australia.

Medicalising menopause

Some doctors and all pharmaceutical firms would love to redefine the menopause from a natural change experienced by all women to a medical condition half a life time of expensive drugs could ‘treat’, but should they be medicalising menopause?

Health economics

Health economists must play a key role in decision making to improve the efficiency of local hospitals and health networks if Australia wants better results from the $180 billion dollars spent every year on healthcare services.

Fat planet

While malnutrition remains an important issue in some countries, over a billion people around the world are now obese, with all the health problems this implies.

Generation vape

Vaping was initially toted as a safer alternative – and route out of – smoking tobacco, but has become a major health threat in its own right.

A tan to die for

Collarium sunbeds are being marketed for commercial use in parts of Australia, despite sunbeds or tanning beds being banned for commercial use in Australia for nearly 10 years due to the risk of skin cancer.

Identifying risky drugs for older people

Australian researchers have developed a list of 16 potentially dangerous medications used in healthcare for older people and suggested a range of safer alternatives.

Modernising Medicare

As Medicare turns 40 years old this month, it’s important to reflect on its achievements, and also what needs to be done to remodel it.