Politicians must help cure ailing Medicare
General practitioners are the backbone of health care. But without increased rebates for longer consultations, the system will soon buckle.
Medical
GPs want a political road map for health
In the coming election campaign, Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton will have to promise longer GP consults, train more doctors and prioritise women’s health to get doctors on side.
Legal stoush looms over cosmetic injectables rules
Businesses are lawyering up after Queensland Health said only clinics with doctors onsite can buy and store Botox and filler.
Why aren’t these booze stats keeping us awake at night?
The number of people killed by alcohol rivals the civilian death toll in World War I. So why aren’t we paying attention?
Life after the pill: why it feels like no one understands
The belief, popularised on social media, that the pill is to blame for all our health woes is seeing women shun it in record numbers – but life on the other side can be a shock.
Cattle gallstones, worth twice as much as gold, drive a global smuggling frenzy
A prized ingredient in China’s $60 billion traditional medicine industry, gallstones have become the must-have item among underground traders and slaughterhouse workers in Brazil and Australia who pilfer the stones while on the job.
When it comes to fluoride, let’s do what’s best for children
The debate over water fluoridation has again come to the surface. But who should have the final say over what’s best for our children?
Is your heart at risk from fatty muscles?
A new study has highlighted the dangers of fat buried deep within our muscles. This exercise plan will help to reduce intermuscular fat and build power.
The silent effect of menopause many women are unaware of
In the years around menopause women will experience the most rapid natural loss of bone mass in their lives. It makes good bone health essential, and there are things you can do.
AMA calls for urgent action to resolve medicine supply crisis
There are more than 400 medicine shortages, and the country’s leading medical group blames it on ‘ad hoc’ governmental solutions.
What I tell my patients about acne
Many acne sufferers spend thousands of dollars on treatments before they arrive at a dermatologist’s office. So what can you expect from a skin specialist?
State’s rules on cosmetic injections ‘will worsen medical staff shortage’
Rules demanding doctors be present in nurse-run cosmetic injectable clinics will only make Queensland’s medic shortage worse, doctors and nurses’ unions warn.
Expectant mums offered free RSV jab to protect babies
The immunity protection program for pregnant women will start from February 3 and is aimed at protecting newborns from the life-threatening virus until they are six months old.
Researchers find clue to how smoke causes disease
Untreatable side-effects of smoking are on the agenda of Australian researchers who uncovered the body’s internal reaction to 30,000 chemicals the immune system combats in cigarettes.
They were told their baby would die before she turned three. How did she defy the odds?
Diagnosed with a life limiting illness at five months, doctors told Jess Schonberger’s parents their first-born would not see her third birthday. What happened next has astounded everyone.
Make America ageless: Trump’s health picks take longevity movement mainstream
Anti-ageing scientists and entrepreneurs hope the second Trump administration will make it easier to develop treatments to expand a once-fringe industry now edging into the mainstream.
This Olympian’s BMI said she was overweight. Is it time for an obesity diagnosis overhaul?
Over-reliance on the Body Mass Index has sparked a push supported by 75 medical organisations to back a Global Commission to overhaul obesity diagnosis and classification.
Drinking risks are real – women should know them
While there are many factors associated with breast cancer – diet, lifestyle, genetic risks – alcohol is a risk factor that can be changed. Women can choose to drink less to protect themselves.
ALP cops flak for insurer ban delay
The Coalition and crossbench MPs have turned on the Albanese government for a ‘cruel’, ‘confusing’ delay to the universally supported ban on insurers exploiting genetic test results.
This dad wants genetic testing for his kids. The research backs him
Peter had no symptoms when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Now, he’d like to see an expansion of genetic testing in the hope it could help save more lives and reduce anxiety
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