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Medication without harm: how far have we come

WEBThe World Health Organization estimates the global cost of medication errors is USD$42 billion annually and “Medication without Harm” is the theme for the …

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From 'short wind' to 'good wind': fighting chronic lung …

WEBThe Indigenous people in Australia believe that the spiritual and emotional wellbeing of body is connected to the wind – “the lungs”. To be “short wind” is to …

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Gender equity in medicine: come and take it InSight+

WEBPower will not change of its own volition, we have to come and take it and mold it to a better use. AUSTRALIA’S gender equality scorecard published in February …

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News in brief InSight+

WEBEvidence not so clear on salt intake reduction Public health organisations routinely recommend population-wide reduction in salt intake, but authors from Columbia …

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Why are males still the default subjects in medical research

WEBWOMEN and girls account for 50% of the population, yet most health and physiology research is conducted in males. This is especially true for fundamental …

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Private hospital insurance premiums should vary by age

WEBIn June 2020, 44% of all Australians held PHI, but uptake rates vary substantially by age, ranging from 22% among those aged 25–29 years, to 56% among …

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Tertiary students face unique mental health challenges

WEBTertiary education students experience higher levels of distress and mental disorder than both the general population and their age matched peers, requiring …

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New Australian tool aims to prompt conversations about …

WEBA new tool, called the Raising Awareness Tool for Endometriosis (RATE), has been developed to help prompt early conversations between health providers and …

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Australia’s acute care system: more hospital beds or fewer

WEBRECENT coverage of the pressures, compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic and health care workforce shortages, on public hospitals and acute care delivery across Australia …

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Psychiatry Archives

WEBImages of people incarcerated, unkempt and kept in chains, mocked, and uncared for dominate the history of psychiatry, particularly from the middle ages to the early 20th …

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Doctors behaving badly 'on notice' InSight+

WEBUnlawful conduct is a societal issue, which every doctor and every health care workplace must address. This means doctors behaving badly must be called out …

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Relationships with former patients: are they ever okay

WEBProfessor Jenni Millbank, Distinguished Professor of Law, and Director of the Law Health Justice Research Centre at the University of Technology Sydney, told InSight+ in an …

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Rural health overhaul needed for equitable care InSight+

WEBRural and regional Australia continues to suffer reduced access to general surgery and emergency care, prompting calls for greater focus on retaining and …

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Hospital room with a view: benefits of biophilic design

WEBBiophilia, or humans’ inherent tendency to like beautiful natural features such as ocean views and greenery, may have a deeper impact on human health than meets the eye. …

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Social determinants of health and multiple sclerosis

WEBSocial determinants of health (SDoH), the conditions under which we are born, grow, live, work and age, are non-medical factors that threaten, promote or protect …

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Future of health care threatened by declining population

WEBDeclining fertility may help our damaged environments, but will create hugely complex social and economic problems and threaten health care as we know it, writes …

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Dedicated Aboriginal plan aims to reverse cancer rates

WEBThe gap in cancer rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples tripled between 2006 and 2019, while cancer rates fell for non-Indigenous Australians. …

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Push for greater climate urgency in new scorecard InSight+

WEBSam Hunt. Issue 11 / 25 March 2024. Australia is making some progress to address the impacts of climate change, but greater urgency is needed. Australia needs a greater …

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What influences whether we buy private hospital insurance

WEBReasons to buy PHI differ substantially by age and employment and financial status. Overall, 44% of PHI members said that they purchased insurance for a sense of …

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We must share and interpret information effectively InSight+

WEBMost of all, the system will respond if we learn to effectively share and interpret information through sophisticated data exchange systems that reach all parts of …

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Hospital environmental sustainability: end of the beginning

WEBThe Victorian target is concordant with the Australian Medical Association’s and Doctors for the Environment Australia’s conjoint call for the Australian health care sector to reduce …

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