Australians are in the grip of a mental health crisis, yet mental health nurses are underutilised, and even excluded from initiatives that could lead to improvements.
Complex and interconnected threats to global peace and security demands innovative and interconnected thinking by experts working across academic disciplines and industry sectors.
The automated vehicle “trolley problem” shows where self-driving technology can fail. But there could be upsides to coding human values into these machines.
Menopause has become a hot health topic, with experts debating the latest treatments and what’s appropriate for women who need them.
Making the wrong decision about how to access care can impact both your health and finances. So what are your options? And what policy reforms are needed to improve affordable access to healthcare?
The potential risk of brain injury playing sport is well-documented, but less-known is the effects of intimate partner violence on the brain. New research is aiming to change that.
Efficient recording of risk factors in electronic medical records can help general practitioners identify and provide preconception care to women who may most benefit from it.
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.
2023 was a watershed year for women’s reproductive rights in Australia, but the cost of contraception and abortion services remains too high.
A new world-first study of nearly 700 Australian parents or caregivers confirms more education and training is needed for those involved in every stage of the process.
A telescope can reveal so much of the night sky, including Saturn’s rings and the Moon’s craters, but choosing the right telescope is a difficult decision. Here’s what you need to know.
When Monash’s Associate Professor Jun Yang started investigating a little-known but sometimes fatal condition, she could never have imagined the very personal way it would enter her life.
The use of telehealth for sexual and reproductive health care services improves access to health information and care, and so should be made a permanent feature of the Medicare Benefits Schedule.
As a federal government taskforce ponders how to improve the system, a new study focuses on nurses in two Victorian residential aged care homes, and how they feel about and operate in their workplaces.
MyMedicare is a new voluntary scheme that allows patients to register with their usual GP. How will it work? And how might it benefit patients? Here’s what we know so far.
While fentanyl is yet to markedly impact Australia, the North American opioid crisis shows us how bad it can get, and urgent action is needed now.
The drug donanemab is being hailed as a turning point in the fight against Alzheimer’s, following a global trial that confirms it can slow cognitive decline.
Health status is more complex than just your address. At a population level, the biggest predictor of health status is the social determinants of health. We need to think outside the box to determine who needs care most, and how it can be delivered.
The budget’s back in surplus after 15 years, briefly, and there are measures to ease cost-of-living pressures, but can it tame inflation?
Why did so many people choose to trust the Robodebt automated system over the drumbeat of criticism that it was unlawful, and its outcomes flawed?
Medical students in Melbourne spent much of 2020-21 learning via Zoom, but for rural students it was a case of hands-on healthcare with real patient outcomes – and now many of them are staying put.
Only one in nine medical graduates see general practice as a career choice, and the implications should deeply concern everyone.
As Alzheimer’s cases grow, scientists have been deep in debate over its causes. Now, with treatments are on the horizon, the new race is to ready the health system.
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