For the first time since gender identity was added to the Sex Discrimination Act, it’s being tested in court. At its heart, the case looks at the rights and recognition of transgender people.
A recent review has found that almost three in 10 adult hospital patients in high-income countries may have the deficiency.
With the the psychedelic field dynamic and rapidly changing, Monash’s pioneering Clinical Psychedelic Lab has a vision to make a meaningful difference in mental healthcare.
The world’s most advanced artificial heart, including a pipeline of transformative, next-generation cardiac technologies, are set to be developed and commercialised by a Monash University-led consortium.
If you’re contemplating breast augmentation, liposuction, or a facelift, there are new safety and quality standards that can provide extra protection. Here’s what you need to know ahead of surgery.
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.
New research shows that for people living with long COVID and intimate partner violence, each was exacerbated by the other and services were inadequate.
School-leavers want flexibility and gig work offers it. But how will that affect the economy?
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.
There’s plenty of evidence showing how social media use can affect youth mental health, but studies often omit the developing countries of the global south.
Snake envenomation remains a significant health challenge in the ASEAN region, but the development of a universal antivenom holds great promise in mitigating its impact.
COP28 will include the first dedicated “Health Day”. It’s due recognition that a health crisis is inextricably linked to the climate crisis.
The number of hospital emergency department presentations has increased between 23% and 49% globally in the past decade, and care is the casualty.
As we wait for global leaders to convene and chart the future course for the world’s population of eight billion, we can take proactive steps to protect health from climate change through multifaceted and sustained efforts that transcend the confines of net zero.
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.
Trace the increasingly blurred line between man and machine in the world of transhumanism on our “What Happens Next?” podcast.
It’s argued that building research capacity helps clinicians to provide better care, and health outcomes, for their patients in rural and remote areas.
What began as a heart research project looking at ways to understand a potentially fatal but preventable disease has evolved from the biomedical into one more in keeping with an Indigenous perspective.
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.
If the world genuinely wants to reach some semblance of “sustainable development”, it needs to start listening more to the concerns of youth and marginalised populations.
Changes to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme have influenced the way doctors prescribe opioids, but is it for the better?
Monitoring the quality of healthcare by routinely collecting, analysing and sharing standardised health-related information.
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