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What does weight-inclusive health care mean? A dietitian explains what some providers are doing to end weight stigma

Weight-inclusive health care means a focus on better health with no weight loss required...

Clinical Articles

Students could get more sleep and learn better if school started a little later

Nearly three-quarters of high school students do not get enough sleep on school nights, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Medicare turns 40: since 1984 our health needs have changed but the system hasn’t. 3 reforms to update it

Forty years ago, Medicare as we know it today was born. It was the reincarnation of the Whitlam government’s Medibank, introduced in 1975 but dismantled in stages by the Fraser Liberal government.

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For the new vape laws to succeed, these 3 things need to happen – or users may look to the illicit market

This year, the Australian government will progressively ban the retail sale of all e-cigarettes, known as vapes. Vapers will only be allowed to use nicotine vapes that comply with TGA...

Clinical Articles

For decades, mothers have borne the brunt of scrutiny for alcohol use during pregnancy − new research points to dad’s drinking as a significant factor in fetal alcohol syndrome

How dads' drinking impacts fertility and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder...

Clinical Articles

Trying to spend less on food? Following the dietary guidelines might save you $160 a fortnight

A rise in the cost of living has led many households to look for ways to save money.

Clinical Articles

How does Australia’s health system stack up internationally? Not bad, if you’re willing to wait for it

When things are going bad in the health system, we are reassured we’ve got one of the best health systems in the world. But we’re rarely told where we actually stand relative to others...

Clinical Articles

Who’s lobbying whom? When it comes to alcohol, tobacco, food and gambling firms, we’re in the dark

When we looked for details of who’s lobbying whom in Australia, we found government lobbyist registers largely left us in the dark...

Clinical Articles

Less bulk billing, worsening job satisfaction, longer consultations

The latest RACGP Health of the Nation report is out, and it's not pretty...The proportion of GPs who bulk bill has halved in the last year, dropping from 24% in 2022 to 12% in 2023, and that's not the only concerning trend the report found.

Clinical Articles

We’re in a new COVID wave. What can we expect this time?

Australia is now into its next COVID wave. But it has taken several months for a consistent pattern to emerge across Australia.

Clinical Articles

Three problems with the bulk billing incentive

The tripled bulk billing incentive came into effect on Wednesday, but will it result in real change? A survey of frontline GPs has identified three problems with the policy...

Clinical Articles

Voluntary assisted dying is finally being considered in the ACT. How would it differ from state laws?

The first Australian Capital Territory voluntary assisted dying bill in more than 25 years was tabled in parliament yesterday. What does this breakthrough mean for practice?

Public health

What does weight-inclusive health care mean? A dietitian explains what some providers are doing to end weight stigma

Weight-inclusive health care means a focus on better health with no weight loss required...

Students could get more sleep and learn better if school started a little later

Nearly three-quarters of high school students do not get enough sleep on school nights, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Medicare turns 40: since 1984 our health needs have changed but the system hasn’t. 3 reforms to update it

Forty years ago, Medicare as we know it today was born. It was the reincarnation of the Whitlam government’s Medibank, introduced in 1975 but dismantled in stages by the Fraser Liberal government.

For the new vape laws to succeed, these 3 things need to happen – or users may look to the illicit market

This year, the Australian government will progressively ban the retail sale of all e-cigarettes, known as vapes. Vapers will only be allowed to use nicotine vapes that comply with TGA...

For decades, mothers have borne the brunt of scrutiny for alcohol use during pregnancy − new research points to dad’s drinking as a significant factor in fetal alcohol syndrome

How dads' drinking impacts fertility and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder...

Trying to spend less on food? Following the dietary guidelines might save you $160 a fortnight

A rise in the cost of living has led many households to look for ways to save money.

How does Australia’s health system stack up internationally? Not bad, if you’re willing to wait for it

When things are going bad in the health system, we are reassured we’ve got one of the best health systems in the world. But we’re rarely told where we actually stand relative to others...

Who’s lobbying whom? When it comes to alcohol, tobacco, food and gambling firms, we’re in the dark

When we looked for details of who’s lobbying whom in Australia, we found government lobbyist registers largely left us in the dark...

Less bulk billing, worsening job satisfaction, longer consultations

The latest RACGP Health of the Nation report is out, and it's not pretty...The proportion of GPs who bulk bill has halved in the last year, dropping from 24% in 2022 to 12% in 2023, and that's not the only concerning trend the report found.

We’re in a new COVID wave. What can we expect this time?

Australia is now into its next COVID wave. But it has taken several months for a consistent pattern to emerge across Australia.

Three problems with the bulk billing incentive

The tripled bulk billing incentive came into effect on Wednesday, but will it result in real change? A survey of frontline GPs has identified three problems with the policy...

Voluntary assisted dying is finally being considered in the ACT. How would it differ from state laws?

The first Australian Capital Territory voluntary assisted dying bill in more than 25 years was tabled in parliament yesterday. What does this breakthrough mean for practice?

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Weight-inclusive health care means a focus on better health with no weight loss required...

Nearly three-quarters of high school students do not get enough sleep on school nights, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Forty years ago, Medicare as we know it today was born. It was the reincarnation of the Whitlam government’s Medibank, introduced in 1975 but dismantled in stages by the Fraser Liberal government.

This year, the Australian government will progressively ban the retail sale of all e-cigarettes, known as vapes. Vapers will only be allowed to use nicotine vapes that comply with TGA...

How dads' drinking impacts fertility and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder...

A rise in the cost of living has led many households to look for ways to save money.

When things are going bad in the health system, we are reassured we’ve got one of the best health systems in the world. But we’re rarely told where we actually stand relative to others...

When we looked for details of who’s lobbying whom in Australia, we found government lobbyist registers largely left us in the dark...

The latest RACGP Health of the Nation report is out, and it's not pretty...The proportion of GPs who bulk bill has halved in the last year, dropping from 24% in 2022 to 12% in 2023, and that's not the only concerning trend the report found.

Australia is now into its next COVID wave. But it has taken several months for a consistent pattern to emerge across Australia.

The tripled bulk billing incentive came into effect on Wednesday, but will it result in real change? A survey of frontline GPs has identified three problems with the policy...

The first Australian Capital Territory voluntary assisted dying bill in more than 25 years was tabled in parliament yesterday. What does this breakthrough mean for practice?

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Upcoming Healthed Webcast

Practical Strategies for Behaviour Management in Dementia

Tuesday 7th July, 7pm - 9pm AEST

Speaker

Dr Chrys Pulle

Geriatrician; Principal Investigator, Internal Medicine and Dementia Research Unit, The Prince Charles Hospital

Dr Chrys Pulle provides practical and evidence-based recommendations on how best these behavioural and psychological symptoms can be assessed and managed.