30 Apr 2024

Strong link between cardio fitness and long-term health

High cardiorespiratory fitness can reduce the risk of mortality and morbidity by almost 20%, world-first research shows

30 Apr 2024

Toxic uranium and lead exposure linked to teen vaping

Toxic uranium and lead exposure linked to teen vaping

30 Apr 2024

Vulnerable patients left waiting amid ongoing Shingrix shortage

The Commonwealth is being urged to sure up supply, with wait lists at some practices extending beyond six months to access the subsidised vaccine.

30 Apr 2024

Preventive care for atrial fibrillation currently ‘less than ideal’

More than four-in-10 patients hospitalised with the condition die within a decade, according to a new Australian study.

30 Apr 2024

AI suggests key to improved female heart disease detection

Better, more targeted use of electrocardiograms could help ease underdiagnosis rates, new research has found.

30 Apr 2024

‘This is the limit’: GPs’ personal plea as tax devastation grows

With the payroll tax grab threatening to cripple their small, family-owned practice, a husband and wife duo are urging politicians to ‘be fair, or at least listen’.

29 Apr 2024

‘Funding gets results’: Bulk billing bounces back

Patients accessed 950,000 additional subsidised GP visits in the five months since new incentives rolled out, according to government estimates.

29 Apr 2024

Second Australian hydromorphone trial announced

The new opiate treatment is meeting people ‘where they are at’ and could save those for whom methadone has not worked.

26 Apr 2024

Recommendations made by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) – March 2024

Recommendations made by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) – March 2024

26 Apr 2024

Dementia survey highlights lack of awareness

Australians generally know little about how to reduce risk, but there are ways to ‘bring cognition into the consulting room’.