11 Mar 2024

GPs’ role in managing children and adolescents with ‘wet cough’

The presentation requires specific management to avoid chronic lung disease consequences later in life, writes Associate Professor Emma Kennedy.

11 Mar 2024

How can Australia increase BreastScreen participation?

With more than one in two eligible women not taking part in the preventive screening program, the RACGP has suggested ways to boost engagement.

08 Mar 2024

NT training lead revels in ‘sense of ownership and collegiality’

Dr Ralph Mangohig’s sights are set on ‘the bedrock’ of training: cementing relationships between supervisors and registrars.

08 Mar 2024

How health system ‘designed by men, for men’ is failing women

From pay disparity, to bias, and claims of hysteria, this International Women’s Day has given pause to reflect on the gender inequality in Australian healthcare.

08 Mar 2024

How COVID-19 leaves its mark on the brain

Mounting research shows the disease can lead to an array of problems, including significant drops in IQ scores, writes Dr Ziyad Al-Aly.

07 Mar 2024

IWD: Striving for a system ‘where all people have access’

Derbarl Yerrigan’s Medical Director has shared her story ahead of RACGP WA’s International Women’s Day event.

07 Mar 2024

In Practice: Updates to allied health MBS items

In Practice: Updates to allied health MBS items

07 Mar 2024

Why fixing ‘two-tiered’ NDIS is a priority

People with a disability in rural areas are being left behind, the RACGP says, with a new submission outlining the value of GP-led care models.

07 Mar 2024

Study reveals aged care’s painkiller dependence

Opioid painkiller usage in Australian facilities is 30-fold higher than in other countries, with an expert GP calling on colleagues to ‘think outside the box’.

07 Mar 2024

RSV vaccine could ‘change the landscape’ of hospital presentations

Western Australia’s $11 million statewide immunisation rollout follows extensive RACGP advocacy around the issue.