Health professionals have varying levels of knowledge about, and interest in, providing dementia services. This article compares patient experiences in dealing with dementia with the perceived...
The time before a woman has confirmed her pregnancy is an important time for both the woman and her unborn baby’s wellbeing. With the period of organogenesis largely occurring between the third...
Anxiety is a normal physiological response to a threat. Anxiety disorders occur when this normal physiological response is associated with high levels of autonomic arousal, erroneous cognitions and...
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Understanding the determinants of sexual behaviour among young people may help inform the development of policies and programs for effective prevention and treatment of sexually transmissible...
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common in childhood. An estimated 2% of boys and 8% of girls will experience a UTI by seven years of age, and 7% of febrile infants will have a UTI.1,2...
The health of the Australian population has improved since the 1980s. However, the gap in mortality between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the rest of the population has not...
Chronic vulvar pain (pain lasting more than 3–6 months, but often years) is common. It is estimated to affect 4–8% of women at any one time and 10–20% in their lifetime.1–3Little attention has been...
Although such classifications first appeared in the 1960s, there remain those who consider primary headaches to reflect a continuum in which the nature, character and quality of the headaches...
Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, have gained popularity in Australia and overseas, particularly among smokers. In the US, around 3.5 million people have reportedly used e-cigarettes1 and...
There are a number of sociological frameworks, models and theories around the lived experience and care trajectory of chronic illness.6–11 Most identify an important moment when the diagnosis is...