Socioeconomic factors contribute to growing health disparities A report from the AIHW highlights that social and environmental factors significantly contribute to morbidity and mortality rates.
Helping patients with COPD ‘live their dreams’ COPD is a disease that can make everyday tasks difficult to manage – but it doesn’t have to stop people living full and satisfying lives.
A ‘vicious cycle’: The relationship between disability and chronic conditions Two GPs talk to newsGP about managing the link between disability and chronic conditions after a new AIHW report.
Australia not on track for chronic disease targets due to lack of ‘tough policies’ Australia is set to miss its 2030 goal to slash deaths from cancer and other chronic diseases, according to new analysis.
Project aims to tackle pain of cancer survivors A University of South Australia pain scientist is teaming up with a cancer expert to develop an online tool to help cancer survivors with their persistent pain.
One in ten Australians have both a mental and physical health condition: Report People with chronic physical conditions such as asthma, arthritis, cancer and diabetes are at much higher risk of developing mental health conditions, a new report has found.
Chronic conditions are driven by social factors outside a doctor’s control: GP A prominent GP has called for attention to poverty and low-paid work as a key driver of chronic health conditions.
AIHW findings show strong evidence of positive GP–patient relationships More than 80% of Australians feel the quality of care they received from their GP or other healthcare providers is ‘excellent’ or ‘very good’, according to an Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report.
Managing chronic pain: Different approaches to a complex issue Chronic pain affects one in five Australians. newsGP spoke with a patient and a GP about some of the best ways to tackle the situation.
GPs and physiotherapists: Teaming up to fight chronic pain During National Pain week, newsGP looks at how physiotherapists and GPs can work together in an interdisciplinary approach to help patients with chronic pain to get moving.