Take your socks off at the GP’s, diabetic foot disease expert says Diabetic foot disease costs the healthcare system $1.6 billion a year, has mortality rates worse than many cancers, and results in an amputated limb every two hours, according to Australian experts.
Report shows significant growth in Australian health expenditure Most of the increase in health spending, which has risen to more than $7400 per person, is driven by federal, state and territory governments.
Developing treatments and helping future generations through breast cancer trials Clinical trials can develop new treatments and help beat breast cancer, according to the Breast Cancer Trials organisation.
October issue of Australian Journal of General Practice now available The latest issue of the Australian Journal of General Practice, the RACGP’s peer-reviewed scholarly journal, is available online.
Australia’s alcohol-induced deaths decreasing Key numbers are at their lowest rate since the ’90s, but the news is not all positive.
Teenagers often silent carriers of meningococcal disease, expert says People aged 14–19 will receive a free meningococcal vaccination from April next year under a new Federal Government school-based program.
Anything to declare? Corporate influence in medical research An investigation from the University of Sydney strengthens a growing argument for ensuring distance between research, policy and public health, and industry profit motives.
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.
Aspirin doubles bleeding risk for people with common gut bacteria, researchers say Having the common stomach bacteria Helicobacter pylori more than doubles the risk of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients taking daily low-dose aspirin, according to a review of studies by Australian researchers.
GPs more empathetic than they think, new research shows Researchers have found a surprising difference between GP and patient perceptions of delivered empathy.