Breaking down healthcare barriers for vulnerable populations Specialist services are helping to address accessibility issues for the community’s most vulnerable.
Preparing for asthma season Experts are urging doctors to check patients for asthma and allergic rhinitis ahead of ‘pollen season’.
Silicosis: Australia’s ‘emerging occupational health epidemic’ With barriers to early detection, the RACGP has developed a learning activity to better support GPs in diagnosis and management of silicosis.
Confirming the benefits of cervical screening and HPV vaccination The latest AIHW report paints a positive picture of the effects of the new screening program.
Overdose figures prompt calls to reduce paracetamol pack size Annual poisoning cases in Australia related to the over-the-counter painkillers increased by nearly 45% over 10 years.
Significant new findings on blood and breast cancers Emerging news could have important implications for GPs and their patients.
One in nine Australian women aged 40–44 has endometriosis A new AIHW report has shed light on women living with endometriosis, but there are fears the numbers may actually be much higher.
New pill testing report released Seven drugs at this year’s Groovin’ the Moo festival contained a toxic substance linked to previous deaths, according to the report.
‘It’s mis-sold as an insurance policy’: Fertility expert on egg freezing Dr Raelia Lew explores what GPs need to know about elective egg freezing.
Victoria passes birth certificate reforms Transgender and gender-diverse people in Victoria will be free to change the sex on their birth certificate without gender-reassignment surgery.