Sharp increase in deaths from suicide sparks calls for nationwide prevention plan The Director of the Black Dog Institute says the rise in Australia’s suicide rate can be tackled with a nationwide evidence-based prevention plan.
Machines could be more sensitive than humans in mental health diagnosis Artificial intelligence, or AI, could be a useful tool for predicting how people at high risk of psychosis or with recent-onset depression will function socially in the future, new research has found.
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.
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.
Fighting antibiotic resistance in residential aged care Residential aged care facilities are an important frontier in antibiotic stewardship, but they present their own particular challenges for GPs.
The RACGP’s four most popular proven non-drug interventions Prescribing doesn’t have to mean medications – newsGP rounds up the four evidence-based interventions that have proven most popular from the HANDI guide.
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.
Prevention and management of dementia in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples The Let’s CHAT Dementia project focuses on assessment and management of dementia and cognitive impairment.
Dramatic drop in Victorian flu cases attributed to high vaccination rate An 85% decrease in flu cases across the state has encouraged the Victorian Government to continue funding influenza vaccines for children under five.