Stacy Carter, University of Wollongong; Farah Magrabi, Macquarie University, and Yves Saint James Aquino, University of Wollongong Imagine this. You’ve finally summoned up the courage to see a GP about an embarrassing problem. You sit down. The GP says: before ...

The Australian Digital Health Agency (the Agency) and the Department of Health and Aged Care have announced two new initiatives in a bid to connect Australia's healthcare system under a shared national infrastructure. The Agency aims to transform digital health ...

Contrary to what most men believe, their bodies aren’t bulletproof. As men age, the body does indeed change. The most common issues are some of the more confronting – prostate enlargement, weight gain, rising blood pressure, and heart problems are ...

After months of negotiations UnitingCare Queensland has given notice to health insurance conglomerate Australian Health Service Alliance (AHSA) that its contract will be terminated, should they not reach a reasonable funding agreement within three months. UnitingCare owns and operates four ...

Adrian Esterman, University of South Australia Western Australia and Victoria both issued health alerts this week over cases of mpox. WA has seen two cases, while Victoria has recorded 125 cases so far this year. New South Wales, which has ...

Leonora Risse, University of Canberra Australia’s gender pay gap – a key measure of economic inequality between men and women – has fallen to a record low of 11.5%. That’s down from 13% this time last year, the steepest annual ...

Australian hospitals are expected to face an ongoing shortage of critical IV fluids until at least the end of the year, with reports that healthcare providers are paying up to 10 times as much for imported substitutes. Health ministers, including ...

Gary Sacks, Deakin University There are renewed calls for the Australian government to implement a range of measures aimed at improving our diets. These include restrictions on junk food advertising, improvements to food labelling, and a levy on sugary drinks. ...

In the past year, at least six pain-relief products have become unavailable in Australia. The Australian & New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine (ANZSPM) says the withdrawals have resulted in prescriptions for less-effective medicines and increased confusion over dosage and ...

Deanna Stuart-Butler, The University of Queensland; Aleena Wojcieszek, The University of Queensland; Sarah Graham, The University of Queensland; Valerie Ah Chee, The University of Queensland, and Vicki Flenady, The University of Queensland Australian national data show First Nations women face ...