Doctors protest over Australia's 'repressive legislation' on asylum seekers
In The BMJ this week, two doctors criticize Australia for passing legislation that may be used to silence doctors working with asylum seekers.
View ArticleWorld-first trial to test whether statins prolong good health
Monash University has launched the world's largest study to look at whether statins – used to lower cholesterol - can help people live longer, healthier lives.
View ArticleLandmark youth mental health survey released
Research conducted by the Telethon Kids Institute in collaboration with the University of Western Australia has found one in seven Australian four to 17 year olds had a mental health disorder, a...
View ArticleAboriginal communities have world's highest dementia incidence
Research by The University of Western Australia's Centre for Health and Ageing has confirmed that the incidence of dementia in remote Aboriginal communities is the highest in the world, with head...
View ArticleAustralia to block government benefits for unvaccinated children
Australia Wednesday introduced a "no jab, no pay" law which would block parents who refuse to vaccinate their children from accessing some government benefits.
View ArticlePatients paying more for health care as government tightens belt
Australians are picking up some of the slack of government belt-tightening by paying more for health, with experts concerned this could reduce the equity in Australia's health system, a new report has...
View ArticleMore than one-third of cancers can be avoided if Australians modify their...
Nearly 40,000 cancers diagnosed in Australia can be prevented if people avoid known risk factors for the disease, according to research published today.
View ArticleLanguage a factor in Aboriginal obesity
Australian aboriginals who use their own language at home are less likely to be obese than those who speak only English.
View ArticleThe moral wounds of war
A soldier in the Australian Army is posted to Somalia, a country ranked among the world's most troubled states and where the capital, Mogadishu, is known as the "city of death". Life is cheap and...
View ArticlePregnant woman diagnosed with Zika in Australia
A pregnant woman has been diagnosed with the Zika virus in Australia, officials said Wednesday, adding that the disease was acquired overseas.
View ArticleDoctor calls on Australian government to lift threat of imprisonment from...
In The BMJ today, a doctor is calling on the Australian government to stop constraining doctors in the care of asylum seekers and refugees, and to adopt a humane stance to people seeking asylum.
View ArticleUnique smartphone app to reduce suicide deaths
Suicide is now the greatest killer of Australians aged 15 to 44 according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
View ArticleTeenage mothers at greater risk of partner violence
Australian women having their first child as teenagers are at increased risk of experiencing domestic violence, according to new data presented at the United Nations headquarters today.
View ArticleN.Zealand, Norway back plain packets for cigarettes (Update)
New Zealand and Norway became on Tuesday the latest countries to announce they will remove branding from cigarette packets, in a move hailed by the WHO as an effective way to cut smoking rates.
View ArticleDoes weight loss surgery help with problem eating habits?
More Australians are turning to surgery to help treat obesity – but once their surgery is over, what impact does it have on patients' eating habits in the long term?
View ArticleHelping people with spinal cord injury return to work
University of Adelaide researchers are calling for participants for a national study aimed at assisting Australians with a spinal cord injury to return to work.
View ArticleOne million Australians living in "unhealthy" housing
New research led by the University of Adelaide has highlighted the link between poor living conditions and health, and estimates that more than one million Australians are living in sub-standard housing.
View ArticleRacial stereotypes stymie Aboriginal leadership in sport, research finds
Patronising racial stereotypes that laud Aboriginal peoples' natural sporting prowess are impeding the development of Aboriginal leadership in sport and its many flow-on benefits, a new study has found.
View ArticleAboriginal Australians' welfare 'stagnating or worsening'
Imprisonment and self-harm rates have soared among Aboriginal Australians, an official report said Thursday as it slammed a lack of research into whether government programmes were effective at...
View ArticleCambodia to allow foreigners to leave with surrogate babies
The Cambodian government is set to allow foreign couples to return home with babies conceived to surrogates before the 'womb for rent' business was banned last year, an official said Monday.
View ArticleUnlike Americans, Australian self-esteem has stayed the same since the 1970s
Consider three propositions about how Australians see themselves.
View ArticleMore Australians dying of accidental overdose of pharmaceutical opioids
In a reversal of the heroin epidemic of the late 90s and early 2000s, older Australians aged 35 to 54 are now more likely to die from an opioid overdose, a new report reveals.
View ArticleChildren of convicts transported to Australia grew up taller than their peers...
The children of convicts born in the Australian colonies grew up taller than they would have done if their parents had not been sent into exile, our latest study shows.
View ArticleWhen life is coming to a close: three common myths about dying
On average 435 Australians die each day. Most will know they are at the end of their lives. Hopefully they had time to contemplate and achieve the "good death" we all seek. It's possible to get a good...
View ArticleIndigenous smoking deaths on the rise despite people butting out
Smoking-related deaths among Indigenous Australians are likely to continue to rise and peak over the next decade despite big reductions in smoking over the past 20 years, a new study led by ANU has found.
View ArticleA picture of physical literacy
The Australian Sports Commission (ASC) has released a definition of physical literacy that will underpin a national standard designed to improve the physical activity levels, holistic development and...
View ArticleScientists pinpoint genetic risk factors for asthma, hay fever and eczema
A major international study has pinpointed more than 100 genetic risk factors that explain why some people suffer from asthma, hay fever and eczema.
View ArticleAustralian state reaches brink of legalizing mercy killings
An Australian state parliament on Wednesday stepped closer to passing a voluntary euthanasia bill, 20 years after the country repealed the world's first mercy-killing law for the terminally ill.
View ArticleDisability discrimination affects one in seven Australian adults
One in seven Australian adults with a disability reports experiencing discrimination due to their impairment and this discrimination can affect their health, a new study has found. Rates were higher...
View ArticleGlobal study finds women hold different views of harassment
Australian women were less likely to consider wolf-whistling in the street, being asked for sex at a social event and a man overstaying his welcome in their home as unacceptable behaviour than women in...
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