The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted unprecedented changes in cancer care in Australia, with high-value practices across all levels set to continue post-pandemic, adding considerably to optimal cancer care, according to the ...
Oct 25, 2021
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Living guidelines for the clinical care of children and adolescents with COVID-19 have been developed with 20 recommendations including the use of corticosteroids as first-line treatment for those who require oxygen. A summary ...
Oct 25, 2021
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Despite being uniquely vulnerable to the hazards of climate change, Australia does not have a national plan to address the health risks it faces, says a national assessment of health and climate change released this week ...
Oct 25, 2021
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Doctors from the Children's Hospital at Westmead in Sydney have identified the first known case of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in an adult in Australia, according to a Letter to the Editor published today by the Medical ...
Oct 15, 2021
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Perth researchers have found toxic and harmful chemicals in several dozen e-cigarette liquids readily available in Australia.
Oct 11, 2021
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Many people have accepted the idea that taking a placebo—for example, a pill with no active medicine in it—can have powerful effects on the body. The reality is quite different, according to the authors of a Perspective ...
Sep 20, 2021
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Women with some cardiac conditions receive less evidence-based treatment than their male counterparts, research published today by the Medical Journal of Australia has confirmed.
Sep 20, 2021
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Today medical, nursing and public health journals across the world have simultaneously published an editorial calling for world leaders to take emergency action to transform societies and limit climate change, restore biodiversity, ...
Sep 6, 2021
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James Cook University scientists have developed a new model to track the COVID pandemic—and it's telling them Australia should now prioritize delivering the Pfizer vaccine to 12-40 year-olds.
Sep 6, 2021
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Clinical cardiac complications were "reassuringly" uncommon among more than 600 patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 in 2020, according to research published today by the Medical Journal of Australia.
Sep 6, 2021
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