Research by Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) has found multiple, coordinated interventions are required to reverse the sharp drop in junior doctors training as General Practitioners (GPs) in the Northern Territory.
Aug 23, 2023
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For 35 years, this town's residents have brought all manner of illnesses, aches, and worries to Kevin de Regnier's storefront clinic on the courthouse square—and he loves them for it.
Jun 8, 2023
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A new paper in Family Practice indicates that only around half of transgender people report supportive primary care experiences. Participants with more supportive healthcare experiences had less psychological distress as ...
Mar 9, 2022
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A detailed analysis of UK data from a global obesity study (the ACTION-IO study) has shown that, on average, people with obesity (PwO) in the UK were struggling with their weight for 9 years before they sought help from a ...
Sep 4, 2020
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The U.S. Surgeon General's office estimates that more than 20 million people have a substance use disorder. Meanwhile, the nation's drug overdose crisis shows no sign of slowing. Yet, by all accounts, there aren't nearly ...
Mar 29, 2019
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Wellington researchers are calling for doctors to be more involved in the debate around cannabis as a medicine.
Dec 21, 2016
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Health-care delivery is changing rapidly, but many primary care doctors' offices are overworked, under-resourced, and unprepared to make the necessary transformation from the old, top-down hierarchical model to the patient-centered ...
Jul 18, 2016
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Rather than make appointments to see their family doctor on a regular basis, men are often more likely to make excuses for not going, according to a new survey that lists the top excuses men most often make.
Jun 9, 2016
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(HealthDay)—Direct primary care, where doctors bypass insurance companies, is an emerging business model, according to an article published in The Boston Globe.
Apr 26, 2016
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Getting old is tough. Taking care of an aging loved one is tough, too. And the difficulties of navigating health-care systems do not help. Sadly, many older adults are chronically ill and frail, resulting in many trips to ...
Jul 7, 2015
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