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Australasia

The Australasia category highlights health, policy and social issues from across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region. It includes analysis of health system developments, research breakthroughs, public health priorities and lived experience from local settings, offering a regional lens on topics that matter to communities and practitioners in Australasia.

AI-human approach to skin cancer diagnosis

Human-Artificial intelligence collaborations best for skin cancer diagnosis:  Artificial intelligence (AI) improved skin cancer diagnostic accuracy when used in collaboration with human clinical checks, an...
AI-human approach to skin cancer diagnosis

Cochrane review on family violence therapies

A major University of Melbourne-led review has questioned whether women's ongoing need for safety, support and holistic healing following family violence are adequately addressed by...
Cochrane review on family violence therapies

Yoga in isolation

Leah Nylander of West Coast Yoga blogs on the impact of isolation on our yoga and meditation practice for International Day of Yoga 2020 (21st...
Yoga in isolation

Link between sleep and depression in adolescents

Self‐reported sleep patterns and quality amongst adolescents: cross‐sectional and prospective associations with anxiety and depression. A mere 30 minutes extra sleep a day can make...
Link between sleep and depression in adolescents

Test improves detection of Prostate Cancer

New screening test improves detection of Prostate Cancer using circulating tumor cells and prostate-specific markers. Melbourne-based National Institute of Medicine is the first to pioneer...
Test improves detection of Prostate Cancer

DAD a film about autism and fatherhood

A moving documentary following the often unheard stories of fathers with children on the spectrum, DAD shares the experiences of twelve Aussie dads as they...
DAD a film about autism and fatherhood