Remembering the courageous nurses of ANZAC
As Australians and New Zealanders come together, exercising social distancing measures on their doorsteps this Saturday at dawn, we remember the harrowing and dramatic stories...
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.
Pilot phase – rapid Covid-19 test
Monash University researchers are developing a Covid-19 test to rapidly diagnose active virus infection within an hour: The pilot study is up and running. Despite...
Ocean Heroes Surfing the Spectrum
Since 2016, Ocean Heroes has shared the thrill and wonder of surfing with over three thousand autistic children in Australia, enabling them to build self-belief...
Caution Advised in Treatment of Gender Dysphoria
A number of recent cases suggest that sex reassignment surgeries remain the most controversial tool of gender transitioning due to their irreversibility. Therefore the surgeons...
Charity Calls for Specific Policy Target for Lowest Survival Rate Cancers
A newly published study (Lancet Oncology) reveals that cancer patients in the UK still face worse survival rates than other comparable high-income countries. Pancreatic Cancer...
Alzheimer’s Disease Risk Gene Impairs Function of Brain Immune Cells
A study carried out with a new human stem cell-derived model reveals that the most prevalent genetic risk factor of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), apolipoprotein E4...
Researchers Develop Early Detection Test for Ovarian Cancer
Researchers from Queen’s University Belfast have developed a test that may be able to detect ovarian cancer up to two years earlier than current approaches....
Psychological Support “Not Available” to One in Three Cancer Patients Who Need It
Findings from 10-country survey reveal lack of information and support ‘is an important gap’ for many cancer patients London, 24 July 2019 – People with...
Skin cancer bigger killer in Britain than Australia
Latest figures reveal more people in Britain are losing their lives to skin cancer than in Australia – with Brits being encouraged to pay more...
Please mind the Gap
Seven years ago I made a decision that would change my life. After growing up in the city, completing medical school in the city, and...
