We could walk ourselves into better health, but would the system value our efforts, or recognise that, for some of us, the gradient grows ever more steep? Join The Health Wrap‘s Lesley... Read more
Much is made of the promise that algorithms, machine learning and deep learning hold in the health care space, but how distant a reality is the intersection of artificial intelligence and he... Read more
The arbitrary separation of refugee women and children by the Australian government and “record” female imprisonment rates are expected to come under scrutiny when Australia appe... Read more
Pollution and urbanisation, human rights and gender equality, equity and regulation of the “commercial determinants” of health must be prioritised at the very highest levels of g... Read more
As the international food standards body prepares to meet in Rome this week and the deadline approaches for Australia’s Senate inquiry into the national obesity epidemic, truth in labe... Read more
Government contributions to medical fees are set out in a large book of rules. It is under review. But are rules for individual fees for individual services the way to go? Fee-for-service ma... Read more
Returning control of Aboriginal housing to community hands is essential to meaningful progress on health, education, employment and community sustainability in the Northern Territory, a summ... Read more
As the National Disability Insurance Scheme rolls out Australia-wide, rural and remote communities are discovering the unique challenges of living in a “thin market” for services... Read more
The introduction of firearms reform in Australia following the 1996 Port Arthur massacre has been a triumph for public health, preventing 16 further mass shootings in the intervening two dec... Read more
When it comes to questions of life, death, or lotto, what would you consider reasonable odds? Countless numbers continue buying Powerball tickets despite the chances of a jackpot being vanis... Read more
