Right now, right around the country, well-meaning community groups, including men’s health groups, are out on the hustings, urging all men of a certain age to be screened for prostate... Read more
If you’ve had chemotherapy for an early stage cancer, and are experiencing problems with your memory or concentration, you may be interested in a new study for which volunteers are bei... Read more
We’ve heard a lot lately about the importance of physical activity for helping to prevent disease, thanks to the release of the Preventative Health Taskforce report. So it’s tim... Read more
The National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission’s final report made numerous recommendations, many of which require a great deal more work before they could be considered ready for... Read more
Following Croakey’s recent discussions about selecting doctors, Sally Crossing, Chair of Cancer Voices NSW, thought Croakey readers might be interested in the following initative. She... Read more
The alcohol industry – and all those who sail with it – are awaiting the release of the Preventative Health Taskforce report which has now been with Minister Roxon for some weeks... Read more
Professor Ian Olver, the head honcho at the Cancer Council Australia, wrote this Crikey piece about why gene patent law requires urgent attention, based on his appearance today before a Sena... Read more
There is a new entry to the Croakey Register of Unreleased Documents. CRUD records the details of evaluations, plans, reviews and other such documents that should be released (whether by gov... Read more
Unlike most diagnostic tests, the retrospectoscope is universally reliable, even in the hands of a journalist like myself. With the benefit of the retrospectoscope, it now seems so obvious.... Read more
Professor Gavin Mooney, health economist, writes: Just 10 days after my Crikey article expressing concern about the lack of information I received from urologists about the probabilities of... Read more
