Why women are more likely to have dodgy hip implants or other medical devices
Women are suffering as a result of gender bias that affects the design, testing, clinical trials, re... Read more
Note: QIMR have contacted Croakey to correct information in this morning’s story on the use of personal information by DHS. The post has been updated to include this information. Data securit... Read more
In recent weeks, Croakey has published a series of articles from the Lowitja Institute International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference, which was held on the Larrakia Nation in Darwin with th... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: A Victorian politician has urged the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System to address the harms caused by gambling as a public health issue. Citing her former... Read more
In this edition of The Health Wrap, Associate Professor Lesley Russell shares some of the latest news in mental health and oral health, amongst other things. Lesley Russell writes: In the past few wee... Read more
The prevalence and impact of ageism in our community, and in the healthcare system, and the tendency to see poor mental health as a ‘normal’ part of ageing were major issues raised at the Mental Healt... Read more
Queensland police have decided to drop charges against four French journalists for trespass while they were filming an anti-Adani protest for a documentary for French TV. The case has raised major con... Read more
Service delivery to Queensland’s remote Indigenous communities was “fundamentally broken” and in need of a radical rethink, the state’s Productivity Commission has found, calli... Read more
*** This article was written by Ruth Armstrong, on behalf of Croakey Professional Services. It was sponsored by Gandangara Local Aboriginal Land Council. *** Speaking during NAIDOC Week on ABC’s The D... Read more
Public health professionals and the wider health sector have been urged to engage deeply with strong calls to action embedded in the official statement from the recent Lowitja Institute International... Read more
AMA President Tony Bartone has thrown down the gauntlet on prevention, urging the newly-elected Morrison government to “just do it” on taxation of sugar-sweetened beverages and a volumetri... Read more
