An epic tour of towns and cities, mapping health benefits and challenges
Last week at Croakey’s rotational Twitter account @WePublicHealth, Dr Jason Thompson, a Senior Resea... Read more
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The National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission chief Dr Christine Bennett seems to have embarked on a series of media briefings to gee up interest in the Commission’s forthcoming report. This ear... Read more
The Vioxx case in the Federal Court in Melbourne continues to produce a stream of interesting and illuminating revelations although I had to chuckle at one specialist’s efforts to downplay his p... Read more
Dr Tim Gill, Principal Research Fellow at the Institute of Obesity, Nutrition and Exercise, University of Sydney writes: Tackling health problems requires reliable, independent evidence in order to be... Read more
Ever since news broke about a US recall of weight loss products called Hydroxycut, the one-man industry watchdog Dr Ken Harvey has been on a campaign to get some action in Australia. The Food and Drug... Read more
The obstetricians are out in full force, suggesting that mooted changes to the Safety Net will “punish women and their families because they chose to seek help with their pregnancy and births fr... Read more
A pharmacy researcher who wishes to remain anonymous has sent in this comment regarding the funding deal between the Baker and Sanofi Aventis (for more background info, see here, and here and here):... Read more
In the lead-up to the budget, Croakey has asked an assortment of public health and health policy types about their wishes and expectations. Michael Moore, CEO, Public Health Association of Australia I... Read more
The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma has published this tipsheet for responsible reporting on the swine flu, compiled by Times-Picayune health reporter John Pope. The tips are fairly straightforw... Read more
Professor Warwick Anderson, ceo of the NHMRC, has sent in the following comment re the guidelines controversy. (Readers with an interest in these issues may want to check out the details of a workshop... Read more
Professor Guy Maddern, professor of surgery at the University of Adelaide, comments on the ongoing controversy over guideline development (see posts below for more background): “The nature and c... Read more
Featuring: air pollution
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On so many pressing local and global health issues, “we must do better”
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As climate change strikes harder than expected, emergency medicine doctors press for action
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Why it is imperative to start now to study and research the long-term health effects from bushfires
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Ongoing hazardous air pollution events expose need for whole of government response to protect health
