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People living with complex chronic conditions are poorly served by our health-care system, which was designed to care for acute illness.
Much, if not all, long COVID appears to be driven by the virus persisting in the body. Formal proof remains elusive but here’s what the science shows.
‘Cardiac College for Women’ offers tailored cardiac rehabilitation education to bridge the gap in cardiovascular care and empower women to manage their heart health effectively.
Employers have a duty to address work stressors and make adjustments for workers with long-term illnesses.
Food security is crucial to disease prevention and management, so prescribing healthy foods and reducing barriers to better diets makes sense. But food prescriptions should not be immune to scrutiny.
While the pandemic has focused the world’s attention on how to prevent infectious disease, many of the lessons learned from COVID-19 prevention can also be applied to chronic disease prevention.
In 2019, 89,834 people died of diabetes. This number exceeds the capacity of Soccer City, the biggest football stadium in South Africa.
There are many initiatives around Australia designed to keep people with chronic conditions out of hospital. But to take these further, the health system needs a ‘license to innovate’.
We’ve known for some time type 2 diabetes causes a range of health complications, like heart disease. But now we’re starting to see people with diabetes are more likely to get cancer and dementia too.
Aboriginal people are at greater risk of severe illness from COVID-19 than non-Aboriginal people. But plans to protect remote communities and keep the virus out are progressing too slowly.
Australians with lower incomes are dying sooner from potentially preventable diseases than their wealthier counterparts, according to our new report.
The government must do more to deliver a 21st-century health system – not just to improve its standing with voters but to meet the health needs of all Australians.
What did the Coalition promise during the campaign in 11 key policy areas, from health to infrastructure to jobs?
Health is always a key factor in deciding which way to vote. So what have the major parties promised in health? And what could these changes mean for consumers?
The Commonwealth wants to partially reverse the cuts it made to public hospital funding in the 2014 budget. But the deal has some unwelcome strings attached.
Patients with chronic illness need support and encouragement to take their medications. SMS messaging is a simple, cheap and seemingly effective way to keep them on track.
Today’s medical students are tomorrow’s doctors, and they need to understand public health to better help their patients.
Have you ever wondered what those food additive numbers included in the ingredients list on your food packing were really doing to your body?
Aboriginal patients with chronic disease are having $1,700 too little spent on them, according to a study published today…
Top contributors
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Emeritus Consultant, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst
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Dietitian; Diabetes Educator; PhD candidate at Monash University and, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Cardiologist at Westmead Hospital; Director of the Westmead Applied Research Centre, University of Sydney
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Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW
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Health Policy Lead, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Professor, Department of Diabetes, Head: Glycation, Nutrition & Metabolism Laboratory, Monash University
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Economics, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of General Pediatrics, University of Florida
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Chairperson, Diabetes Alliance; Co-founder, Diabetes Research Centre, University of Pretoria
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Deputy Director, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Assistant Professor, School of Public Health and Social Policy, University of Victoria
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Regional Associate Dean, Interior, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
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Associate Professor, School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo
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Professor, Health Policy, Victoria University