For many patients, hospital may not be the best place for their care.
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Better primary care could have prevented more than a quarter-of-a-million hospital admissions for health problems such as diabetes each year.
Today’s medical students are tomorrow’s doctors, and they need to understand public health to better help their patients.
Reinforcement of the idea that exercise will lead to weight loss acts as a disincentive for those who stick to their exercise goals to only find the scales haven’t turned in their favour.
Chronic diseases are responsible for nine out of ten deaths in Australia, and for much of the public health expenditure that’s causing governments so much concern.
Over-65s use twice as many health resources as the average Australian. But it’s worth the expense.
Federal health minister, Sussan Ley, said that one in two Australians is now suffering from a chronic disease. Is that right?
Saying someone has epilepsy is a little like saying they’re ill. Its cause can vary from a brain tumour to an inherited genetic condition, the consequence of injury or a disorder affecting the brain.
Economic modelling shows that policies to reduce chronic diseases can have large economic benefits –A$4.5 billion a year for diabetes alone – by reducing health costs and boosting the workforce.
Any health reform proposals should start by addressing public hospitals and chronic care. But successful change in these areas requires getting the state-Commonwealth funding and incentives right.
Work has a very important role in health and well-being but it can also be a major risk factor for poor health, disability, and even death.
Have you ever wondered what those food additive numbers included in the ingredients list on your food packing were really doing to your body?
Pregnant women get all kinds of advice but reliable, evidence-based information on what they should eat for their good health as well as that of their developing child is often sorely missing.
Abbott’s claim that people in remote communities are making a “lifestyle choice” reveals an underlying view that social circumstances are the responsibility of individuals, rather than societies.
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said he wants to develop “integrated care organisations” in the English NHS, with NHS hospital trusts taking a lead role in forming them. This has been challenged, quite…
Researchers have found that treating gum disease (periodontal disease) may reduce heart disease, diabetes and other conditions…
Australians have one the longest life expectancies in the world but are living with growing levels of lifestyle-induced chronic illness, according to the latest national health report card. The Australian…
Aboriginal patients with chronic disease are having $1,700 too little spent on them, according to a study published today…
Erection problems are common but they can be embarrassing for men to discuss with partners and doctors. The sales of erection drugs on the internet or billboard advertising are boosted by keeping erectile…
Taste and flavour perception is standing in the way of treatment options for chronic disease patients experiencing taste…
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Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute
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Professor, Health Policy, Victoria 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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Professor of Public Health Policy, Deakin University
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Health Policy Lead, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Professor of Health Promotion, Dalhousie University
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Professor of Public Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, School of Health Sciences, University of Newcastle
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Associate lecturer, Nutritional Biochemistry, University of Hertfordshire
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Deakin University
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Conjoint Clinical Associate Professor, Deakin University School of Medicine and Specialist Pain Medicine Physician, Deakin University
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Professor of Medicine, The University of Melbourne
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Cardiologist at Westmead Hospital; Director of the Westmead Applied Research Centre, University of Sydney
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Executive Director, George Institute Australia; Professor of Medicine, UNSW
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University