According to the Department of Health, more than 3.6 million children take part in sport each year. Sports, particularly team sports, are thought to teach a variety of life skills for kids: working with others to achieve a goal, perseverance, humility and...
Like the rest of the world, cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death in Australia, accounting for one in four deaths in 2019. According to the Heart Foundation around 120 people in Australia die from CVD each day, or one person every 12 minutes....
ADHD and autism spectrum disorder are neurodevelopmental disorders affecting millions of children worldwide. It is estimated that 1 in 100 people in Australia are on the autism spectrum and around 1 in 30 adults has ADHD. Both are commonly diagnosed in childhood, with...
Preterm birth is a major global health issue that can lead to infant mortality and long-term health complications. In Australia more than 26,000 Australian babies are born preterm each year and 15 million babies globally. Defined as a birth occurring before 37 weeks,...
It’s important that General Practices are prepared for flu season. This includes developing strategies for managing vaccine distribution, appointment scheduling and billing procedures efficiently. Leading Practice Intelligence Platform provider Cubiko outlines the...
In recent years respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cases have exploded in Australia. At the time of writing, there have been 24,211 notifications of laboratory confirmed RSV reported to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System this year. A new vaccine...
Queensland Health research about COVID has been in the news lately. Due to be presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in Barcelona in late April, the research found that a year after infection there was no evidence of worst...
Opioid and cannabis use disorders are a major concern worldwide, constituting almost 80 per cent of all illicit drug use disorders. Their co-occurrence is of particular concern to clinicians and public health officials, especially with a backdrop of opioid harms and...
COVID-19 is now one of Australia’s leading causes of death according to data from the Bureau of Statistics. This is an important reminder for eligible Australians to get a booster shot. All adults can get a booster if it’s been 6 months or longer since their...
The interactions between ageing, cognition and financial health have been of growing interest to economists and public health researchers. We’re living longer, and that means greater numbers of people will experience cognitive decline. Older adults have major...
The egg-timer test, known clinically as anti-mullerian hormone (AMH) testing, is marketed to the public as a way of testing fertility for women but that in fact is exactly what it does not do. AMH is linked to the number of egg sacs in a woman’s ovaries – a proxy for...
Low testosterone is linked to worse health outcomes among older men, especially in the areas of diabetes, dementia and mortality. But the scientific literature is still not clear on whether diminishing levels of testosterone are just due to ageing itself, or if the...
