Practice Connect
Stay informed with Practice Connect, your monthly digest of healthcare’s most relevant topics. We deliver evidence-based insights on controversial health debates, prevention strategies, and practical clinical guidance to help you navigate patient conversations and stay current with Australian healthcare developments.
‘Social prescribing’ could help cure loneliness, isolation
Social prescribing is being increasingly discussed in general practice and perhaps your practice is already deploying it. This concept, centered on...
Improving preconception care with electronic medical records
There’s a growing focus on “preconception care” or PCC among healthcare services and in research. PCC involves interventions to manage risk factors...
Differences between cell and egg-based flu vaccines
The flu season is starting and peaking earlier these days. Based on the Northern Hemisphere experience, health authorities expect this year's season...
Australia is facing a whooping cough outbreak
Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is an infection that occurs in the lungs and causes forceful coughing. It is a highly contagious bacterial...
Kids’ sports and their academic achievements
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...
High blood pressure is still our leading risk factor for premature death
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....
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