Behind the alarming headlines about sleeping pills and red meat
For those who have been alarmed by recent headlines about the dangers of sleeping pills and red meat, below are links to some further analyses that are worth reading, courtesy of Media Doctor Australia...
View ArticleThe pros and cons of telehealth for people in rural and remote areas
Canadian researchers recently investigated the use of telehealth in delivering a self management program for stroke survivors and carers. The findings – profiled below in the latest update from the...
View ArticleDo doctors treat their better off patients differently? Plus a wrap of...
A regular topic at Croakey is how social and economic factors contribute to health inequalities and inequitable access to health services. But what about how these things affect communications and...
View ArticleA wrap of recent health and medical reading at The Conversation
Thanks to Reema Rattan for providing this wrap of recent health and medical reading at The Conversation. Topics covered include: the downside of energy drinks infant formula’s chequered past Nurofen...
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What does it take to improve mental health? Some insights from three voices...
At the recent national TheMHS conference in Cairns, the director of the Hunter Institute of Mental Health, Trevor Hazell, received the “Award for Exceptional Contribution to Mental Health Services in...
View ArticleTime for action on smoking and mental illness
Dr Mark Ragg offers a five point plan for reducing the current high rate of smoking among people with mental illnesses. The first report card of the National Mental Health Commission makes fascinating...
View ArticlePradaxa: Not so bleeding obvious
The decision to delay further the introduction of subsidies for the anti-stroke drug, Pradaxa, puts Australia at odds with the rest of the developed world. It also raises questions about the...
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QUICK Q&A WITH ROB MOODIE ON TOBACCO, OBESITY, CHANGE AND LEADERSHIP
Recently Marie McInerney interviewed Rob Moodie for VCOSS providing insight into what works in public health campaigns. The words “persistence, persistence, persistence” will strike a chord with many....
View ArticlePreviewing a national summit: what will it take to improve the health of...
The poor physical health of people with mental illness has been known about for decades – one of the first studies in this area was published as far back as 1934 (see reference 1 at the bottom of this...
View ArticleTo give children a fair start in life, act on the evidence (it’s been around...
Almost 20 years ago, physician Dr Michael Gliksman was involved in research suggesting that socioeconomic disadvantage during childhood can have lifelong health consequences. Since then, a variety of...
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Getting active at Warburton, and some healthy catering guidelines
Journalist John Thompson-Mills reports from Adelaide on some of the innovative health programs that featured at the NACCHO Summit in Adelaide yesterday. Yesterday we told you about the bush camps that...
View ArticleThe World Health Organisation takes a tough stand on sugar. It’s about time...
Thanks to David Gillespie, author of Sweet Poison, for providing this update on the WHO’s latest report on sugar. The special interest groups will no doubt be raising their voices in the not too...
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Against the odds: A moving Croakey #longread about life and loss, care and...
New South Wales farmer David Marsh was a speaker on regenerative agriculture at the recent 2013 Oceania EcoHealth symposium in Melbourne. He opened his presentation by saying: “I’ve had an incredibly...
View ArticleHazelwood mine fire: health risks and public health response options
The Hazelwood coal mine fire that has been burning in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley since February 9 is raising major public health issues for those living in and near the town of Morwell. In the post...
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#IHMayDay: 1 day of Twitter action, 15+ hours on Indigenous health issues,...
It was surely what Twitter was made for – a national day of Twitter action that had discussions about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health issues trending nationally – scoring nearly 26 million...
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The Health Wrap: Big tobacco arguments; fad diets and pills; fairness,...
Big tobacco arguments This fortnight the plain packaging debate dominated the headlines, sparked by an article published a few weeks ago by The Australian claiming industry figures showed the...
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NCDs: Time for a policy push for Global Health’s poor cousin.
NCDs are emerging as the major global health threat of the future yet they attract a minimal amount of global health spending. Where does the gap lie: policy or evidence? In an article originally...
View ArticleThe demise of the ANPHA: why it will be ‘drinks all round’ for the alcohol...
A recent seminar at the University of Sydney examined the legacy of the Australian National Preventive Health Agency (ANPHA) in an event also billed by some as “a wake for preventive health”. In the...
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No “perfect storm”: Hazelwood coal mine fire inquiry points to broader health...
“Contrary to suggestions that the Hazelwood mine fire was the ‘perfect storm of events’, all of the factors contributing to the ignition and spread of the fire were foreseeable. Yet it appears they...
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Indigenous leaders plea to PM Abbott to step in on “chaotic” policy, funding...
Updated to include statement below from the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) on concerns about discriminatory changes to the way some Aboriginal organisations...
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