(March 6: An update has been added at the bottom of this post, including a review of the SMH story by Media Doctor Australia. March 8: The Cardiac Society of Australia and NZ has released a statement urging patients not to stop taking statins without discussing the matter with their doctors. It is available on [...]
February 21, 2012 – 11:23 am
(This is the first in a series of two posts looking at social media and health). Health service leaders are not famous for embracing engagement with the media or general public. This observation is not intended as any personal slight as the situation is the inevitable result of the systems they work in, and the expectations [...]
January 11, 2012 – 10:25 am
As previously mentioned, Croakey readers are welcome to sign up for (rather irregular) summaries of posts. If you’d like to join the mailing list, please send your email or leave it below. Here is the latest compilation, covering from 6 October – December 23, 2011. The latest readership figures are now also available, showing that [...]
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Tagged alcohol, climate change, conflicts of interest, evidence-based, Food, health, health reform, healthcare, Indigenous health, media coverage of health, Medicines Australia, mental health, pharma, public health, rural health, TGA, The Australian, tobacco
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December 16, 2011 – 11:45 am
It’s just over three years since COAG announced The National Partnership Agreement on Preventive Health (NPAPH), which is providing $872.1 million over six years from 2009-10, and is billed as the “largest investment ever made by an Australian Government in health promotion for healthy eating and physical activity”. These recent job advertisements, for health promotion [...]
December 14, 2011 – 6:56 pm
Continuing the theme of a recent Croakey post, below are some more suggestions for the new Health Minister Tanya Plibersek from Crikey Health and Medical Panel members, who were asked: 1. What useful advice might the outgoing Health Minister Nicola Roxon give her successor? 2. What have been Nicola Roxon’s most significant [...]
By Melissa Sweet
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Also posted in aged care, conflicts of interest, health financing and costs, health reform, Medicare Locals, plain packaging, primary health care, tobacco control
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Tagged health reform, Ministerial reshuffle, Nicola Roxon, Tanya Plibersek
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December 13, 2011 – 1:18 pm
Much of the post-shuffle focus in health has been on the new Minister, Tanya Plibersek (The Australian has her prioritising dental reform, while the Sydney Morning Herald has her bedding down the health reform agenda). But let’s not forget that many portfolios are important for health (some of which are mentioned at the bottom of [...]
By Melissa Sweet
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Also posted in cancer, child health, childbirth and maternity services, dental care, disabilities, e-health, education, general practice, health reform, Indigenous health, Medicare Locals, mental health, NHMRC, pharmacy, primary health care, private health insurance, public health, social determinants of health, TGA, tobacco control
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Tagged health reform, Ministerial reshuffle, Nicola Roxon, primary health care, Tanya Plibersek
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December 8, 2011 – 6:06 pm
Support from family and friends is important for our health in so many ways – and especially for those living with a chronic illness, suggests new research. In its latest Croakey update, the Primary Health Care Research and Information Service (better known as PHC RIS) reports on a new study investigating what factors motivate people [...]
October 10, 2011 – 4:41 pm
The New Yorker magazine ran an illuminating article earlier this year about the impact of traumatic childhoods upon long-term health, both physical and mental. The poverty clinic: can a stressful childhood make you a sick adult? profiled the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study, which is billed as “perhaps the largest scientific research study of its [...]
By Melissa Sweet
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Also posted in child health, childbirth and maternity services, Indigenous health, Media-related issues, Medicare Locals, mental health, nurses and nursing, poverty, primary health care, public health, social determinants of health
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Tagged ACE study, childhood trauma, early intervention, mental health
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October 5, 2011 – 5:40 pm
Hola – I am back on deck. A large thanks to Jennifer Doggett for driving Croakey while I was away, and to Ben Harris-Roxas for looking after the Twitter feed. As previously mentioned, Croakey readers are welcome to sign up for (rather irregular) summaries of posts. If you’d like to join the mailing list, please [...]
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Also posted in aged care, alcohol, cancer, chronic diseases, climate change, Cochrane Collaboration, complementary medicines, Croakey Register of Influencers in Public Health, diabetes, disabilities, evidence-based issues, health and medical education, health and medical research, health financing and costs, Health inequalities, health reform, health regulation, health workforce, Indigenous health, Journal articles, Media Doctor Australia, Media-related issues, Medicare Locals, mental health, obesity, pharmacy, primary health care, private health insurance, public health, quality and safety of health care, rural and remote health, social determinants of health, The Conversation, Uncategorized
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September 14, 2011 – 8:10 am
Tony Lower, Director of the Australian Centre for Agricultural Health and Safety within the Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, writes…. Its been just on seven months since my first blog regarding quad bikes and the perils of their design. Since that posting there have been a further 11 quad bike deaths in Australia, taking [...]
