Global Health, Fitness and Medical Issues

The confronting findings of Macquarie University's National Repetitive Head Trauma Initiative lay bare the devastating impact of repeated concussion in sport.

We strongly believe that only digital health can bring healthcare into the 21st century and make patients the point-of-care.

With social distancing guidelines and stay-at-home orders in place, people are turning to televisits for relief.

Privacy, medical ethics, virology and interview techniques are included in the six-hour package. The course is available free of charge to the public.

This is the story of doctor Ignaz Semmelweis, who in the 19th Century fought to convince his fellow doctors that washing their hands could save patients’ lives. But despite the success of his theory, he met a tragic end.

Video by Fernando Teixeira & Izabela Cardoso

My mantra used to be “Stage IV cancer! Could it get any worse?” Then it got worse.

Even before Covid-19, the rates freeze, lack of frontline support and primary care fragmentation made it hard to stay afloat

Research pointing to obesity as a significant risk factor for severe COVID-19 illness is growing. There are a few reasons this might be.

Indigenous people suffered greatly during the last global pandemic – the Spanish flu in 1918-19. They are vulnerable again because we still haven't addressed inequalities in our public health system.

People with a history of concussion are more than twice as likely to develop a neurological disease, according to a new study that gathered the largest ever data set on the syndrome in the UK

In her final regular column for Newsroom, Emma Espiner reflects on six years of learning medicine.

Doctors are calling for telehealth Medicare rebates to be restricted to a patient's regular GP or a referred specialist, saying pop-up services are leading to fragmented patient care.

She's urging parents not to hold off on scheduled appointments, especially vaccines.

The pandemic has health professionals all around the country reaching out to their clients online. It's a trend we should continue, to ensure the most disadvantaged don't miss out on care.

When her condition worsened after being diagnosed with coronavirus, acclaimed singer-songwriter Jaguar Jonze didn't want to call an ambulance. But someone monitoring her condition many kilometres away made the call for her.

We expect a steep rise in mental health problems as a result of the pandemic. But there are ways to flatten this curve, just as we've flattened the curve of infections.

Keeping people more active can reduce the risks of developing chronic conditions in the first place

How does the coronavirus compare to other major causes of death in an average week?