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National guideline to tackle record rates of skin infection

Researchers have developed the first National Healthy Skin Guideline to address record rates of skin infections in Australia’s Indigenous communities.

Urgent action needed to improve the mental health and save the lives of Australian doctors and medical students

A world-first survey of Australian doctors and medical students has shown they are burnt-out and likely to have poorer mental health than the general community.

Turners turn out for ENDIA Study

Australia’s largest study into the causes of type 1 diabetes reached a significant milestone when it recruited its first family in Perth with three children recently.

Expert researchers converge on Broome to tackle health challenges in Northern Australia

Over 100 researchers and health professionals from around Australia have united in Broome this week to address the major health battles facing people living in the tropical north of the country.

Variety of foods at breakfast linked with better mental health for teens

Variety of foods at breakfast linked with better mental health for teens

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With rising levels of physical and mental health issues, ensuring children establish good physical activity behaviours early in life is more important than ever.

Consumer Representative Spotlight

Meet Paige Demery, one of our Consumer Representatives from Queensland.

Community collaboration ensures ending RHD is everybody’s business

Collaboration is the driving force behind ‘END RHD Demonstration Communities’ – a new community-driven, research-backed approach to tackling rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in remote Australia.

Subcutaneous Infusion of Benzathine Penicillin G Is Acceptable and Preferred Over Intramuscular Injections for Syphilis in Western Australian Sexual Health Clinic Attendees

Controlling the syphilis epidemic in Australia is a public health priority. Regular intramuscular (IM) injections of benzathine penicillin G (BPG) are the current standard of care for late latent syphilis in Australia; however, repeated IM BPG injections are painful, and treatment completion rates are low. Early-phase clinical trials have demonstrated the tolerability and safety of high-dose subcutaneous infusions of BPG (SCIP), where the total treatment dose can be delivered at a single visit. Here we describe the experiences and preferences of attendees of Western Australian sexual health clinics in the Perth metropolitan region who have syphilis and were treated with SCIP.

New national trial leverages childcare to boost physical activity in young Aussie kids

More than 80,000 Australian children are expected to benefit as 700 childcare centres across the country trial a new program aimed at boosting declining physical activity levels.