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How does Australia’s health care system compare to our peers in the OECD? Here we highlight five charts showing Australia’s relative performance.
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The NHS, like many other health systems, is still dealing with the effects of COVID-19 but the challenges it faces predate the pandemic.
It’s crucial that medical professionals learn to collaborate.
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It’s all too common for health professionals and departments to slip into silo mentalities.
Paramedics working in Melbourne during the pandemic.
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Research on both sides of the globe shows that unmanageable workloads is the main reason why many ambulance service staff are considering quitting the profession.
The hand that wields the chain saw looks set to carry the crown.
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Argentinians will vote in a new president on Oct. 22, 2023. But the front-runner’s plans to slash health funding might find resistance.
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When hospital and GP staff do not reflect the population they serve, patients’ health suffers.
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Patient online comments are often underused, if they are used at all.
The language midwives use is an important part of the care they provide.
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Several familiar maternity terms have been abandoned after a consultation with pregnant women and healthcare professionals.
Almost two-thirds of UK adults aged 65 and over possess two or more long-term health conditions.
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People who developed diabetes, psychosis and congestive heart failure, in that order, experienced the largest reduction in life expectancy
Rural women in Nigeria negotiate healthcare decisions with their partners.
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Rural women in Nigeria circumvent patriarchy to make decisions on their healthcare.
Healthcare professionals can play a vital role in identifying and helping people who are experiencing domestic abuse.
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New research linking police and healthcare data shows that victims of domestic abuse are detectable before the involvement of the police.
Starling murmurations form as daylight fades over their roosting sites.
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Research into swarming in nature is transforming healthcare, gambling and the military.
A protest demanding justice for Joyce Echaquan in Montréal in October 2020.
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Cultural awareness training for health-care workers places focus on individual biases rather than tackling the systemic problems that negatively impact Indigenous patients.
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About 35% of people in England faced some form of disruption to healthcare access during the pandemic.
Ghana’s population can be described as rapidly urbanising and young.
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Ghana’s implementation of key population policies has not been consistent.
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Prophets of the NHS’s demise have been proved wrong year after year.
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Finland aims to be tobacco free by 2030. Could the UK do more to keep the population healthy?
Ozempic, a semaglutide drug being used for weight loss, could impact how society sees fat people.
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As the use of Ozempic, a drug for diabetes, slams into the mainstream as a weight-loss method, will the drug’s use impact our concept of fatness? And how does fatness intersect with race and class?
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Using AI effectively in healthcare will require retraining of the workforce, retooling health services, and transforming workflows.
Advances in facial recognition technology may have useful applications in healthcare.
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Key to diagnosing foetal alcohol syndrome is an assessment of certain facial features. A 3D facial scan is expensive but 2D images may offer a solution.