Healthcare
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Health & Medicine
Daily decisions can reduce the carbon footprint of our health sector
The Healthcare Carbon Lab aims to reduce carbon emissions in our health sector by measuring carbon-emitting procedures and products, while still delivering quality care
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Health & Medicine
"You had to be right-handed, female, under 25 and unmarried"
Professor Julie Satur’s journey from teenaged dental therapist to tenacious public health advocate is one of perseverance for equity in oral healthcare
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Health & Medicine
Healthcare has a waste problem, but we can achieve net zero
Climate change is the biggest health issue facing the planet. Healthcare professionals deal with the outcomes, but can also be part of the solution
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Politics & Society
Opinion
What the Bondi Junction tragedy tells us about compulsory treatment
How should we balance public safety with the rights of people with a mental illness to make decisions about their own wellbeing?
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Health & Medicine
Too many people die after leaving prison
The high rate of death soon after release from jail is tragic, but also avoidable. This urgently needs a coordinated, whole-of-government response
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Health & Medicine
Sorry, those blue-blocking lenses probably won’t help your digital eye strain
Eye strain from extended screen time is a growing problem, but evidence suggests that blue light is not the cause, and blue-blockers are not the solution
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Health & Medicine
Dental care and healthcare are the same thing
A new book on the history of dental health in Victoria calls for a greater focus on prevention and more government-funded dental services
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Health & Medicine
Our duty of care to those who care
With looming workforce shortages, a new study finds a comprehensive approach to ensuring the wellbeing of cancer healthcare workers is essential
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Health & Medicine
Living well with advanced cancer
A new palliative care model provides early intervention to improve quality of life for advanced cancer patients and their families
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Sciences & Technology
Under the Microscope
Healing wounds with differential equations
Professor Jennifer Flegg uses mathematics to solve biological problems like wound healing and infectious diseases