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Parental consent and the treatment of transgender youth: the impact of Re Imogen
Recent legal changes are negatively affecting provision of timely medical care to Australian transgender youth
Fiona Kelly · Simona Giordano · Michelle M Telfer · Ken C Pang
Better understanding of the scope and nature of LGBTQA+ religious conversion practices will support recovery
Religious LGBTQA+ conversion practices cause significant mental health harms. The health sector needs to recognise, support and respect survivors in ways that are affirming of sexual and gender diversity.
Jennifer Power · Timothy W Jones · Tiffany Jones · Nathan Despott · Maria Pallotta‐Chiarolli · Joel Anderson
Congenital cytomegalovirus: the case for targeted infant screening in Australia
Australia lacks a comprehensive approach to CMV screening, and most infected infants go undiagnosed
Allison Reid · Asha C Bowen · Christopher G Brennan‐Jones · Jafri B Kuthubutheen
Long COVID: sustained and multiplied disadvantage
Predicted reintroduction of influenza into Australia as COVID-19 restrictions lift provides a unique opportunity to learn important lessons
Evelyne Leeuw · Aryati Yashadhana · Danielle Hitch
GP supervisors in Australia: a cornerstone in need of repair
The general practitioner supervisor is a key element of the apprenticeship model, ensuring the development of a strong and capable GP workforce
Gerard Ingham · Caroline Johnson
Does the FDA‐approved Alzheimer drug aducanumab have a place in the Australian pharmacopoeia?
Aducanumab, a controversial Alzheimer disease therapeutic with questionable efficacy, is under Therapeutic Goods Administration review
Andrew Gleason · Scott Ayton · Ashley I Bush
Acting on better data for general medical care will help solve our acute hospital access crisis
Smarter measures for general medicine are needed to improve hospital access
Harvey H Newnham
The art and science of clinicians leading change
Clinicians, the experts in care delivery, are well placed to drive health system improvements
Sabe Sabesan · Lynden Roberts
A large trial of screening for gestational diabetes mellitus in the United States highlights the need to revisit the Australian diagnostic criteria
A new trial validates the ongoing concerns regarding the introduction of the one-step approach to the diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus
Jenny A Doust · Paul P Glasziou · Michael C dʼEmden
3D printing: potential clinical applications for personalised solid dose medications
Three- dimensional printing or additive manufacturing has the potential to transform personalised medicine
Liam Krueger · Jared A Miles · Kathryn J Steadman · Tushar Kumeria · Christopher R Freeman · Amirali Popat
High value health care is low carbon health care
Culling low value care will cut health care carbon emissions
Alexandra L Barratt · Katy JL Bell · Kate Charlesworth · Forbes McGain
The health impacts of dowry abuse on South Asian communities in Australia
Dowry abuse is fundamentally driven by gender inequality and is a lesser known form of family violence in Australia
Manjula O'Connor · Amanda Lee
Using after‐action reviews of outbreaks to enhance public health responses: lessons for COVID‐19
Learning from outbreak after-action reviews can enhance our response to COVID-19 and future public health threats
Craig B Dalton · Martyn D Kirk · David N Durrheim
Policy considerations for mandatory COVID‐19 vaccination from the Collaboration on Social Science and Immunisation
The benefits gained by vaccination mandates must be greater than the harms they may cause
Julie Leask · Holly Seale · Jane H Williams · Jessica Kaufman · Kerrie Wiley · Abela Mahimbo · Katrina K Clark · Margie H Danchin · Katie Attwell
Patient‐reported outcome measures (PROMs) to guide clinical care: recommendations and challenges
Research suggests that collecting patient-reported outcome measures in the clinical setting could better measure differences in the effects of health care interventions
For the HSRAANZ PROMs Special Interest Group *
Uncontrolled blood pressure in Australia: a call to action
A national commitment to improved blood pressure control would lead to significant health and economic gains
Aletta E Schutte · Ruth Webster · Garry Jennings · Markus P Schlaich
What doctors should consider before prescribing e‐liquids for e‐cigarettes
An Australian standard for prescribing e-cigarette nicotine has arrived — are you prepared with the facts?
Miranda P Ween · David G Chapman · Alexander N Larcombe
It is time for governments to support retailers in the transition to a smoke‐free society
Phasing out tobacco retailing is gaining traction as the natural next step in controlling the tobacco pandemic
Coral E Gartner · April Wright · Marita Hefler · Andrew Perusco · Janet Hoek
Universal genetic testing of patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer — ready for prime time?
Current genetic testing guidelines may overlook patients with actionable mutations in high risk breast and ovarian cancer predisposition genes
Dilanka L De Silva · Paul A James · G Bruce Mann · Geoffrey J Lindeman
Reframing palliative care to improve the quality of life of people diagnosed with a serious illness
An approach for reframing palliative care has been designed to help improve the wellbeing of people with serious illness
Peter Hudson · Anna Collins · Mark Boughey · Jennifer Philip
Mitochondrial donation: is Australia ready?
Australia has the clinical and scientific expertise to introduce mitochondrial donation in a highly regulated environment, but requires changes in legislation to adopt this innovative technology
Marie A Dziadek · Carolyn M Sue
The 2021 report of the MJA–Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: Australia increasingly out on a limb
The fourth annual assessment of Australia’s exposure, vulnerability and response to climate change finds us continuing to lag behind the rest of the world
Paul J Beggs · Ying Zhang · Alice McGushin · Stefan Trueck · Martina K Linnenluecke · Hilary Bambrick · Helen L Berry · Ollie Jay · Lucie Rychetnik · Ivan C Hanigan · Geoffrey G Morgan · Yuming Guo · Arunima Malik · Mark Stevenson · Donna Green · Fay H Johnston · Celia McMichael · Ian Hamilton · Anthony G Capon
Climate, extreme heat and human health: risks and lessons for Australia
Recent climate-related heat events in the Northern Hemisphere are part of a global trend with immediate and long term implications for Australia’s health system
Tarun S Weeramanthri · Simon Quilty · Sharon L Campbell
Breakthrough climate litigation positions courts to combat the health impacts of climate change
In a critical year for climate action, two cases provide new pathways for climate litigation based on intergenerational impacts
Katherine Owens
South Australian experience with paediatric total pancreatectomy and islet autotransplantation for PRSS1‐associated hereditary pancreatitis
Evidence supports the establishment of a national TP-IAT program, delivered at sites with a concentration of expertise and experience
Jessica Eldredge · Michael R Couper · David J Moore · Sanjeev Khurana · John WC Chen · Jennifer J Couper · Christopher J Drogemuller · Toni Radford · Thomas W Kay · Tom Loudovaris · Michael Wilks · Patrick T Coates · Richard TL Couper
