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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
Collaborative Commissioning: regional funding models to support value‐based care in New South Wales
With rising expenditure, growing chronic disease burden, and widening inequalities, the health system is in urgent need of redesign
Elizabeth Koff · Susan Pearce · David P Peiris
Reforming our health care system: time to rip off the band‐aid?
The health reform imperative is clear; it now requires national courage and leadership to implement it
Claire L Jackson · Diana O’Halloran
Breathing life into community‐driven research in the Torres Strait
It is important to establish a research culture that is embraced by the community, rather than viewed with distrust
Ella Kris · Hylda Wapau · Allison Hempenstall
Screening for post‐stroke depression: who, when and how?
What Australia can learn from overseas guidelines
Katherine Sewell · Tamara Tse · Geoffrey A Donnan · Leeanne M Carey
Australian and New Zealand approach to diagnosis and management of vaccine‐induced immune thrombosis and thrombocytopenia
VITT is a potential complication of ChAdOx1-nCov-19 vaccination — early recognition is key to improved outcomes
Vivien M Chen · Jennifer L Curnow · Huyen A Tran · Philip Y‐I Choi
Why we should and how we can increase medical school admissions for persons with disabilities
Medical students with disabilities bring lived experience as patients, with a positive impact on school culture and learning
Liz Fitzmaurice · Kenneth Donald · Carl Wet · Dinesh Palipana
Placebos in clinical care: a suggestion beyond the evidence
The recent enthusiasm for the clinical use of placebos seems driven by myths and misunderstandings
Christopher G Maher · Adrian C Traeger · Christina Abdel Shaheed · Mary O'Keeffe
What price quality in aged care? Findings from a national survey of more than 6500 income taxpayers
Public willingness to pay higher taxes is an important signal, but additional financial pillars are needed
Julie Ratcliffe · Jyoti Khadka · Sheela Kumaran · Billingsley Kaambwa
