Perspectives

New Australian guidelines strongly recommend against prescription of modified-release opioids for patients with acute pain

Pamela E Macintyre · Melissa A Jamcotchian · Jennifer A Stevens

Medical nomenclature should ideally describe the pathophysiological processes or clinical criteria relevant to the entity being defined

Leya Nedumannil · Diana Lewis

The loneliness epidemic affecting older people is a costly public health concern

Lidia Engel · Cathrine Mihalopoulos

Preventive action is needed to address the underlying drivers of climate change and health inequities

Sharon Friel · Katherine Trebeck · Nicholas Frank · Sandro Demaio · Megan Arthur · Chelsea Hunnisett · Francis Nona

Key action measures to help address disparities in hepatocellular carcinoma incidence and mortality in First Nations Australians

Jessica Howell · Troy Combo · Paula Binks · Kylie Bragg · Sarah Bukulatjpi · Kirsty Campbell · Paul J Clark · Melissa Carroll · Jane Davies · Teresa de Santis · Kate R Muller · Bella Nguyen · John K Olynyk · Nicholas Shackel · Patricia C Valery · Alan J Wigg · Jacob George · Stuart K Roberts

Australia’s national pharmacovigilance systems work collaboratively to monitor the safety of seasonal influenza vaccines, with improvements to these systems ensuring the continued safety of medicines and vaccines available on the Australian market

Megan O'Moore · Belinda Jones · Megan Hickie · Catherine Glover · Lucy Deng · Yuanfei Huang · Michael Dymock · Evelyn Tay · Julie A Marsh · Nicholas Wood

Even when it looks, smells and sounds like inflammatory bowel disease, it might not be

Kathryn Demase · Mark G Ward

Falls and related injuries may be prevented with tailored interventions. Exercise is most effective, and additional interventions may be beneficial.

Ian D Cameron · Susan E Kurrle · Cathie Sherrington

Key actions to be taken by the National Hypertension Taskforce, including a roadmap to help implement identified actions

Aletta E Schutte · Belinda Bennett · Clara K Chow · Geoffrey C Cloud · Kerry Doyle · Zoe Girdis · Jonathan Golledge · Andrew Goodman · Charlotte M Hespe · Meng P Hsu · Sharon James · Garry Jennings · Taskeen Khan · Audrey Lee · Lisa Murphy · Mark R Nelson · Stephen J Nicholls · Natalie Raffoul · Breonny Robson · Anthony Rodgers · Andrea Sanders · Catherine Shang · James E Sharman · Nigel P Stocks · Tim Usherwood · Ruth Webster · Jun Yang · Markus Schlaich

Living evidence syntheses are critical for evidence-informed policy; however, their use is not as straightforward as providing policy makers with summarised results from research studies

Samantha P Chakraborty · Alex Collie · Rebecca Hodder · Suman S Majumdar · Kim Sutherland · Bernie Towler · Joshua Vogel · Andrew Wilson · Luke Wolfenden · Sally Green · Tari Turner

Systemic racism and its structural biases and institutional impediments must be addressed to implement the cultural determinants of health

Carmen Parter (Murrana, Juru and Darumbal Clans of Birra Gubba Nation with South Sea Islander heritage from Tanna Island of the Republic of Vanuatu) · Donna Murray (Wiradyuri Wonnarua) · Romlie Mokak (Djugun; member of Yawuru people) · Karl Briscoe (Kuku Yalanji) · Richard Weston (Meriam) · Janine Mohamed (Nurungga Kaurna)

Novel anti-amyloid therapies have generated hope in Alzheimer disease. Although the therapies are generally well tolerated, there are important side effects that need consideration

Oneil G Bhalala · Jane Thompson · Rosie Watson · Nawaf Yassi

Women mentorship programs in medicine provide significant benefits, but need more consideration of intersectionality

Pallavi Prathivadi · Naomi MacPherson

Accreditation by medical colleges should ensure equity of access to library services, facilities and expertise for Australian medical trainees.

Gemma Siemensma · Anna Griffith · Alice Anderson · Angela Smith

Health services are transitioning to become renewably powered: could this also help reduce health care supply chain emissions?

Urvi D Thanekar · Martin Hensher · Rebecca Patrick · George Keel · Michael Forrester

The unique health and social challenges of rural and remote Australians suggest that using telehealth to improve health care access is a complex and multifaceted problem

Sagda Osman · Kate Churruca · Louise A Ellis · Jeffrey Braithwaite

Addressing the ethical implications helps physician and patient engagement with AI in supportive cancer care

Ian N Olver

Enhancing symptomatic cancer diagnosis requires GP-appropriate guidelines and tools that reflect a generalist approach to diagnosis

Brent Venning · Jon D Emery

Tackling the mental health crisis requires addressing the social determinants of mental health and a whole-of-system approach to this problem

Shuichi Suetani · Neeraj Gill · Luis Salvador‐Carulla