Environmental health

General practice is uniquely positioned to intervene at multiple points across the life course

Georgina Sutherland · Karen Block

A discussion on the possibility and urgency of using linked maternal and child health data, with Victoria and South Australia as case studies, while there is a political window of opportunity for collaborative action

Ashleigh Shipton · Meredith O'Connor · Melissa Wake · Sharon Goldfeld · Helen Lees · Catina Adams · Kristina Edvardsson · Leesa Hooker · Jatender Mohal · Rhiannon M Pilkington · Fiona K Mensah

The next five years are pivotal in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and transitioning energy production to renewables; Australia is making progress in this direction, but the remaining deficiencies in Australia’s response to the health and climate change threat must be addressed

Paul J Beggs · Alistair J Woodward · Stefan Trueck · Martina K Linnenluecke · Hilary Bambrick · Anthony G Capon · Zerina Lokmic‐Tomkins · Jacqueline Peel · Kathryn Bowen · Ivan C Hanigan · Nicolas Borchers Arriagada · Troy J Cross · Sharon Friel · Donna Green · Maddie Heenan · Ollie Jay · Harry Kennard · Arunima Malik · Celia McMichael · Mark Stevenson · Sotiris Vardoulakis · Aditya Vyas · Marina B Romanello · Maria Walawender · Ying Zhang

The ten largest pharmaceutical companies in Australia are moving towards net zero greenhouse gas emissions at different rates

Hayden Burch · Georgia Brown · Oliver Adler · Jason Wong · Kenneth D Winkel

Australia’s endorsement of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty could form a critical public health initiative

Philomena Colagiuri · Jake TW Williams · Paul J Beggs · Ying Zhang

To reduce opioid-related harms, we must support evidence-informed and timely detection and monitoring of nitazenes and emerging drugs; and harm reduction and clinical interventions

Brendan Clifford · Amy Peacock · Krista J Siefried · John Gobeil · Jennifer L Smith · Nadine Ezard

A 26-year-old man with central obesity (body mass index, 32.7 kg/m2) and a history of drinking up to 22 standard drinks over weekends, collapsed 5 minutes following a 5 km run in hot and humid conditions in Brisbane, Australia

Nicholas Smith · Richard Skoien · Melita Andelkovic

Culturally acceptable strategies for improving risk factors could reduce cardiometabolic disease in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities

Hasthi UW Dissanayake · George Gurruwiwi · J Dhurrkay · Josh C Tynan · Sabine Braat · Benjamin Harrap · Tim Trudgen · Sarah Hanieh · Bronwyn Clark · Michaela Spencer · Michael Christie · Emma Tonkin · Emily Armstrong · Leonard C Harrison · John M Wentworth · Julie K Brimblecombe · Beverley‐Ann Biggs

People with psychosocial disability or living in lower socio-economic status areas can find it more difficult to gather the evidence required

Jennifer Smith‐Merry · Kyo‐yi J Chang

An estimated that 9.9% of Australian adults asked ChatGPT health-related questions in the first half of 2024

Julie Ayre · Erin Cvejic · Kirsten J McCaffery

The new equation would substantially reduce the estimated prevalence of disease in older, generally healthy adults, with implications for treatment planning

Elisa K Bongetti · Rory Wolfe · James B Wetmore · Anne M Murray · Robyn L Woods · Michelle A Fravel · Mark R Nelson · Nigel P Stocks · Suzanne G Orchard · Kevan R Polkinghorne

Urban green spaces are dynamic contributors to the wellbeing of our cities, offering benefits to the health of humans, society, and natural and managed ecosystems

Craig Williams · Christie Byrne · Shannon Evenden · Veronica Soebarto · Stefan Caddy‐Retalic · Carmel Williams · Yonatal Tefera · Xiaoqi Feng · Andrew Lowe

The transition from film to digital mammography may have increased the detection of indolent cancers

Rachel Farber · Nehmat Houssami · Kevin McGeechan · Alexandra L Barratt · Katy JL Bell

Discussion of challenges and recommendations for future Japanese encephalitis scenarios in Australia, including surveillance systems, a national centre for disease control, improved data sharing and increased funding

Caroline K Dowsett · Francesca Frentiu · Gregor J Devine · Wenbiao Hu

A threefold or greater increase in troponin level may be a clinically useful predictor of cardiac MRI abnormalities

Julia Smith · Silja Schrader · Hannah Morgan · Priya Shenton · Annette Alafaci · Nicholas Cox · Andrew J Taylor · James Hare · Bryn Jones · Nigel W Crawford · Jim P Buttery · Hazel J Clothier · Daryl R Cheng

Australia’s first National Health and Climate Strategy was launched in 2023. In this article, we review the development and key features of the Strategy; discuss the expected challenges; and highlight how health care professionals can help.

Georgia Behrens · Madeleine Skellern · Alice McGushin · Paul Kelly · The Hon Ged Kearney