Breast cancer (BC) mortality has declined over the past 30 years, reflecting improved screening, diagnosis and treatment. Over this period, the proportion of people with de novo metastatic BC (dnMBC) has remained relatively stable at approximately 6% of new BC, with cancer registries reporting incremental [...]
Health technology assessment (HTA) processes and decision making in Australia have significant implications for all Australians, determining what medicines, health technologies and services are subsidized by government. These processes are currently being considered for further reform. Decisions about which medicines, health technologies and services should [...]
If a new clinical trial is to be justifiable both scientifically and ethically it should be designed in the light of an assessment of relevant previous research, ideally a systematic review. When its findings are reported, these should be set in the context of updated [...]
ADHD diagnoses continue to increase, but Luise Kazda and colleagues argue that the push for diagnosis could be hampering access to care and support for children. The prevalence of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children has been rising for several decades, including in countries with previously [...]
Child health is being betrayed, and the physical and mental health of children is in appalling decline. This verdict belongs not to a fortune hunting social media influencer but to a new report from the Academy of Medical Sciences. The UK was recently ranked 30 [...]
The objective of this study is to quantify the proportion of melanoma diagnoses (invasive and in situ) in the USA that might be overdiagnosed. In this ecological study, incidence and mortality data were collected from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results 9 registries database. DevCan [...]
Using scoping review methods, we systematically searched multiple online databases for publications in the first year of the pandemic that proposed pragmatic population or health system-level solutions to health inequities. We found 77 publications with proposed solutions to pandemic-related health inequities. Most were commentaries, letters, [...]
People often use infographics (also called visual or graphical abstracts) as a substitute for reading the full text of an article. This is a concern because most infographics do not present sufficient information to interpret the research appropriately and guide wise health decisions. The Reporting [...]
Many guidelines recommend non-drug interventions (NDIs) for managing common conditions in primary care. However, compared with drug interventions, NDIs are less widely known, promoted and used. We aim to (1) examine general practitioners’ (GPs’) knowledge, attitudes and practices for NDIs, including their use of the [...]
Musculoskeletal conditions are the most common health condition seen in emergency departments. Hence, the most effective approaches to managing these conditions is of interest. This systematic review aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of allied health and nursing models of care for the management of musculoskeletal [...]