Clinical news

Skin-control program reduces impetigo rate in Aboriginal children in remote communities

LARCs underused in Australian women prescribed teratogenic medications

Increased risk of cancer-related cardiovascular disease in older adults

Declining risk of hepatitis B and C liver-related morbidity and mortality

Cognitive and behavioural outcomes after nonprofessional sports-related concussion examined

High rate of antimicrobial resistance reported in paediatric bloodstream infections

Palliative care referral for people with COPD: consensus criteria developed

Dementia set to become leading cause of death

Updated chart on asthma and COPD medications

Finerenone benefits in patients with heart failure with mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction

Cochrane group updates evidence on interventions to combat tobacco addiction

The $12 billion cost of breathlessness in Australia

Study finds three blood biomarkers predict long-term risk of CV events in women

Correction

Is maternal obesity a risk factor for sudden unexpected infant death?

Two new dementia risk factors identified

Community antimicrobial use

Diabetes-specific nutritional formula advice

Peripheral artery disease: age-related differences in amputation risk after revascularisation

Childhood respiratory illnesses, asthma and allergies linked with chronic rhinosinusitis in middle age

Commonly requested blood tests could improve cancer detection

Aspirin use linked with reduced colorectal cancer risk in people with less healthy lifestyles

Correction

Prenatal RSV vaccination safety backed by study

Chronic loneliness may be linked with increased stroke risk