Health Report

2026 - Waking up stiff and sore? It could be PMR

2025 - Should weight loss injections be easier to access?

2024 - The lowdown on longevity

2023 - Chimeras in medicine, Pt2—avatars; What's to be done about tinnitus

2022 - Chimeras in medicine: xenotransplantation

2021 - Effect of pain medication on immunity; impact of the Budget on GPs and healthcare; importance of planning global vaccination

2020 - Research on passive antibodies to combat Omicron | Is Transient Ischaemic Attack an obsolete term? | Treating blood pressure may affect blood flow to the brain? | How hormones and hypertension are related

2019 - The changing demographic of blood groups; diet to ease MS; relationship of mental health and dementia

2018 - Japanese Encephalitis vectors; climate change and effect on health; archival heart transplant; and data behind decreased heart attacks

2017 - Out of pocket health costs; faecal microbiome transplants; stomas

2016 - COVID didn't come from a lab; can you trust blood pressure monitors; your preference for more—or perhaps less—health care; studying concussion and head knocks

2015 - Developments in heart transplants; Achilles tendon rupture intel; and cardiomyopathy in meth users

2014 - Living younger for longer; tingles as intervention for anxiety; finding pancreatic cancer early

2013 - Tech and physical activity; Insomnia and depression; Retinal age; and early intervention as treatment for BPD

2012 - What happens after omicron; action on blood pressure; coronary artery disease; BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations

2011 - What COVID-normal might mean; hearing loss and screening kids; depression and inflammation; genes and the heart

2010 - Navigating the pandemic: Dr Anthony Fauci

2009 - Substance use omnibus: Protecting kids from drug and alcohol misuse; the relationship of alcohol in pregnancy and kids later use; drinking culture and avoiding the pressure to drink;

2008 - Rising ICE use in Australia; and an account of the difficulty in quitting

2007 - The enduring stigma surrounding Borderline Personality Disorder

2006 - The day I lost my mind

2005 - Psychedelic drugs and psychotherapy; evaluating a cancer therapy; mental health and your heart; exercise and your brain

2004 - Report on Omicron reinfection rates; screen use after concussion; exercise after concussion; infant formula and cognitive development

2003 - The new variant Omicron; platelet-rich plasma in knees and ankles; and Parkinson's possible connection to influenza

2002 - Stillbirth in lockdown, health risks for adolescents, sleep disorder with fly-in fly-out rosters, senescent cancer cells

2001 - Youth mental health care; COVID vaccines of the future; balancing cancer treatment and vaccination

2000 - Women's health: menopause and cardiovascular risk; efficacy of vaginal laser use; remedies for incontinence; tools to improve breast cancer screening

1999 - What to know about buying and using rapid antigen tests | chimeras in medicine part 2 | more snakebite information

1998 - Chimeras in medicine: xenotransplantation

1997 - COVID-19 boosters; the big uptake for digital health; cholesterol in different age groups; amputation decision aid

1996 - Malaria and vector-borne diseases, the Hippocratic Oath, the best way to treat snake bite

1995 - The widespread gender bias in healthcare

1994 - Who gets care if hospitals become overwhelmed?; colorectal cancer risks; and the myth of placebos

1993 - The enduring stigma surrounding Borderline Personality Disorder

1992 - The first year of COVID; the 'molecular messages' sent during exercise; is orthopaedic surgery over prescribed?; and can a combination pill transform how blood pressure is treated?

1991 - Vaccine rates in Indigenous communities; the origins of The Black Death; understanding illness caused by ticks; and the trial of Theranos founder begins

1990 - Can substituting salt save lives?; the science of the COVID modelling; and Toxoplasma Gondii and cognitive decline

1989 - Have we misunderstood the Doherty modelling?; High viral loads in vaccinated people; COVID risks to children; and substance use and the developing teenage brain

1988 - How can ventilation be improved to protect against COVID; post-op lung complications in patients who isolated before surgery; what's it like living with tinnitus?; and calls to do more to prevent chronic disease

1987 - The modelling on the pathway out of the pandemic; why critical care for women having heart attacks is being delayed; and alcohol use and anxiety

1986 - The frontline of the NSW COVID outbreak; the race to find more effective COVID treatments; and COVID risk for people living with mood disorders

1985 - COVID vaccine trials for young children; COVID's mental health toll on Indigenous communities; should bilateral cataract surgery be done on the same day?; and the link between bone loss and cognitive decline

1984 - Managing resources in the pandemic; review of COVID research; low value care; and how to prevent kids misusing alcohol

1983 - Growing COVID crisis in NSW; the origins of COVID; vaccine protection for people with blood cancers; and can exercise help those with poor sleep quality?

1982 - The pathway out of the pandemic; the harms of alcohol in pregnancy; supporting pregnant women with SUDs; and is low carb always best?

1981 - COVID threats emerge across Australia; trial shows promise for managing diabetes and hypertension; could a new class of drugs help prevent end stage kidney disease?; and the harm of long working hours

1980 - Alzheimer’s drug has experts divided; rising ICE use in Australia; the disappointing results of a study aimed at improving ovarian cancer survival rates

1979 - Navigating the pandemic: Dr Anthony Fauci

1978 - Are grommets over prescribed in children?; Kangaroo care and infant mortality; long term survival following a heart attack; should biological sex be considered in cancer care?

1977 - Australian atlas of healthcare variation; dangerous sunburn; targetted radiation therapy; antibody testing for vaccine efficacy