Australia is facing increased rates of obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes, as well as dangerously high levels of salt and sugar consumption in adults, a report card on the nation’s health has found. Released by Australian Health Policy Collaboration ...

A technology-enhanced approach to learning simulations improved students' engagement with manikins and helped them reflect on their values and pre-conceived notions of people from diverse backgrounds, research has found. The study aimed to address a lack of empirical research regarding how to ...

Though we don’t yet know the final result of the 2016 federal election, the vote as it stands will already have an impact on future health policy. Dr Stephen Duckett, health program director at the Grattan Institute, said regardless of ...

Telling someone with high blood pressure to take a walk in a park might raise a brow or two, but recent research from Australian and UK environmental scientists suggests it may help them. The study, from the University of Queensland ...