“The tragic individual events were shaped by the crushing effects of inter­generational trauma and poverty upon entire communities. This community-wide trauma generated multiple and prolonged

Indigenous doctors, nurses and other health professionals would receive loadings on all MBS items under a plan discussed by the MBS Review Taskforce.

The task force's Aboriginal and Torres Strait

Rates of blindness and impaired vision among Indigenous people have halved over the last decade, as moves to close the gap start to show results.

University of Melbourne ophthalmologist Professor

Indigenous patients report frequently experiencing racism from GPs and nurses, a small survey has found.

Almost two-thirds of those polled had been deterred from seeking treatment due to

History, it’s said, is written by the victors.

This was certainly the case following the Anglification of Australia.

Aboriginality was written off as primitive, lifestyles were characterised as

With a federal election looming, AMA president Dr Tony Bartone argues that now is the ideal time to push harder to help improve the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and

Indigenous Australians are up to seven times more likely to have a mental health illness than the general population, but those living on traditional lands fare better, research shows.

Psychologists

Aboriginal children are requiring hospital treatment for abscesses and scabies at 15 times higher rates than non-Aboriginal children, a WA study shows.

The review of data from 450,000 children born

Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is safer than continuing smoking in pregnancy and GPs can be more aggressive in encouraging its use, according to findings of an MJA review.

The authors from the

The rate of gonorrhoea has increased by 63% in the past five years, particularly among young, urban heterosexuals, according to a new report on sexual health and blood-borne viruses.

Until recently,