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Arming people with the right information and resources can drastically improve health outcomes for autistic patients. The new Mackay Autism HealthPathway seeks to provide clinicians with a knowledge resource to do just that. This world-first initiative is helping to empower primary health care professionals in the region to improve and support the health and wellbeing, across the lifespan, of people on the Autism spectrum.

There has been a decline in the rate of healthy years of life lost due to living with illness or injury and premature death for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). The Australian Burden of Disease Study 2018: key findings for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people shows that Indigenous Australians continue to experience higher rates of ‘disease burden’ than the Australian population as a whole, but the gap is narrowing.

New research indicates that an overload of various inflammatory molecules, literally "trapped" inside insoluble microscopic blood clots (micro clots), might be the cause of some of the lingering symptoms experienced by people enduring Long COVID.

A unique type of tiny antibody produced by llamas could provide a new frontline treatment against COVID-19 that can be taken by patients as a simple nasal spray.

As countries and regions debate about deploying COVID vaccine booster shots, DynaMed's infectious diseases and immunology editors provide insight and answers to frequent questions.

Anaesthesia for a single total knee replacement surgery has a carbon footprint equivalent to driving a car 67km, according to a study published in Anesthesiology, the official peer-reviewed journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

New ground-breaking research led by Curtin University has discovered a likely cause of Alzheimer's disease, in a significant finding that offers potential new prevention and treatment opportunities for Australia's second-leading cause of death.

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the physical and mental health of the global population in many ways. Clinicians have been uniquely affected by this crisis; overwork, inadequate personal protective equipment (PPE), and first-hand witness to the effects of a deadly pathogen have exacted a heavy toll. Close contact with patients with COVID-19 exacerbates these stressors further, as does the overall uncertainty of everyday life.

An alarming percentage of children and adolescents are experiencing a global-wide mental health crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic according to a new University of Calgary study published in the medical journal JAMA Pediatrics.

Scientists from Mater Research Institute at UQ, in collaboration with the UQ Queensland Brain Institute, have shown that the virus behind COVID-19 does not integrate into the host’s DNA. The researchers refute claims that COVID-19 or vaccines can enter a person's DNA, saying that the claims have led to "scaremongering" and people should not hesitate to be vaccinated.