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Tomorrow's worldA changing climate refines
Heatwave exposure of infants and older adults rose in Australia and New Zealand, 2016–2025
In 2021–2025, climate change accounted for 65% of heatwave days in Australia and 73% in New Zealand.
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Health todayCancer refines
Interval colorectal cancer after negative FIT rises with faecal haemoglobin level
Faecal haemoglobin just below the 20 µg/g positive cut-off was associated with 15 times the interval cancer hazard of 0-5 µg/g.
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Behavioural scienceAlcohol and drug use refines
Accidental overdose admissions in New South Wales and later premature death by cause
Among 14,036 people hospitalised for accidental overdose in New South Wales, deaths ran at 3.5 times the expected rate.
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Data, models and systemsValue in health new
Enzalutamide in prostate cancer costs AUD$835,580 per QALY in ENZAMET trial analysis
Adding enzalutamide in the ENZAMET trial cost AUD$835,580 per QALY gained, far above the AUD$50,000 threshold.
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Health todayMental health contradicts
Life expectancy gap for hospitalised psychiatric illness narrowed in Queensland, 2009-2023
The life expectancy gap at age 18 narrowed in both sexes over 14 years, but not in schizophrenia.
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Data, models and systemsRevisions and new sources new
Published rules for detecting statin intolerance agree poorly with Australian GP records
Statin intolerance was recorded in 5.09% of Australian primary-prevention statin users, and none of six published rules for detecting it from records matched a locally developed reference standard consistently.
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Behavioural scienceSmoking and vaping new
One in five Australian paediatricians surveyed provides vaping cessation support
Of 90 paediatricians and registrars surveyed across Australia in 2023, over two-thirds routinely advised adolescents against vaping, but only one in five provided cessation support.
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Behavioural scienceAlcohol and drug use new
Australian MDMA-related poisoning deaths rose to 2019 and then fell to 2023
A coronial series of 217 MDMA-related fatal poisonings in Australia found the population rate rising to 2019 and falling to 2023, with other psychoactive drugs detected in 91.7% of cases.
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Data, models and systemsHealth systems and access refines
Not-for-profit Australian care homes had lower mortality in inner regional areas
Among 205,079 Australians entering long-term care, deaths in the first year were higher in for-profit (HR 1.17) and government (HR 1.20) homes than not-for-profit homes in inner regional areas.
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Tomorrow's worldChanging behaviour at scale refines
Stroke prevention texts raised cardiovascular check-ups, an online course did not
In an Australian trial of 941 adults aged 45 and over, self-reported visits for cardiovascular risk assessment were 41.3% in the text message arm as compared to 29.0% in control.
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Health todayObesity, diabetes and GLP-1 new
Type 2 diabetes fell by a quarter among Australian sleeve gastrectomy patients
Among 34,738 adults undergoing sleeve gastrectomy in New South Wales from 2017 to 2022, type 2 diabetes prevalence fell by 24.4%, and 72.3% had at least one cardiovascular risk factor.
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Data, models and systemsWhat linked data reveals new
Australians in same-sex relationships had about a quarter higher all-cause mortality
Australian census records linked to death registrations show all-cause mortality a quarter higher among adults in same-sex than different-sex relationships, and external-cause mortality two to three times higher.
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