Employers Almost 40% of employees are losing sleep due to work stress WorkScore data from more than 8,800 employees shows that 39% of employees are sleeping 6 hours or less a night and are more stressed because of it.
News & Views ‘We see it & can’t always help’: Why doctors are campaigning against violence towards women Doctors against violence towards women has over 300 medical doctor members, from general practice, to surgery, emergency medicine and psychiatry.
News & Views An invitation to not spend $200 & keep your kids healthy instead Vaccination hesitancy is one of the top 10 threats to global health in 2019 according to the World Health Organisation. Immunising kids is critical.
News & Views What I learned from editing a book about abortion Louise Swinn reflects on what she learned about abortion from editing Choice Words a collection of writing about abortion by Australians.
News & Views Labor pledges to make abortion services & contraception cheaper & easier to access Labor announces a $9.3million plan to ensure Australian women can more readily access legal, safe and affordable reproductive health services
News & Views The truth about a broken health system that devalues & dehumanises junior doctors In the last few days, Dr. Yumiko Kadota’s story of brutal hours and dehumanising conditions as a registrar at Bankstown Hospital in Sydney hit headlines.
News & Views Research confirms working mums are ‘up to 40% more stressed’ A study of 11 indicators of chronic stress in 6025 women shows that full time working mums are up to 40% more stressed than others.
News & Views The ugly side of becoming a surgeon Mind Body Miko, A Sydney based doctor, writes honestly about the lowest point in her life, shedding light on what becoming a surgeon still entails.
News & Views Our workplaces are filthy and it’s costing us all The typical office desk is home to over 10million bacteria, 400 times more than a toilet seat. People don’t wash their hands & surfaces are officially dirty
Health Pregnant with Cancer: Apparently I can’t drink wine but can have Chemotherapy “Just to make things all the more complicated, I am pregnant, and now have breast cancer.” This is Julia Domigan’s story of being pregnant with cancer.
News & Views My life with MS: From wheelchair to running in six weeks Amanda Campbell was diagnosed with MS at age 24. She describes life with MS and how she went from a wheelchair to running in six weeks.
Life What to do when you are flat out but you’re getting nothing done. How to be efficient and get tasks done at work by writing a list and checking it off. Kathryn Smith advises how you can become more productive.