The Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed something very interesting about Australian health last week: dementia is poised to become our biggest killer, ahead of heart disease. It’s already the biggest killer of women, South Australians, Canberrans and people in NSW, and will soon occupy top spot across all categories. While part of the reason is […]
OPINION A medical student who left Yangon for Kayah State reflects on the last year of tumult as fighting intensified, prompting her team of medics to treat wounded civilians, resistance fighters and even junta troops while avoiding airstrikes and disease. Read part one of Su’s diary here, and a separate account by her of two […]