HISTORICAL FACTS: 18 - The Untold Story

Ban drug ads to promote health

Advertising promoting new drugs is effective but often leads to inappropriate prescribing. To protect the health of their citizens, countries should ban it.

360info · Sep 14, 2022

Overuse of medicine: the silent pandemic

Deprescribing is increasingly used by health professionals to take back control.

360info · Sep 14, 2022

The set and forget of medication in aged care

Up to 250,000 hospital admissions each year in Australia are linked to problems with medications.

360info · Sep 14, 2022

The problems with space mining no one is talking about

Asteroid mining could unlock untold riches and thorny ethical problems. Are we ready as we race to the launch pad?

360info · Sep 9, 2022

Small satellites take to the skies

Processions of small satellites obscuring the sky have provoked the ire of astronomers, but their potential for humanity is enormous.

360info · Sep 9, 2022

The research on: Reducing health worker burnout

Quality research evidence points to what’s needed at both an individual and organisational level to stem the tide of burnt out health workers.

360info · Sep 7, 2022

Medical burnout battle rests with employers

Burnout in healthcare workers has spiked during the pandemic and, unless employers act, the crisis threatens to get even worse.

360info · Sep 7, 2022

Special Report: Literacy beyond the classroom

Literacy begins before school and extends throughout a lifetime. 360info considers ways to support access to literacy outside traditional settings.

360info · Sep 5, 2022

Listen up: how audiobooks could help literacy in Indonesia

Since adults learn differently to children, tapping into familiar mediums could help boost literacy.

360info · Sep 5, 2022

The literacy myth

Literacy is not only about rankings. In Indonesia, misconceptions about literacy create a wider gap.

360info · Sep 5, 2022