Christopher A. Maher

Apr 11, 2024 | thesenior.com.au | Christine Lin |Christopher A. Maher |Fiona M. Blyth |James McAuley |Mark Hancock

This week's ABC Four Corners episode Pain Factory highlighted that our health system is failing Australians with chronic pain. Patients are receiving costly, ineffective and risky care instead of effective, low-risk treatments for chronic pain. The challenge is considering how we might reimagine health-care delivery so the effective and safe treatments for chronic pain are available to millions of Australians who suffer from chronic pain.

Apr 11, 2024 | medicalxpress.com | Christine Lin |Christopher A. Maher |Fiona M. Blyth |James McAuley |Mark Hancock

This week's ABC Four Corners episode Pain Factory highlighted that our health system is failing Australians with chronic pain. Patients are receiving costly, ineffective and risky care instead of effective, low-risk treatments for chronic pain. The challenge is considering how we might reimagine health-care delivery so the effective and safe treatments for chronic pain are available to millions of Australians who suffer from chronic pain.

Jul 3, 2023 | nature.com | Tiandao Li |Jin Zhang |Ian Hagemann |Gregory D. Longmore |Elaine R. Mardis |Christopher A. Maher | +3 more

AbstractHigh-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSC) is the most lethal histotype of ovarian cancer and the majority of cases present with metastasis and late-stage disease. Over the last few decades, the overall survival for patients has not significantly improved, and there are limited targeted treatment options. We aimed to better characterize the distinctions between primary and metastatic tumors based on short- or long-term survival.

Jun 29, 2023 | thenewdaily.com.au | Christine Lin |Andrew J. McLachlan |Caitlin Jones |Christopher A. Maher

Share TwitterFacebookRedditPinterest Opioids are one of the most prescribed pain-relief medicines given to people with low back and neck pain. In Australia, about 40 per cent of people with low back and neck pain who present to their GP and 70 per cent of people with low back pain who visit a hospital emergency department are prescribed opioids such as oxycodone.

Jun 29, 2023 | medicinetoday.com.au | Christine Lin |Andrew J. McLachlan |Caitlin Jones |Christopher A. Maher

Christine Lin receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council. She is affiliated with the Australia and New Zealand Musculoskeletal (ANZMUSC) Clinical Trials Network and the Australia and New Zealand Low Back Pain (ANZBACK) Centre of Research Excellence. She is a registered physiotherapist and serves on the editorial board of Journal of Physiotherapy and British Journal of Sports Medicine.