Regional Lifestyle Medicine Chapters Are Launching One of the most exciting priorities for ASLM this year is the creation of regional Lifestyle Medicine chapters across Australia and New Zealand. Lifestyle Medicine is built on connection. While conferences and online learning are important, many of the most valuable conversations happen locally, between colleagues who understand the […]
Same Diagnosis. Opposite Treatment. Why Lifestyle Diseases Can No Longer Be Managed Generically by Dr Cam McDonald BSc (Hlth Ex Sci); MSc (Nut+Diet); PhD (Nut+Ex); FASLMCEO of Precision Health Alliance Lifestyle Medicine Is the Solution to Chronic Disease Lifestyle Medicine is the key modality that will solve chronic disease. Not only because it addresses root […]
Announcing the 2026 Professor Garry Egger Scholarship Recipient We are delighted to announce Lori Peters as the 2026 recipient of the Professor Garry Egger Scholarship, a program established to honour one of the true pioneers of Lifestyle Medicine and to support practitioners delivering care where it is needed most. Honouring Professor Garry Egger Professor Garry […]
Green Prescriptions: An Old Remedy, Reimagined by Dr Jenny Brockis A long tradition of healing through nature Ideas about the healing power of the natural environment stretch back millennia. Hippocrates proposed that health arises from a dynamic equilibrium between our internal state and the external environment—an idea that ultimately shaped what we now recognise as […]
Winds of Change – One Puffer at a Time by Dr Monica Theron MBChB, ClinDipPallMed, FRACGP and FASLM Short wind, the topic of our Shared Medical Appointment in Mparntwe/Alice Springs. We talk about short wind causes. Heart troubles. Sick kidneys and missing dialysis. Spirit no good – getting upset or sad. And, short wind from […]
Announcing the 2025 Lifestyle Medicine Award Winners The Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine (ASLM) is proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 Lifestyle Medicine Awards, recognising individuals and organisations whose leadership, service, and innovation are shaping the future of health across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. Presented at the ASLM Sydney Networking & Celebration […]
From Insight to Action: Embedding Social Prescribing and Person-Centred Care in Australia’s Health System by ASLM President Dr Hung The Nguyen Every year ASLM gets invited to lifestyle medicine conference in other jurisdictions. At the BSLM Conference this year I tried to relay what matters to clients, patients or health consumers when it comes […]
Looking Back, Looking Forward: 20 Years of Lifestyle Medicine in Australasia This year feels a little bit like standing on a mountain ridge – pausing for breath, taking in the view, and reflecting on how far we’ve come while glimpsing the promising path ahead. In 2005, a small group of clinicians met at Southern Cross […]
Expression of Interest: Trial the eHealthier Platform in Your Clinic ASLM is inviting a small group of member practices to take part in an exciting pilot project with eHealthier—a platform designed to support the implementation of Value-Based Healthcare (VBHC) by making it easier to measure and use patient-reported outcome and experience measures (PROMs and PREMs) […]
Join the ASLM Board – Director Vacancies Now Open Roni Beauchamp (CEO) on behalf of Governance & Nominations Committee. The Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine (ASLM) is inviting expressions of interest for three (3) Board Director positions commencing December 2025. These vacancies arise following the planned retirement of two long-serving directors, and an existing vacancy, […]
