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• Australians are being urged to check-in with a medical professional to prevent diabetes 14-11-2018

  In light of World Diabetes Day, doctors are urging people to check in with a medical professional to catch early signs of the fastest growing chronic condition. After talented musician Jacinta Brett was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, her dreams o

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• A new survey has found that many diabetics are uninformed on needle use 14-11-2018

  Almost half of Australians with diabetes who inject insulin are reusing needles and nearly as many aren't varying injecting sites, a new survey has found. By the time she had children, Julie Feaunati felt she was well educated about treating h

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• Federal supports an organisation that offers free counselling to struggling parents 13-11-2018

  An organisation that offers free counselling to struggling parents is receiving a grant to ramp up its work helping those in rural, regional and remote areas. New and expectant parents living outside of Australian cities will have better specialis

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• Education can better equip nurses for rural and remote practice 13-11-2018

  By Professor Melanie Birks The healthcare industry is quickly expanding, with longer Australian life expectancies and a growing population lifting demand for skilled nursing clinicians. However, much of this demand is not being met in the bush and

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• A new mental health checklist designed for mums and dads 12-11-2018

  A new mental health checklist designed for mums and dads has been launched in a bid to help struggling Australian parents work out whether they have perinatal anxiety or depression. The online tool has been designed because health workers in conta

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• Mandatory training helps MCH nurses diagnose Autism in the second year of life 12-11-2018

  Nurses play a pivotal role in the early diagnosis of autism, which is why all Victorian Maternal and Child Health Nurses will undertake routine training to hone their skills in this area. “The universal MCH system provides an ideal platform

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• New program to help GPs and PNs broach the topic of nutrition with patients 12-11-2018

  A new education package will help General Practitioners, Practice Nurses and patients raise the topic of nutrition during consultations, offering the opportunity to significantly improve poor diet, which is the most prevalent modifiable risk factor f

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• Australian medical researchers calls for extra tests on gluten-free foods 12-11-2018

  Australian medical researchers are calling for extra checks on gluten-free foods as some have been discovered to contain traces of gluten. Food manufacturers are being urged to check their gluten-free products after tests found some aren't ent

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• New research reveals three Australians die from opioid use every day 09-11-2018

  New research into opioid use in Australia shows three people die from the pain relievers each day, with the number of deaths doubling over the past decade. An Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report released on Friday shows more than thr

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• A non-invasive way for detecting gut disorders could replace the dreaded colonoscopy 09-11-2018

  Gut disorders could be detected without the need for dreaded, invasive colonoscopies thanks to an invention by West Australian researchers, led by a Nobel Prize laureate. A University of WA research team headed by Barry Marshall has invented an ac

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