Public Health

It's time for HealthTimes! Since 1995, Nursing Careers Allied Health (NCAH) has been the premier publisher of nursing, midwifery and allied

Over seven years, St John of God Health Care has helped develop significant improvements in health provisions for the East Timorese and this commitment is continuing to expand.

For the latest stats on nursing and midwifery professionals in Australia, refer to the following articles:

The latest figures are out on Australia’s nursing, midwifery and allied health workforce. The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency’s

Australians will soon be able to purchase HIV home testing kits and access treatment at local pharmacies, in a move pharmacists

A survey of 2500 patients found those who were bulk-billed were most likely to have a chronic disease and/or a lower income. Patients who have

Pharmacists right across Australia could be administering vaccines in the lead up to this year’s flu season, according to the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA).

A new study shows that every decade lived with too much cholesterol in the blood increases the chances of heart disease by 39 per cent. Raised

Community pharmacists equipped to provide vaccinations, basic health checks, mental health support, repeat prescriptions and treat minor ailments could be the remedy to Australia’s

A heart-related illness is predicted to reach "epidemic proportions" in Australia by 2034, according to medical experts. Australians

New research shows that how fast a smoker breaks down nicotine could provide a guide in working out how best to quit. How quickly a smoker

US researchers have come up with a pill that tricks the body into thinking it has consumed a substantial meal, but there are no calories. An

Researchers in the US say they're surprised at how many 8th, 10th and 12th graders reported using electronic cigarettes this year. More US teenagers are

A study says obesity can take years off a person's life, with the biggest area of concern those who become obese while young. Obesity and

For STG125, Britons can now purchase a home DNA kit to get information about their health, ancestry and family traits. A personal DNA testing

Ireland is ready to follow Australia's introduction of similar plain packaging for cigarettes. Ten years since setting a trend with its

There is now overwhelming scientific evidence that central obesity, as opposed to total obesity assessed by body mass index (BMI), is associated with the most health risks

In men, being overweight was blamed for 136,000 new cases, and in women, 345,000 cancer diagnoses, most of them of the colon, kidney and breast.

A bid to ban tobacco sales in a US town has been reversed. Health officials in a US town have voted to withdraw a proposal that would have

Obesity is costing 2.8 per cent of the global gross domestic product, or $US2 trillion, according to a McKinsey Global Institute report. A new report shows