Public Health

More than 450 trained and accredited pharmacist vaccinators in community pharmacies across New Zealand will play a vital role in this year’s influenza campaign.

Despite the huge numbers of people now using mobile phones, there hasn't been a corresponding increase in brain cancers, researchers say.

NSW Labor says it will spend $430 million to upgrade Westmead Hospital if it wins government, without leasing poles and wires. [subscribe]

Authorities are examining how berries contaminated with hepatitis A ended up being imported into Australia. Prime Minister Tony Abbott has

Scientists have found out why smoking cannabis can cause over-eating, with marijuana working on the part of the brain that normally suppresses appetite.

The WA Department of Health has confirmed the state's first case of frozen berry-related hepatitis A. The first case of hepatitis A believed

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says Labor doesn't know whether it will keep Queensland's Wait Time Guarantee policy for public hospital patients.

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.

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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