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PD Warrior presents INSIGHT 2021 - Brave new World Parkinson's Conference
Last Updated: 25-03-2021
PD Warrior; creators of the World’s most comprehensive rehabilitation program for people with Parkinson’s, is proud to bring the Parkinson’s community together for the 4th year in succession to the INSIGHT into Parkinson’s onl Read More...
Australia no longer reliant on international jabs
Last Updated: 24-03-2021
Australia is no longer reliant on insecure international supplies of coronavirus vaccines after the national medical regulator approved locally made doses. The first batch of Australian-made AstraZeneca drugs has been approved, with about 500,000 Read More...
Latest update on the COVID-19 impact
Date of Posting: 24-03-2021
LATEST COVID-19 DEVELOPMENTS: * Victoria's Acting Premier James Merlino announced the most significant easing of restrictions since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. [subscribe] * From 6pm on Friday, Victorians will be able to have 100 visit Read More...
A Victorian building used during Spanish flu and now as COVID-19 vaccination hub
Last Updated: 23-03-2021
A century on from housing Spanish flu patients, Melbourne's Royal Exhibition Building is playing another key role in Australia's fight against a rampant virus. The iconic Victorian building was on Monday reopened as a mass COVID-19 vaccina Read More...
Social gatherings in Victoria soon to be allowed
Last Updated: 23-03-2021
Victorians can soon have 100 visitors at home and won't have to wear masks at shops, in the most significant easing of restrictions since the start of the pandemic. Acting Premier James Merlino announced from 6pm on Friday, people will be able Read More...
Six million Australians now eligible for COVID-19 vaccine
Last Updated: 23-03-2021
More than six million Australians are now eligible to receive coronavirus vaccines under a new phase of the national rollout. Phase 1b of the program kicks off across the country on Monday.[subscribe] Everyone over the age of 70 is included in Read More...
Healthy Diet Index supports diet quality assessment and dietary counselling in healthcare
Date of Posting: 23-03-2021
The Healthy Diet Index developed by Finnish nutrition experts facilitates the assessment of diet quality. Its effectiveness was demonstrated in a recently published study. Dietary counselling plays a crucial role in the prevention and treatment of Read More...
3 trauma takes the media gets wrong
Date of Posting: 23-03-2021
Originating in the medical sciences, where it referred to physical injury, the term “trauma” is now often used in popular and scholarly discussion to refer to psychological injury. While large-scale mental health surveys consisten Read More...
Floods leave a legacy of mental health problems
Date of Posting: 23-03-2021
Yet again, large swathes of New South Wales are underwater. A week of solid rain has led to floods in the Mid-North Coast, Sydney and the Central Coast, with several areas being evacuated as I write. As a resident of the NSW Far North Coast, Read More...
COVID's mental health fallout will last a long time
Last Updated: 23-03-2021
Although Australia is now largely COVID-free, the repercussions of the pandemic are ongoing. As the pandemic enters its second year, many people will be continuing to suffer with poor mental health, or facing new mental health challenges. Read More...
Kids' blood pressure measurements substantially different between arms
Date of Posting: 23-03-2021
Blood pressure measurements in children and adolescents should be taken from both arms after new research showed substantial differences could be seen depending on which arm was used. The study, led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institu Read More...
Nerve damage after chemo: potential risk factors revealed
Date of Posting: 23-03-2021
A low haemoglobin count, older age and high BMI are possible risk factors for developing nerve damage after cancer treatment, a UNSW-led study has found. Being older, overweight and having low haemoglobin levels (fewer red blood cells) could incre Read More...
Role of nurses needs to be expanded in aged care reform
Date of Posting: 23-03-2021
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) has welcomed the delivery of the final report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, saying that the Federal Government now has two clear roadmaps to reforming the sector. The Chief Execu Read More...
Monash University researchers make a breakthrough discovery into how migraines are triggered
Date of Posting: 23-03-2021
World first: Researchers from Monash University have harnessed cutting-edge technology to discover the progression of molecular events that lead to migraine – something that, until now, has remained a mystery. The discovery has filled one of Read More...
World Youth International launches Health Camp Week
Date of Posting: 22-03-2021
With the pandemic now impacting communities around the globe for over 12 months, the long term effects of this can be felt everywhere. People within developing countries like Kenya and Nepal, who didn’t get the same level of Government assis Read More...
Aussie-made COVID vaccine good to go
Date of Posting: 22-03-2021
The national medicine regulator has given a green light for the domestic production of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, paving the way for Australian-made batches to be released within days. The Therapeutic Goods Administration has given its ap Read More...
Vaccine rollout: Doctors call for 'calm'
Last Updated: 19-03-2021
Australia's doctors say the federal government shouldn't give unrealistic expectations around the COVID-19 vaccine rollout after GPs were inundated with calls from patients. The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has urged f Read More...
Hospitality vouchers imminent rollout in NSW
Last Updated: 19-03-2021
The NSW government's hospitality voucher scheme will be rolled out to all residents by month's end. The Dine and Discover scheme gives adult residents four $25 vouchers to spend - two for local hospitality venues and two for cultural venue Read More...
Experts implore: Beware of the snore
Last Updated: 19-03-2021
Almost half of Aussie adults snore and it's not only men. But regardless of who's making the nocturnal rumblings, experts warn it's important not to ignore one of the telltale signs of sleep apnoea.[subscribe] Friday is World Sleep Read More...
COVID-19 Restrictions eased in NSW pubs and clubs
Date of Posting: 18-03-2021
Standing up while drinking in NSW bars and clubs is allowed for the first time in a year, with the relaxation of restrictions on weddings and funerals next on the list. From Wednesday, people in NSW will be permitted to stand and drink at a bar, a Read More...
More Australians using psychedelic drugs to self-treat mental health
Date of Posting: 17-03-2021
The Global Drug Survey has revealed that more Australians are turning to psychedelic drugs to self-treat mental illness and emotional distress. Of the 110,000 respondents worldwide, 6,500 people reported underground self-treatment, with LSD, MDMA Read More...
No community transmission of virus in Queensland amid vaccine drive
Last Updated: 17-03-2021
There are still no reports of coronavirus spreading in Brisbane six days after a doctor became infected. The woman tested positive on Friday after working at Princess Alexandra Hospital and visiting four venues in the city's south on Thursday. Read More...
NSW records new COVID-19 case linked to Sydney hotel
Last Updated: 17-03-2021
A new case of COVID-19 has been diagnosed in a person who stayed in the same Sydney quarantine hotel where a security guard was infected last week. Premier Gladys Berejiklian says the returned traveller was quarantining on the 11th floor of Sydney Read More...
Evidence shows mental illness isn't a reason to doubt women survivors
Last Updated: 16-03-2021
This article discusses sexual assault, gendered violence and mental distress. Over the past week, some media commentary on the rape allegations against federal Attorney-General Christian Porter have used the alleged victim’s his Read More...
AstraZeneca delay won't impact rollout in Northern Territory
Last Updated: 16-03-2021
Health Minister Natasha Fyles has reassured the Northern Territory the COVID-19 vaccine rollout is on track despite AstraZeneca delivery delays. The Gunner government failed to place an order for about 1500 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which Read More...
New South Wales recorded no further COVID cases
Last Updated: 16-03-2021
Genomic testing has identified that a Sydney security guard who's tested positive to COVID-19 has the same highly contagious UK strain of the virus as a returned traveller who stayed at a hotel where he worked. While no further cases of commun Read More...
South Australia to quiz travellers over new virus cases
Last Updated: 16-03-2021
Recent travellers to South Australia from NSW and Queensland will be messaged to check on any exposure to new COVID-19 cases in those states. Text messages will be sent out asking people to complete a short survey to check if they have been to any Read More...
Australia dismissed concerns about the AstraZeneca vaccine
Date of Posting: 15-03-2021
The suspension of AstraZeneca jabs across three more European countries has raised fresh questions about Australia's reliance on the coronavirus vaccine. Australian authorities have dismissed concerns about the AstraZeneca vaccine as more Euro Read More...
Victoria on alert after NSW COVID-19 case
Last Updated: 15-03-2021
Victorian authorities are contacting anyone who has arrived in the state from NSW following a COVID-19 scare. A security guard who worked at two quarantine hotels in inner Sydney tested positive for the virus on Saturday, despite having received h Read More...
Unmasked: An exhibition celebrating nurses
Date of Posting: 12-03-2021
Unmasked, an exhibition highlighting the experience of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic, is on display at Her Place Women's Museum in East Melbourne from the 4th of March to the 1st of April. Initially scheduled to coincide with Internation Read More...
Baby mice have a skill that humans want - and this microchip might help us learn it
Date of Posting: 12-03-2021
Baby mice might be small, but they’re tough, too. For their first seven days of life, they have the special ability to regenerate damaged heart tissue.[subscribe] Humans, on the other hand, aren’t so lucky: any heart injuries we suf Read More...
New vaccine needed for serious childhood pneumonia
Date of Posting: 12-03-2021
A rise in vaccine-resistant bacteria shows the need for a new vaccine to fight childhood empyema after a spike in hospitalisations, a new UNSW study reveals. A UNSW Sydney-led medical research team has called for a new vaccine, improved strategies Read More...
Time for national action on loneliness, the unnoticed epidemic
Date of Posting: 12-03-2021
A report on loneliness, an issue which clouds the lives of many Australians and exposes them to increased risk of depression and other illness, has called for a national plan of action to address the often unrecognised condition. Fifteen per cent Read More...
Two weeks without local virus case in Victoria
Last Updated: 12-03-2021
Victoria has gone two weeks without recording a locally transmitted case of coronavirus. The Health Department on Friday reported there were no local or overseas acquired COVID-19 cases following 18,827 tests.[subscribe] There are just two acti Read More...
Tiny health sensors to be produced in QLD
Date of Posting: 12-03-2021
An advanced technology facility is set to be established in Brisbane to produce microwearable sensors that can monitor diseases and other health conditions. The facility is a first-of-its-kind, and part of a $30 million partnership funded by the A Read More...
NSW trial slashes ED opioids for back pain
Date of Posting: 11-03-2021
The stresses of NSW emergency departments are prompting medical professionals to prescribe addictive opioids for acute back pain when other treatments are more suitable, a new study has shown. The University of Sydney-led trial involved almost 450 Read More...
New hope to tackle asthma, anaphylaxis
Date of Posting: 11-03-2021
Australian researchers have made an "incredible" discovery that could be the key to naturally treating allergic conditions such as asthma and preventing autoimmune diseases and life-threatening anaphylaxis. "Allergies and autoimmune Read More...
Fauci praises Australia's COVID-19 efforts
Date of Posting: 10-03-2021
America's top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci has again praised Australia's efforts in containing the coronavirus and its emerging variants. Dr Fauci, who was joined by Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly in an online discussion on We Read More...
Spike in gastro cases in Vic childcare
Date of Posting: 10-03-2021
Victorian parents have been urged to keep their sick kids at home due to a spike in contagious gastroenteritis cases at childcare centres. There have been 246 gastro outbreaks at childcare centres this year, which according to the Health Departmen Read More...
Better support needed to address "tsunami of grief" due to COVID-19
Date of Posting: 09-03-2021
Australian researchers have highlighted the acute impact of grief due to COVID-19, and have called for more timely assessment and support to ensure those who need help can access it. Published in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, the stu Read More...
