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Physio, chiro, osteo and myo: what's the difference and which one should I get?
Last Updated: 08-12-2020
Many of us might not be as fit as we were before the pandemic hit, and as community sport restarts and gyms reopen across the country amid eased coronavirus restrictions, some people might be at increased risk of injury. If you do pul Read More...
Dangers of a sedentary COVID-19 lockdown: Inactivity can take a toll on health in just two weeks
Date of Posting: 08-12-2020
As the world digs in for the second wave of COVID-19, flu season and winter, people also face a serious risk from reduced physical activity — especially older adults. Developing a plan to be physically active now will help you to stay s Read More...
New ACON Project to Provide Support For LGBTQ People with Disability
Date of Posting: 08-12-2020
Improving the health and wellbeing of Australian LGBTQ people with disability is the focus of a new project launched by ACON, NSW’s leading health organisation for people of diverse sexualities and genders. Launched on December 3, on Interna Read More...
Speech to Indigenous Allied Health Australia (IAHA) Conference: Fiona Petersen
Date of Posting: 08-12-2020
The Healing Foundation CEO Fiona Petersen Thank you to Indigenous Allied Health Australia for welcoming me today to mark the beginning of a strong relationship between IAHA and The Healing Foundation.[subscribe] I’m Fiona Petersen, a prou Read More...
Feeling sore after exercise? Here's what science suggests helps (and what doesn't)
Date of Posting: 08-12-2020
Have you been hitting the gym again with COVID restrictions easing? Or getting back into running, cycling, or playing team sports? As many of you might’ve experienced, the inevitable muscle soreness that comes after a break can Read More...
Australian scientists create AI seizure tracker
Last Updated: 07-12-2020
CSIRO scientists have developed a new device which uses artificial intelligence to track a patient's recovery from traumatic brain injury. Australian researchers have developed an artificial intelligence device that can monitor and help preven Read More...
Australian airports will have sniffer dogs to detect COVID-19
Last Updated: 07-12-2020
Sniffer-dogs capable of detecting COVID-19 from sweat samples could be operating in Australian airports from early next year. Sniffer-dogs being trained to operate in Australian airports may be capable of detecting COVID-19 before a positive readi Read More...
Reducing STI rates in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people
Last Updated: 07-12-2020
More focus on increasing the rates of sexual health testing, and less focus on behaviour change, is the key to addressing high numbers of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people. Dr Sal Read More...
Affordable access to targeted therapies for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia "crucial"
Date of Posting: 07-12-2020
Patients and clinicians alike have welcomed the news that a targeted combination treatment is now available through the PBS as a first line therapy for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL). The Federal Minister for Health, The Hon. Greg Hunt MP, re Read More...
Mask rules will soon be relaxed in Victoria
Last Updated: 04-12-2020
Victoria has recorded 35 days straight without any new coronavirus infections, paving the way for further restrictions to be eased come Sunday. Mask rules will soon be relaxed in Victoria after the state recorded 35 days straight without any new c Read More...
University of Melbourne to host genomics hub
Last Updated: 04-12-2020
Coronavirus research will be one of the projects at a genomics hub to be set up at the University of Melbourne. After learning the benefits of genomics during the second coronavirus wave, Melbourne will be home to a new research hub dedicated to i Read More...
New Zealand government says no new entries for Kiwis until March
Last Updated: 04-12-2020
There are no places within New Zealand's managed isolation regime for returning Kiwis until March, the government says. The New Zealand government is widening its criteria for emergency entry into the country beyond its locked-down borders, bu Read More...
Telehealth to be permanently funded
Last Updated: 04-12-2020
Last month, Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt announced that telehealth would be permanently funded – a move welcomed by the Australian Physiotherapy Association. According to the association, while COVID-19 restrictions forced many physioth Read More...
New Zealand will have the same COVID-19 vaccine as the UK
Last Updated: 03-12-2020
New Zealand has a deal with Pfizer to supply the same COVID-19 vaccines as the UK but won't be moving at the same breakneck speed as Great Britain. New Zealand's COVID-19 minister has cited "humanitarian" reasons for not followin Read More...
Australian business owners and consumers are thinking more about sustainability now
Last Updated: 03-12-2020
A third of Australian small business owners and consumers are thinking more about sustainability now than prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. A third of Australian small business owners and consumers have been prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic to take Read More...
Pfizer vaccine has just been approved: here's what the next few months will look like
Last Updated: 03-12-2020
The UK has become the first country to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for widespread use. The government has ordered 40 million doses and the first batch of 800,000 doses is expected to be shipped from Belgium – where the vaccine i Read More...
Cancer shifts to chronic disease, so living well matters
Date of Posting: 03-12-2020
Improved survival means cancer is increasingly a chronic disease, and a lot of people are living well with it, new research from The Australian National University (ANU) shows. The study, the largest of its kind in the world, has looked at data fr Read More...
Study shows motherhood changes brain structure
Date of Posting: 02-12-2020
Motherhood can reap benefits for the human brain as it ages, with a study finding that women who parent more children show younger patterns of brain function. Researchers say 'baby-brain' is actually a good thing after finding hormonal cha Read More...
Australian researchers will try to reduce virus jab sting
Last Updated: 02-12-2020
Scientists from Queensland's James Cook University have found the use of "cold sprays" or ice before getting the jab can reduce vaccination pain in adults. Australian researchers are trying to take the sting out of the jab ahead of t Read More...
Australia will soon be one step away from opening all borders by Christmas
Date of Posting: 02-12-2020
With WA declaring it will reopen to NSW and Victoria from December 8, only South Australians will be locked out of other states amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Australia will soon be one step away from realising the federal government's vision to Read More...
Australian of the year called for a crackdown on sugar in drinks and processed foods
Last Updated: 01-12-2020
Australian of the Year Dr James Muecke wants a major overhaul of the country's dietary guidelines to discourage sugar and refined carb consumption. Australian of the Year Dr James Muecke has demanded an overhaul of the nation's dietary gui Read More...
Borders re-opened just in time for Christmas
Date of Posting: 01-12-2020
Longed for reunions with family and friends are underway as Sydneysiders arrived in Queensland while others in NSW are booking to return to WA before Christmas. Christmas has come early for people torn apart by COVID-19 border closures as Sydney f Read More...
Australians in remote areas are more likely to die of heart disease
Date of Posting: 01-12-2020
Australians living in regional and remote areas are more likely to suffer from heart disease than their city-dwelling counterparts. Australians living in very remote locations are more than 50 per cent more likely to die of heart disease than thos Read More...
Australian youth suicides lost mental health support
Last Updated: 01-12-2020
Thousands of young Australians who committed suicide were no longer receiving mental health help at the time of their deaths, new analysis of data shows. Young Australians who have taken their lives are typically disadvantaged males disengaged fro Read More...
Australia's anti-COVID secret is resilience
Last Updated: 30-11-2020
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has again praised the resilience of Australians in facing up to the COVID-19 pandemic. Australia is heading into the final weeks of the year with an ever-improving report card in tackling COVID-19, especially for its Read More...
Generation Next - Helping Graduate Nurses and Midwives Find Jobs
Last Updated: 30-11-2020
Despite a shortage of 109,000 nurses predicted to hit Australia by 2025, thousands of new graduate nurses and midwifes struggle to find employment each year. The resulting bottleneck is locking out the next generation and taking away their right to s Read More...
Australian fertility app supporting couples through IVF treatment
Last Updated: 30-11-2020
Australian couples undergoing in vitro fertilisation (IVF) may now benefit from an innovative and freely-available app which provides a comprehensive calendar tool that spans their entire IVF journey. MiFertility Plan App – an Australian-des Read More...
Cancer study: Patients want end-of-life discussion to plan care
Date of Posting: 30-11-2020
New Australian research shows that most people with cancer and those who support them want to discuss end-of-life care, but these important advance care planning (ACP) discussions are largely not occurring with their doctor or healthcare provider. Read More...
Navigating the 'new normal' for older Australians
Date of Posting: 30-11-2020
Older Australians have had a lot to worry about this year and the COVID-19 coronavirus has placed many of them at increased risk of isolation and loneliness. Charles Sturt University gerontology expert Dr Belinda Cash, a member of the Charles Stur Read More...
When hoarding becomes a health problem
Date of Posting: 30-11-2020
Hoarding is a recognised mental health condition and should be treated as such – without the stigma associated with high-profile cases seen in the media, a UNSW clinical psychologist says. Hoarding can affect anyone – no matter their a Read More...
The robots helping sick kids 'teleport' to the classroom
Date of Posting: 30-11-2020
Most school students are back in school after a tumultuous school year, but remote learning – and social isolation – is an ongoing reality for thousands of sick children around the country. Children missing school because of serious il Read More...
Last Updated: 30-11-2020
A cancer diagnosis and chemotherapy treatment can be stressful and distressing. Now researchers are looking at measuring stress, and the impact of stress, to facilitate earlier detection and intervention, focusing on women receiving treatment for Read More...
Arthritis drug effective in treating sickest COVID-19 patients
Date of Posting: 30-11-2020
Critically ill patients with COVID-19 treated with a drug that reduces inflammation by modifying the immune system have improved outcomes, an international study has found. The early findings, which are yet to be published, come from the REMAP-CAP Read More...
Innovative training facility boosts rural health in Queensland
Last Updated: 30-11-2020
A new training facility designed to boost nursing, midwifery and allied health skills in some of Queensland’s most remote communities has officially opened in Charleville. [subscribe] University of Queensland health students are among those Read More...
Tasmania opened to Victoria for the first time since March
Last Updated: 27-11-2020
Tasmania has dropped COVID-19 border restrictions with Victoria for the first time since March. Tasmania has opened to Victoria for the first time in eight months, with hundreds of people from the mainland state set to arrive on day one.[subscribe Read More...
South Australia revised a range of COVID-19 restrictions
Date of Posting: 27-11-2020
South Australian authorities have announced a range of COVID-19 restrictions will be eased from next week as work continues to contain a cluster of cases. South Australia has revised a range of COVID-19 restrictions, including opening the border w Read More...
Domestic violence screening at NSW hospitals
Last Updated: 26-11-2020
A $1.8 million pilot program is being launched at six NSW hospital emergency departments to screen for patients who may be victims of domestic violence. A ground-breaking program to be run at six NSW hospitals will aim to identify victims of domes Read More...
New research shows young consumers worse off during COVID-19
Date of Posting: 26-11-2020
Young people, renters and those with a disability are bearing the brunt of the COVID-19 economic crisis, according to new research into consumer behaviour. A growing number of young people are failing to service their debt and missing other paymen Read More...
Big backyard Christmas barbecues are back on
Last Updated: 25-11-2020
Up to 50 people will be able to gather outdoors and in backyards in NSW from Tuesday as the state hits 18 straight days without a local COVID-19 case. Big backyard Christmas barbecues are back on the cards after the NSW government eased a slew of Read More...
Beach lovers are being warned to not linger on the sand this summer
Last Updated: 25-11-2020
With heatwave conditions expected this weekend, Sydney's beaches are tipped to attract crowds and swimmers are being warned to maintain social distancing. Beach lovers have been urged to avoid peak times, keep a towel's length away from ot Read More...
