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So you're going to school online - here are 6 ways to make the most of it
Last Updated: 22-04-2020
Effective learning is a two-way process between the teacher and students, meaning both need to engage. If a student simply sits and listens to new information without engaging or applying it, it’s called passive learning. Active Read More...
We've known about pandemic health messaging since 1918
Date of Posting: 22-04-2020
Australia’s coronavirus public health messaging has been criticised as confusing during a time when health guidelines and regulations are changing rapidly, and educating the public about health is more vital than ever. The slow Read More...
Using nursing assistants to fill coronavirus gaps brings risks if they're not up to the job
Last Updated: 22-04-2020
The number of people going to hospital with the coronavirus is expected to rise, putting a strain on our health and aged care services and their workforce. Australian undergraduate student nurses and those health workers here on visas Read More...
A new report highlights catastrophic risks
Date of Posting: 22-04-2020
A new report released by the Commission for the Human Future says the COVID-19 pandemic highlights the issues and challenges faced in a globalised world. The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the need for greater unified global action and government pr Read More...
Australians are hitting the road to escape cabin fever boredom with bike
Date of Posting: 21-04-2020
Australians fed up with the COVID-19 restrictions are hitting the road to escape cabin fever boredom with bike sales and repairs through the roof. Bored Aussies struck down with COVID-19 cabin fever are dragging their long-ignored bicycle relics f Read More...
"Stay at home" directive triggers unintended health hurdles
Last Updated: 21-04-2020
With workplaces forced into lockdown to battle COVID-19 and Australians required to work from home, unaddressed hearing loss is emerging as a barrier to online workforce participation and productivity. One in three Australians over the age of 50 l Read More...
New ways to curb youth eating disorders
Last Updated: 20-04-2020
Eating disorders are serious mental illnesses, resulting in mortality rates that are almost twice as high as other psychiatric disorders – especially among young people. To help combat the substantial harmful effects that eating disorders ha Read More...
Csiro unlocks new way to understand evolving strains of sars-cov-2
Date of Posting: 20-04-2020
Researchers from CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, have unveiled a new approach to analysing the genetic codes – or the blueprint – of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. The findings will help researchers better Read More...
Greater access to telehealth consultations will benefit even more patients
Date of Posting: 20-04-2020
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) commends the extension of Medicare benefits to assist patients to receive telehealth or telephone consultations in a wider range of circumstances. The latest round of measures, Read More...
Help frontline workers fight the COVID-19 outbreak with this simple gesture
Date of Posting: 20-04-2020
Despite the NSW Government announcing free parking at public hospital car parks for health practitioners – a shortage of car parking remains. With the workforce rapidly shifting to working from home, available street parking has substantially d Read More...
Do your bit. Your flu vaccination can help reduce the burden on our healthcare system
Date of Posting: 20-04-2020
The more people who are vaccinated against the flu this season, the less the flu will spread in the community. Minimising the spread of flu is a good way to reduce strain on hospitals and the healthcare system in general during the current COVID-19 p Read More...
Calls for the government to offer more rebated psychology sessions
Date of Posting: 17-04-2020
Psychologists and psychiatrists are facing struggles during the coronavirus pandemic, with calls for the government to offer more rebated psychology sessions. Referrals to psychologists have dropped since the coronavirus outbreak, with calls for t Read More...
Australian student developed a tool to help combat coronavirus
Date of Posting: 17-04-2020
A Melbourne university student has developed a tool that prevents hands from contacting surfaces that might have been contaminated by coronavirus. A university student has developed a tool that eliminates the need to touch potentially unhygienic s Read More...
Shipping container labs could be the solution to keeping frontline workers safe
Date of Posting: 17-04-2020
Shipping containers fitted with coronavirus testing facilities could be the solution to keeping frontline workers safe, a Sydney-based architect says. Shipping containers could be the unlikely solution to drastically increasing coronavirus testing Read More...
Genetics linked to childhood emotional, social and psychiatric problems
Date of Posting: 17-04-2020
Emotional, social and psychiatric problems in children and adolescents have been linked to higher levels of genetic vulnerability for adult depression. University of Queensland scientists made the finding while analysing the genetic data of more t Read More...
Smokers turned off by plain packs, survey shows
Date of Posting: 17-04-2020
Plain packaging is making tobacco products less appealing and warning labels more noticeable, researchers at the University of Otago, Wellington, have found. The researchers found the introduction of standardised (plain) packs and enhanced warning Read More...
Health professionals and domestic violence case managers partner amidst COVID-19 crisis
Date of Posting: 17-04-2020
Hornsby-Ku-ring-gai Women’s Shelter is calling for greater collaboration between medical centres, hospitals, emergency services, pharmacists, mental health professionals and domestic violence services to cope with an expected surge in demand fr Read More...
Dentists now have new item number for telehealth consultations
Date of Posting: 17-04-2020
With coronavirus restrictions preventing many patients from seeking urgent advice from their regular dentist, today the Australian Dental Association (ADA) has issued a new item number on the Australian Schedule of Dental Services and Glossary to all Read More...
Groundbreaking hydrogen technology shows significant potential for fighting coronavirus
Date of Posting: 17-04-2020
Ground-breaking technology is achieving phenomenal results around the world in the fight against Coronavirus. The team at engineering company, Hydrogen Technologies, are working day and night to keep up with enquiries from their small facility Read More...
COVID-19 fight: Australian research offers hope as world struggles with ventilator shortage
Date of Posting: 17-04-2020
A world-first breakthrough by Australian researchers in ventilator splitting could help hospitals under severe stress as the number of critical COVID-19 cases continues to rise. For the first time, researchers have successfully tested, in a simula Read More...
Health experts urge Aussies to seek heart help
Date of Posting: 17-04-2020
An Australian medical research institute has warned the COVID-19 pandemic could undo decades of work driving down heart disease deaths. A medical research facility has raised the alarm over Australian hospital data suggesting a large drop in atten Read More...
Mobile coronavirus test sites head for remote Australia
Date of Posting: 16-04-2020
Indigenous Australian will soon get access to mobile coronavirus tests sites which can turn around tests in 45 minutes. Mobile coronavirus test sites will be rolled out across Australia's remote indigenous communities.[subscribe] The 83 new Read More...
Queensland government provide tips for helping children learn at home
Date of Posting: 15-04-2020
Some tips for parents feeling overwhelmed about their children learning at home as the Queensland government says most students must stay away from school. BRISBANE, AAP - TIPS FOR HELPING CHILDREN LEARN AT HOME[subscribe] Develop a consis Read More...
Close to the bone: 3D printed implants
Last Updated: 15-04-2020
Visionary biomaterials and tissue engineer Hala Zreiqat has invented the world’s first 3D-printed porous synthetic bone that mimics bone mechanical strength and promotes new bone growth. But her dreams of medical revolution don’t stop the Read More...
Upcoming changes to categorisation of private health insurance products
Last Updated: 15-04-2020
On 1 April, 2019, there will be significant chances to the way private hospital cover benefits are categorised in Australia. These changes are coming about as a result of government initiated private health insurance reforms. Government officials wer Read More...
Australian restaurants cook meals for health workers
Date of Posting: 14-04-2020
One woman has set up a GoFundMe page to help supply exhausted NSW health workers on the COVID-19 front line with meals from restaurants. Australian restaurants struggling to stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic are signing up to provide fre Read More...
Australian states and territories COVID-19 testing criteria
Date of Posting: 14-04-2020
The testing guidelines people need to meet in order to get a COVID-19 test in Australian states and territories. WHAT CRITERIA PEOPLE IN AUSTRALIA NEED TO MEET IN ORDER TO GET TESTED FOR THE COVID-19.[subscribe] VICTORIA Testing has exp Read More...
What actually are 'essential services' and who decides?
Last Updated: 14-04-2020
The Morrison government keeps using the word “essential” to describe employees, public gatherings, services and businesses that are still allowed and not restricted as it tries to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. But Read More...
Twins encouraged to join national COVID-19 research effort
Date of Posting: 14-04-2020
Researchers are mobilising twins across Australia to join a world-first study to rapidly measure the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Australians and their families. Called TRACKERR, the Twins Research Australia COVID-19 Knowledge, Experience, R Read More...
Exercise can help stop liver cancer, research shows
Date of Posting: 14-04-2020
New research shows exercise can stop liver cancer – the fastest increasing cause of cancer death in Australia. The new finding could help prevent the most common type of liver cancer – hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).[subscribe] Read More...
How you walk could be used to identify some types of dementia
Date of Posting: 14-04-2020
More than 50m people worldwide are living with dementia. With an ageing population, it’s likely that this number will continue to grow, as getting older is one of the biggest risk factors in developing dementia. But until researchers find a Read More...
COVID-19 drug lead treatments identified
Date of Posting: 14-04-2020
An international team of researchers has tested more than 10,000 compounds to identify six drug candidates that may help treat COVID-19. The research, involving University of Queensland scientist Professor Luke Guddat, tested the efficacy of appro Read More...
Q&A with epidemiologist Mary-Louise McLaws: how the world is doing so far fighting COVID-19
Date of Posting: 14-04-2020
Professor Mary-Louise McLaws, who is an adviser to the World Health Organisation says the world will never be the same again following the COVID-19 pandemic. How do we know what we know about each country?[subscribe] Mary-Louise McLaws: There a Read More...
Dodgy treatment: it's not us, it's the other lot, say the experts. So who do we believe?
Last Updated: 14-04-2020
Patients might not be getting the best advice about which treatments do or don’t work, according to our study published today. We found professional societies are more likely to call out other health professionals for providing low-valu Read More...
Sports injuries make their mark on Aussies
Date of Posting: 14-04-2020
Almost 60,000 Australians were admitted to hospital for injuries sustained while playing sport in 2016–17, according to a new report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. The report, Hospitalised sports injury, Australia, 2016&n Read More...
COVID-19 to push half a billion people into poverty
Date of Posting: 14-04-2020
The economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic could increase global poverty by as much as half a billion people or eight per cent of the world’s population – according to new research. The authors of a United Nations University st Read More...
Rural health academics call for move to district reporting of Covid-19 data
Date of Posting: 14-04-2020
Rural health academics support calls from other rural leaders for more localised reporting of Covid-19 test results to help rural healthcare providers better care for their communities. University of Otago Associate Dean Rural Garry Nixon and Univ Read More...
Early bedtimes linked to healthy weight in children
Date of Posting: 14-04-2020
Researchers have shown healthy sleep for children is not just about getting 10 hours a night, revealing a link between late bedtimes and unhealthy weight gain. A University of Queensland and James Cook University study highlights the importance of Read More...
Health experts say it's too early to relax social distancing
Date of Posting: 14-04-2020
Australia's chief medical officer says it's too early to relax strict social distancing rules but they will have to be reviewed in coming weeks. Australia's coronavirus infection curve may be flattening but it is still too early to rel Read More...
Australian doctors find hope amid ventilator shortage
Last Updated: 14-04-2020
A study has found a way to ventilate two lungs at the same time amid the spread of COVID-19, but researchers warn the practice carries some risk. Australian researchers have found a way to help two people breathe from one ventilator as coronavirus Read More...
