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Australian ship passengers set for evacuation
Date of Posting: 17-02-2020
About 200 Australians on the coronavirus-hit cruise ship in Japan will be flown to Darwin on Wednesday where they will be quarantined for two weeks. About 200 Australians on a coronavirus-hit cruise ship in Japan will be evacuated on Wednesday to Read More...
New Zealand's economy affected by coronavirus
Date of Posting: 17-02-2020
Kiwi PM Jacinda Ardern says her government is looking at relief or support to at least three sectors hit by the coronavirus; tourism, forestry and education. New Zealand is bracing for a hit to its economy of around half a per cent as a result of Read More...
The National Breast Cancer Foundation aims to end breast cancer in 10 yrs
Date of Posting: 13-02-2020
The National Breast Cancer Foundation has announced a $100 million plan to eradicate breast cancer within 10 years. No Australian woman would die of breast cancer by 2030 under an ambitious research strategy being pushed by the National Breast Can Read More...
Australians developed a new technology to treat lung disease
Date of Posting: 12-02-2020
New technology developed at Victoria's Monash University will enable doctors to not only better diagnose lung diseases but also check the progress of treatment. Diagnosing lung disease will now be faster and more accurate, thanks to new non-in Read More...
Sport can be an important part of Aboriginal culture for women - but many barriers remain
Last Updated: 11-02-2020
Regular exercise is important for Indigenous women’s health, as it protects against obesity and chronic conditions such as heart disease and diabetes. These conditions are more prevalent among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people than n Read More...
What is autoinflammatory disease, the rare immune condition with waves of fever?
Last Updated: 11-02-2020
Just over 20 years ago, people from three generations of an American family were referred to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Washington DC with an unknown disease. They were ten to 82 years old and had symptoms including monthly e Read More...
Otago researcher sets wheels in motion on #rOAdtrip for osteoarthritis change
Date of Posting: 11-02-2020
An Otago researcher is setting the wheels in motion to seek out much-needed change in the way osteoarthritis, which affects increasing numbers of people, is treated in New Zealand. Professor Haxby Abbott is cycling the length of New Zealand over t Read More...
Social prescribing - a remedy to counter chronic health problems
Last Updated: 11-02-2020
Australia should use social prescribing to counter rising chronic health problems, according to a new report from the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and the Consumers Health Forum (CHF). Social prescribing involves the r Read More...
The myth that's holding back better aged care
Date of Posting: 11-02-2020
Australia has about 1.3 million people receiving aged care, yet only 240,000 of them are in a nursing home. According to aged-care guru Rachel Lane, author of the best-selling book Aged Care Who Cares?, these figures dispel the myth that instituti Read More...
New digital health design lab creates opportunities from healthcare technology investments
Date of Posting: 11-02-2020
Healthcare in Australia is an annual $180 billion commitment, escalating with the aging of our population and the complexity of modern care. Australia has made substantial investments in information technology within our healthcare systems, Read More...
New Allied Health degrees add to Uni of Adelaide's unrivalled health and medical education
Date of Posting: 11-02-2020
The University of Adelaide will introduce a suite of Allied Health degrees to its educational line-up in 2021, enabling students to pursue studies in Physiotherapy, Speech Pathology, or Occupational Therapy at one of Australia’s leading health Read More...
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Date of Posting: 11-02-2020
Dr Jessamy Tiffen, a senior member of the Centenary Institute’s Melanoma Immunology and Oncology Program has some sage advice for aspiring female scientists in advance of this year’s ‘International Day of Women and Girls in Science& Read More...
Health experts grow coronavirus from patients
Date of Posting: 11-02-2020
NSW Health experts have successfully grown the coronavirus from an infected patient, with samples to assist efforts make a vaccine for the deadly disease. Health experts in NSW are hopeful their success in growing the coronavirus from infected pat Read More...
Report shows epilepsy will cost Australia $12.3 billion
Date of Posting: 11-02-2020
To coincide with International Epilepsy Day, a report has been released predicting the disorder will cost Australia's economy about $12.3 billion in 2019/20. Melbourne mum Dimitra Kouiroukidis doesn't worry about losing her job whenever sh Read More...
Australian evacuees from Wuhan have landed in Darwin
Date of Posting: 11-02-2020
The 266 Australians evacuated from Wuhan in China have landed in Darwin and been taken for a two-week quarantine stay at a disused work camp. Hundreds of people evacuated from the coronavirus epicentre of Wuhan in China are now in quarantine at a Read More...
Physiotherapy should be routine care for many Australians
Date of Posting: 10-02-2020
Physiotherapists play a vital recovery role in many of life’s common and inevitable health challenges, yet remain undervalued and underfunded, according to the Australian Physiotherapy Association. Residents in aged care facilities is just o Read More...
Maternal depression rising in developing nations
Date of Posting: 08-02-2020
Women living in low and medium-income nations experience many health-related issues during pregnancy and in childbirth. Still, little attention is given to antenatal depression, which a PLOS ONE study reveals is on the rise in developing countries. Read More...
According to the prime minister, coronavirus will deliver economic hit in Australia
Date of Posting: 07-02-2020
The prime minister has warned of a weighty economic hit on the Australian economy amid high level uncertainty about the coronavirus outbreak. Australia will take a weighty economic hit from the coronavirus outbreak compounding the costs of the bus Read More...
Top five myths about coronavirus have been dispelled by NSW Health
Date of Posting: 07-02-2020
NSW Health has issued a warning against "false and misleading rumours, posts on social media and inaccurate reports" regarding the spread of coronavirus. The top five myths about coronavirus have been dispelled by NSW Health which says g Read More...
Happy feet - foot care for nurses and midwives
Last Updated: 06-02-2020
There aren’t many professions more taxing on the feet than that of a nurse or midwife. Long shifts, concrete floors and the demands of the job can take a significant toll, but you can remedy the abuse with a little self-care according to podiat Read More...
One in 15 hospitalisations in Australia could have been avoided with better early health care
Date of Posting: 06-02-2020
New figures show, one in 15 hospitalisations in Australia could have been avoided with better preventative health care. An Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report released on Thursday showed lung disease commonly caused by smoking Read More...
Young African migrants at mental health risk
Date of Posting: 06-02-2020
New research has found teenage and young African migrants have a 10 times higher risk of developing a psychotic disorder. Young immigrants from Africa are 10 times more likely to develop psychosis than Australian-born youth.[subscribe] Citing f Read More...
Unions and law firms call grow for national silicosis response
Date of Posting: 06-02-2020
Unions and law firms are calling for national assistance and guidelines for workers who are in danger of contracting a deadly lung disease. Ben Harrison and Daniel Lewis are in their 30s and cannot play with their children for more than 10 minutes Read More...
Australia now has 13 confirmed case of the deadly coronavirus
Date of Posting: 05-02-2020
An eight-year-old boy travelling in Australia has the coronavirus, taking the infection rate to 13 people, as the government gets ready for more evacuees. Australia now has 13 confirmed case of the deadly coronavirus after an eight-year-old boy wa Read More...
New study shows methamphetamines are fuelling violence against Melbourne hospital staff
Date of Posting: 05-02-2020
Patients abusing staff at Royal Melbourne Hospital's emergency department are often fuelled by methamphetamines, or ice, according to a new study. Methamphetamines are fuelling violence against Melbourne hospital staff more than any other drug Read More...
Last Updated: 04-02-2020
With footballers and athletes starting to lose their edge in their early 30s, there seems to be plenty of evidence that our fitness slumps with age. For ordinary gym-goers, intense exercise starts getting harder in your 40s as your maximum heart r Read More...
'Science saved my life': one doctor's incredible journey from cancer researcher to cancer survivor
Date of Posting: 04-02-2020
Cancer researcher Orazio Vittorio was completing his PhD when a tumour started to grow in his kidney. After an accidental diagnosis at university, an emergency surgery by his supervisor saved his life. Dr Orazio Vittorio never expected to be a pat Read More...
How does mental health affect your sleep?
Last Updated: 04-02-2020
The term mental health describes emotional, cognitive, and social well-being. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood. Mental health affects not just how we feel, but how we think and behave Read More...
Scientists are one step closer to Hendra virus cure
Date of Posting: 04-02-2020
Scientists have successfully conducted a human trial of a treatment for the deadly Hendra virus. Scientists are one step closer to protecting people from the deadly Hendra and Nipah viruses after successfully trialling a treatment on humans.[subsc Read More...
Kids diagnosed with ADHD often don't take medication regularly
Date of Posting: 04-02-2020
Children diagnosed with ADHD inconsistently take their prescribed medication, going without treatment 40 per cent of the time, a new study has found. The research, led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and published in Arch Read More...
Researchers says harsh alarms is linked to morning grogginess
Date of Posting: 04-02-2020
Researchers have found the blare of the morning alarm clock may be doing more harm than good with the harsh sound linked to morning grogginess. Feel like you're always getting up on the wrong side of the bed? You should have woken up to The Be Read More...
HOW-R-U? project targets post-discharge isolation
Date of Posting: 04-02-2020
Bolton Clarke Research Institute (BCRI) will work with Melbourne’s Northern Hospital and volunteer organisation Friends for Good to roll out a peer support program aimed at reducing social isolation and loneliness for older people discharged fr Read More...
New program to ensure nurses and midwives are at the forefront of digital health
Date of Posting: 04-02-2020
A new professional development program has been launched to identify the necessary digital health capabilities for nurses and midwives to further improve the quality, safety and efficiency of care that they deliver. The 2020 focus on nursing and m Read More...
Australians evacuated from Wuhan have landed in Australia
Date of Posting: 04-02-2020
Australians evacuated from epicentre of the coronavirus in China have landed in Western Australia before being quarantined on Christmas Island for 14 days. Australian citizens evacuated from Chinese city Wuhan, the epicentre of the deadly coronavi Read More...
Qantas plane crew are ready for airlift
Date of Posting: 03-02-2020
The Qantas plane that will bring home hundreds of Australians stranded in the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak is now on the ground in Wuhan. The volunteer Qantas crew manning the Boeing 747 that will fly stranded Australians out of the Chine Read More...
Medical experts advised that face masks might not stop coronavirus
Date of Posting: 03-02-2020
Health experts advise that wearing medical face masks is not the most effective way to prevent coronavirus infection. As the coronavirus crisis has infected over 14,000 people globally, the use of face masks has become part of daily life in Austra Read More...
The link between antibiotics and obesity in children doesn't mean you need to avoid antibiotics
Last Updated: 31-01-2020
Australian children have one of the highest rates of antibiotic use in the world. More than half have received at least one course by their first birthday. While antibiotics are one of the miracles of modern health care, they have some drawb Read More...
Researchers believe coronavirus spreads more like flu than measles
Date of Posting: 31-01-2020
Doctors believe coronavirus is spread through droplets and close contact over a period of time with an infected person, and is not as infectious as measles. Doctors trying to determine how the coronavirus is spreading say it's not as infectiou Read More...
The government is preparing the island for virus evacuees
Date of Posting: 31-01-2020
Medics are being mobilised to fly to Christmas Island under the government's plan to get Aussies out of China and protect the mainland from the coronavirus. A team of 24 medical professionals are bound for Christmas Island to deal with Austral Read More...
Dentists rebuild smiles of women experiencing domestic violence
Date of Posting: 30-01-2020
With around one in six women experiencing domestic violence at the hands of a partner according to figures from the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Personal Safety Survey released on Tuesday, the Australian Dental Health Foundation Read More...
