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I think my child has outgrown their food allergy. How can I be sure?
Last Updated: 26-02-2020
Some children grow out of their food allergies, but researchers don’t exactly know why. Here’s how to work with your allergy specialist if you suspect your child isn’t allergic any more. Who’s more likely to gr Read More...
Social norms stop Ethiopian girls from making safe choices about pregnancy
Date of Posting: 26-02-2020
Despite progress in reducing the rate of adolescent pregnancy, more than 16 million adolescent girls globally become parents each year. According to the World Health Organisation, 90% of these young mothers live in the global South. Girls in Read More...
The FODMAP diet is everywhere, but researchers warn it's not for weight loss
Date of Posting: 26-02-2020
The FODMAP diet is used to help manage irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), but it’s becoming more popular. Now bloggers and so-called health gurus have jumped on board, claiming it can treat everything from acne to weight loss. While it wo Read More...
Categorising people into low, moderate or high risk should be 'abandoned'
Date of Posting: 26-02-2020
NEARLY EVERYONE IS AT LIFETIME RISK OF STROKE, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND OTHER MAJOR NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES. Professor of Epidemiology and Neurology at Auckland University of Technology (AUT), Valery Feigin, says clinicians often seek threshold Read More...
Alcohol too easy for minors to buy online
Date of Posting: 25-02-2020
Tougher laws for online alcohol sales are needed to prevent under-18s and people with an alcohol dependency from buying liquor at the touch of a button, UNSW public health researchers say. Buying liquor online is just too easy, new UNSW Sydney res Read More...
Australia's chief medical officer has warned that coronavirus vaccine is a long way off
Date of Posting: 24-02-2020
A group of Australians evacuated from China are being released from a Darwin camp, as the number of coronavirus cases among cruise ship evacuees rises. Australia's chief medical officer has warned there is no realistic prospect of a vaccine to Read More...
Report says overdose fears for users of GBH party drug
Date of Posting: 21-02-2020
The increasing popularity of illicit drug GBH has prompted a report into related overdose deaths with clinicians concerned users underestimate its potency. A knowledge of drug overdose symptoms and basic first aid could have saved dozens of Austra Read More...
BFHI: Separating fact from fiction
Date of Posting: 21-02-2020
An increasing number of maternity facilities and community health services are making an important commitment to mothers, their babies and families by becoming Baby Friendly accredited. Despite the increase in Baby Friendly Health Initiative (BFHI Read More...
Australia extends China ban as evacuees arrive in NT
Date of Posting: 21-02-2020
Australian evacuees from a virus infected cruise ship in Japan have arrived in Darwin for isolation as the government extends the travel ban. Australia has extended its ban on foreign travellers from China for another week as the number of infecti Read More...
New research shows unequal on Victoria's lung cancer treatment
Date of Posting: 20-02-2020
Research presented at the Australian Lung Cancer Conference shows the times to access treatment vary greatly between private and public health care. A Victorian diagnosed with lung cancer has almost double chances to be on treatment within 14 days Read More...
All Cambodia liner passengers tested negative for coronavirus
Date of Posting: 20-02-2020
A Cambodian health ministry official says 781 passengers off the cruise liner Westerdam have been tested for coronavirus and all tested negative. Cambodian health officials have conducted tests for the coronavirus on 781 people, including many Aus Read More...
A mother was told to abort baby with disability
Date of Posting: 20-02-2020
Toni Mitchell has told the disability royal commission she was advised to have an abortion when an ultrasound indicated her son Joshy would have Down syndrome. The mother of a child with Down syndrome has told the disability royal commission she w Read More...
Reporting the facts on Indigenous STIs
Date of Posting: 19-02-2020
Young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are being discouraged from seeking medical help due to public assumptions that sexually transmissible infections (STIs) are the result of sexual abuse. The University of Queensland’s P Read More...
Men also have a 'biological clock' that affects IVF success
Last Updated: 19-02-2020
New research by Australian fertility experts has shown that IVF success rates drop as men age, debunking the myth that only women experience declining fertility as they get older. The new study by researchers from Monash University and Monash IVF[ Read More...
Australians on virus-hit ship prepare to leave
Date of Posting: 19-02-2020
After more than two weeks stuck on a coronavirus-hit ship in Japan, about 200 Australians are set to be evacuated to Darwin for another 14 days of isolation. A horror holiday is close to being over for the hundreds of Australians stuck on a corona Read More...
Australians who were quarantined on Christmas Island return home
Date of Posting: 18-02-2020
Australians quarantined on Christmas Island while they waited to be cleared of the symptoms of coronavirus have started to return home. Australians who were quarantined on Christmas Island over the coronavirus crisis have expressed relief, gratitu Read More...
RACGP calls for national plan to deal with pandemics
Date of Posting: 18-02-2020
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) is urging the government to develop a national plan to deal with potential pandemics after the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak revealed failures in the public health response. RACGP Pre Read More...
Is Australia's health system failing kids with autism?
Date of Posting: 18-02-2020
Parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are calling for changes to mainstream health services as new research from the University of South Australia shows significant gaps in health practitioners’ knowledge, understanding and tr Read More...
Thanks to you, we're ending HIV: ACON launches new HIV prevention campaign
Last Updated: 18-02-2020
A new HIV awareness campaign is highlighting the ongoing efforts of gay and bisexual men in the HIV prevention movement and issues a call to maintain momentum towards the virtual elimination of HIV transmissions in NSW. Produced by ACON, NSW&rsquo Read More...
Test measures immune response to improve ovarian cancer diagnosis
Date of Posting: 18-02-2020
Researchers have developed a simple blood test that measures the body’s own immune response to improve diagnosis of ovarian cancer. Ovarian cancer is one of the most common gynaecologic cancers, with the highest mortality rate. About 300,000 Read More...
New gene mutation associated with Fabry cardiomyopathy
Date of Posting: 18-02-2020
The A143T variant of the GLA gene is associated with an increased risk of Fabry cardiomyopathy, according to a new study. The variant plays a role in lipid metabolism. According to the researchers, patients carrying the mutation and manifesting ch Read More...
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...
