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Why people with intellectual disability experience lower life expectancy
Date of Posting: 03-12-2019
Researchers have shown why people with intellectual disability experience lower life expectancy and suggest access to better public healthcare could improve outcomes. Life expectancy for people with intellectual disability has long been known to b Read More...
Death toll in Samoa's measles outbreak continues to climb
Date of Posting: 02-12-2019
The death toll in Samoa's measles outbreak continues to climb, with a majority of children aged under five among the 53 people dead. Samoan authorities will shut down the country's government and re-purpose the country's public servant Read More...
APA welcomes new health insurance rebates
Date of Posting: 02-12-2019
The Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) has thrown its weight behind the Health Minister’s plan, announced this month, that will provide consumers with private health insurance rebates for their at-home rehabilitation. This is a huge Read More...
Report shows discrimination hits quarter of Australians
Date of Posting: 02-12-2019
A fresh report has found nearly one in four Australians have experienced major discrimination, from being overlooked for a job to refusal of a bank loan. Almost one in four Australians has experienced major discrimination, from being overlooked fo Read More...
Devastating measles outbreak killed dozens in Samoa
Date of Posting: 29-11-2019
Roughly one in every 70 Samoans has caught measles in a devastating outbreak that has killed dozens of children in the Pacific nation. Samoa is appealing for donations and support to combat a horrific and spiralling measles outbreak gripping the P Read More...
Victorians will be the first in Australia to pay a levy to fund mental health services
Date of Posting: 28-11-2019
Victorians will soon pay a levy to fund their state's mental health system, after a royal commission found it 'catastrophically' failed people. Victorians will be the first in Australia to pay a levy to fund mental health services, aft Read More...
Screening tech advances early detection of Parkinson's disease
Date of Posting: 28-11-2019
Screening technology to catch Parkinson’s disease in its earliest stages could be available within three years, following an agreement between RMIT University and start-up company Jesse Medical. The pioneering technology analyses the results Read More...
R U OK? launches support for police and emergency services in NSW: 'Are they Triple OK?'
Date of Posting: 28-11-2019
R U OK? today launched ‘Are they Triple OK?’, a campaign to encourage stronger peer and social support for police and emergency services workers across Australia. An R U OK? conversation can change a life which is why representatives f Read More...
U=U message central to addressing HIV stigma
Date of Posting: 28-11-2019
More work still needs to be done to educate health care workers and families that when it comes to HIV, undetectable equals untransmissible (U=U), clinical experts say. U=U is a central message for World AIDS Day on 1 December.[subscribe] The c Read More...
Fake nurse carrying out cosmetic injectables successfully prosecuted by Ahpra
Date of Posting: 28-11-2019
A New South Wales man has been convicted and fined $15,000 in the Magistrates Court of Western Australia following charges laid by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra). Mr Scott McLennan falsely presented himself as a Read More...
New online resource enables safer relationships in Wadawurrung Country
Date of Posting: 28-11-2019
A new online family violence resource co-designed with the First Nations peoples of Wadawurrung Country will be launched next week by the University of Melbourne. Developed by a research team of PhD candidate Renee Fiolet, Professor Kelsey Hegarty Read More...
Podcast promotes diverse range of opportunities in rural health
Date of Posting: 28-11-2019
In a move to encourage more medical students and junior doctors to consider careers in rural and regional communities, Monash Rural Health has developed a new podcast to explore what it's like to work outside metropolitan areas. The podcast, D Read More...
New research claims drinking and smoking bans saved 36,000 lives
Date of Posting: 27-11-2019
A new study says key health policies on alcohol and tobacco prevented more than five per cent of total cancer deaths in Australia between the 1960s and 2013. Laws curbing smoking and drinking in Australia helped save 36,000 lives and reduced total Read More...
New President welcomed to the Dietitians Association of Australia Board
Date of Posting: 27-11-2019
The Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) is pleased to announce Tara Diversi, APD has been elected as the President and Chair of the DAA Board. Following a two-year term as a DAA Director, Tara returns to the Board, to continue governance, manag Read More...
The brand-new mainstream magazine putting mental health front and centre for millennial women
Date of Posting: 27-11-2019
The new WellBeing WILD magazine made a statement last month by launching with Anxiety as the lead cover story, in a media product designed for Millennial Women. “Putting mental health on the cover of WellBeing WILD was a no-brainer,” s Read More...
Clinical trials on a new cancer treatment will begin soon in South Australia
Date of Posting: 25-11-2019
Trials will begin early next year at the Royal Adelaide Hospital on a new cancer treatment developed through 10 years of research. Clinical trials on a new treatment expected to improve the survival rates for sufferers of lung and ovarian cancer w Read More...
SA researchers will use a $100,000 grant for pancreatic cancer research
Date of Posting: 21-11-2019
South Australian researchers will use a $100,000 grant to research a new pancreatic cancer treatment using high energy particles or radio-immunotherapy. South Australian researchers will use a $100,000 grant to research new treatments aimed at tar Read More...
A kidney patient from Tiwi Islands will return home
Date of Posting: 21-11-2019
Tiwi Islander Anne-Marie Puruntatameri is excited to be moving home and hopes other locals in Darwin will do the same with the opening of a dialysis facility. Like all Tiwi Islanders Anne-Marie Puruntatameri feels a deep connection to country and Read More...
How does poor air quality from bushfire smoke affect our health?
Date of Posting: 19-11-2019
New South Wales and Queensland are in the grip of a devastating bushfire emergency, which has tragically resulted in the loss of homes and lives. But the smoke produced can affect many more people not immediately impacted by the fires &ndash Read More...
Making sense of menopausal hormone therapy means understanding the benefits as well as the risks
Date of Posting: 19-11-2019
At menopause, a woman’s ovaries lose their reproductive function. Eggs are no longer released and the production of the hormones oestrogen and progesterone falls. It’s the lowered levels of oestrogen after menopause that gives ris Read More...
Much-needed opioids guide addresses information gap for patients
Date of Posting: 19-11-2019
As part of a national effort to help reduce the number of Australians experiencing harm from pharmaceutical opioids, a new patient guide to managing pain and opioid medicines was released today by the NPS MedicineWise Choosing Wisely Australia initia Read More...
Blood test for deadly eye melanoma
Date of Posting: 18-11-2019
A simple blood test could soon become the latest monitoring tool for the early detection of melanoma in the eye. University of Queensland scientists have discovered markers in the blood that can differentiate between a benign mole and a melanoma, Read More...
More support for frontline emergency care staff
Date of Posting: 18-11-2019
A national initiative launched today will support the time-critical work and informed decision making of frontline hospital emergency department (ED) clinicians through the use of patients’ My Health Record. With over 22 million Australians Read More...
Victorians have been reassured their waiting times for elective surgery are at a record low
Date of Posting: 15-11-2019
Victoria's health minister says elective surgery wait times are at a record low as a media report suggests the queue could grow this financial year. Victorians have been reassured their waiting times for elective surgery are at a record low, d Read More...
A new report shows climate change damaging health
Date of Posting: 14-11-2019
The effect of climate change on health is staking up factors causing diseases, less productivity at work and even rising suicide rates, a new report says. Nine of the past 10 most suitable years for the transmission of dengue fever have occurred s Read More...
HeraMED's new age technology addresses age-old problems
Last Updated: 14-11-2019
Medical technology group HeraMED Limited (ASX:HMD) has gone from strength to strength since listing on the ASX in December 2018. Not only has it excelled in the area of product development and distribution, but it has forged alliances with high pr Read More...
It's 25 years since we redefined autism - here's what we've learnt
Last Updated: 13-11-2019
It’s 25 years since the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV) was published. The manual is the clinical “bible” that defines the criteria for the diagnosis of psychiatric and neurodevelopmental conditio Read More...
Vaping-related lung disease now has a name. 5 things you need to know about EVALI
Last Updated: 13-11-2019
More than 2,000 people in the United States have developed serious lung damage in a poisoning outbreak associated with the use of vaping devices this year. At least 39 people have died from the condition. Most of those affected are young men Read More...
Inactivity linked to teen suicide risk in developing countries
Date of Posting: 13-11-2019
Not enough physical activity and too much sitting and screen-time have been linked with suicidal thoughts and behaviours in adolescents in developing countries, in a University of Queensland-led study. UQ School of Health and Rehabilitation Scienc Read More...
A study has found new drinking habits can save you thousands
Date of Posting: 13-11-2019
A new study has found Australians could be saving their household budgets thousands in health and spending costs by reducing their alcohol intake. Australians could save themselves and their households thousands of dollars each year by changing th Read More...
Authorities are warning NSW residents over 'damaging' smoke
Date of Posting: 12-11-2019
As Sydney's air pollution hits hazardous levels amid raging bushfires, authorities are warning asthmatics and others to remain wary of the smoke. Authorities are warning NSW residents not to underestimate the damaging effects of smoke as air q Read More...
Burns units need to cater for Indigenous kids
Date of Posting: 12-11-2019
Aboriginal liaison workers in burn units, and greater cultural competence by clinicians in health services, are urgently needed for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander burns patients who have the highest burn injury rates of all Australians. Res Read More...
Evidence-based guidelines for physios treating cancer patients and survivors
Last Updated: 12-11-2019
The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) has released a new set of guidelines which highlight the importance of exercise in combatting the effects of cancer treatment and improving survival rates. The new guidelines follow the convention by Read More...
Tasmania aged care centre put budget outcomes ahead of people
Date of Posting: 12-11-2019
The royal commission into aged care has heard two Southern Cross Care facilities placed budget outcomes ahead of residents' care. At an aged care facility on Tasmania's northwest coast, Brian Harvey would often sit in pain for 90 minutes o Read More...
Postgraduate training key for mental health nurses
Last Updated: 08-11-2019
As funding of mental health programs increases, demand for skilled nurses will rise and as a result, there is an accelerating need for a skilled mental health workforce in Australia. However, developing an informed, flexible and skilled nursing workf Read More...
Workforce challenges that impact the continuity of healthcare in NT communities
Date of Posting: 08-11-2019
East Arnhem South is a region that covers several communities including Alyangula, Umbakumba and Angurugu (Groote Eylandt), Milyakburra (Bickerton Island) and Numbulwar (Mainland community). There is a Primary Healthcare (PHC) centre within each c Read More...
The key to rural aged care: pay and more training
Last Updated: 08-11-2019
A three-day hearing of the aged care royal commission in Mudgee, in the NSW central west, is examining aged care in rural and remote communities. Aged care providers in rural and remote communities would be better equipped to provide safe and qual Read More...
Having a baby at a birth centre is as safe as hospital but results in less intervention
Last Updated: 08-11-2019
Having a baby at a birth centre is as safe as giving birth in hospital, according to our research, published today in the journal BMJ Open. Women who give birth in a birth centre are also less likely to undergo unnecessary interventio Read More...
Scientists have discovered a new subtype of HIV
Date of Posting: 08-11-2019
Scientists have discovered a new HIV strain in central Africa but an Australian expert says there's no cause for alarm around existing drugs and tests. Scientists have discovered a new subtype of HIV with an Australian expert saying there was Read More...
How to stay fit into your 60s and beyond
Last Updated: 07-11-2019
Ageing is inevitable and is influenced by many things – but keeping active can slow ageing and increase life expectancy. Evidence shows that ageing alone is not a cause of major problems until you are in your mid-90s. And strength, powe Read More...
