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A new genetic database hopes to curb the number of young people dying from sudden cardiac arrest
Date of Posting: 12-09-2019
A new project hopes to curb the number of young people dying from sudden cardiac arrest, by collecting data about those who have and their family members. Sarah Harrison considers herself lucky that a cardiac arrest struck while working in a bar a Read More...
The number of sexually transmitted infections reported in NSW has increased
Date of Posting: 11-09-2019
The number of gonorrhoea cases reported in NSW has more than doubled and incidences of chlamydia and syphilis have also spiked in the past four years. The number of sexually transmitted infections reported in NSW has skyrocketed over the last four Read More...
The deadly lung disease silicosis is on the rise in Victoria
Date of Posting: 11-09-2019
The deadly lung disease silicosis is on the rise, with 24 Victorian stonemasons diagnosed with the condition in recent months. Victoria is seeing a "very disturbing" rise in the deadly lung disease silicosis, with 24 tradies diagnosed wi Read More...
A spike in NSW gastro cases prompts warning
Date of Posting: 10-09-2019
A spike in the number of gastro outbreaks in NSW childcare centres in August has prompted the government to issue a warning to parents. The NSW government has issued a warning to parents after close to 100 childcare centres reported outbreaks of g Read More...
The sudden and shocking closure of a Gold Coast aged care home
Date of Posting: 10-09-2019
A parliamentary committee will investigate exactly what went on at a Gold Coast retirement home that left dozens of patients homeless when it suddenly shut. The sudden and shocking closure of a Gold Coast aged care home, and the safety and quality Read More...
Glass down, FASD awareness turned up
Date of Posting: 10-09-2019
Most Australians know it is unsafe to drink during pregnancy, but researchers say the number of children with lifelong impacts from Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) remains far too high. The University of Queensland has recently opened a stu Read More...
Greater support needed to improve the treatment of knee osteoarthritis
Date of Posting: 06-09-2019
A new Curtin University-led paper has outlined that many people living with knee osteoarthritis may be needlessly suffering or receiving the wrong treatments for their symptoms, recommending a major change in how osteoarthritis is understood and trea Read More...
More targeted, less toxic: the golden future of cancer treatment
Date of Posting: 06-09-2019
Researchers have engineered gold-based molecules that target cancer cells and leave healthy cells unharmed, in a critical step towards precision cancer drugs with fewer toxic side effects. Pre-clinical studies have shown the molecules were up to 2 Read More...
SA Health cuts public hospital jobs
Last Updated: 06-09-2019
SA Health is offering voluntary redundancies across major public hospitals in Adelaide, with up to 1100 jobs possibly cut. Voluntary redundancies are being offered to staff at major public hospitals in Adelaide in a move to cut costs and ensure th Read More...
A weight loss app may be a risky way to address obesity in children
Last Updated: 05-09-2019
Over the last week, a weight loss app targeted at children and teenagers aged 8-17 has sparked concern among health professionals and parents around the world. More than 90,000 people have signed an online petition calling for withdra Read More...
Youth discounts fail to keep young people in private health insurance
Date of Posting: 05-09-2019
It was a key plank of what was dubbed the most significant package of private health insurance reforms in more than a decade. From April 1 this year, private health insurers have been permitted to offer a youth discount – lower premiums for Read More...
It's not just athletes who get Achilles tendon pain, but exercising is the answer
Date of Posting: 05-09-2019
Basketball fans around the world were recently sickened by the footage of NBA star Kevin Durant’s Achilles tendon rupturing during a game. But while many think it’s only elite athletes who suffer from Achilles tendon issue Read More...
Government funded health programs for NT's deaf children
Date of Posting: 05-09-2019
Two-year-old Cherraya Houldsworth is the first indigenous toddler to receive a cochlear implant in the Northern Territory after being born deaf. Darwin mother Rosalie Houldsworth remembers the moment her two-year-old daughter Cherraya could hear f Read More...
Air pollution has been linked to an increased risk of developing dementia
Date of Posting: 05-09-2019
Australian researchers have established a link between air pollution and an increased risk of developing dementia, a new study shows. Air pollution has been linked to an increased risk of developing dementia later in life, Australian researchers h Read More...
Listeria has been found in pastrami sold at a number of Adelaide supermarkets
Date of Posting: 05-09-2019
Health officials in South Australia have issued a warning after listeria was found in pastrami sold at a number of outlets. SA Health's acting director of food and controlled drugs branch Joanne Cammans said meat producer Conroy's had dete Read More...
World Physical Therapy Day celebrates physiotherapists providing care to chronic pain patients
Date of Posting: 04-09-2019
To celebrate World Physical Therapy Day (WPTD) this Sunday September 8, the Physiotherapy Board of Australia (the Board) and the Australian Physiotherapy Council (the Council) are recognising the important care given by physiotherapists to patients s Read More...
When caring hurts: recognising and responding to vicarious trauma
Date of Posting: 04-09-2019
Every day across Australia, the compassion, empathy and expertise of thousands of social workers and counsellors helps people from all walks of life come to terms with personal trauma. These professionals share the grief, pain and fears of their c Read More...
Menopause therapies linked to major increase in breast cancer risk
Date of Posting: 04-09-2019
Nearly all types of menopausal hormone therapy increase breast cancer risk, with some risk persisting for many years, a major new international study has found. The study, involving researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) and Can Read More...
Silicosis and lung disease awareness now a priority for medical professionals
Date of Posting: 04-09-2019
Awareness raising for lung health and lung disease will be among the issues discussed at WorkSafe Victoria’s Silicosis Summit for medical professionals this week. Research into the deadly lung disease silicosis and a strong awareness campaig Read More...
One in nine Australian women live with endometriosis
Date of Posting: 04-09-2019
A new figure has been put on the number of women in Australia living with endometriosis. Researchers from The University of Queensland have found 1 in 9 Australian women are diagnosed with the inflammatory condition by the time they reach the age Read More...
Fertility and Research Centre to make IVF more accessible across NSW
Date of Posting: 04-09-2019
A new fertility centre will offer women across the state low-cost IVF treatment and on-site fertility preservation services for young people with cancer and rare genetic diseases. A state-of-the-art facility that will offer publicly funded IVF tre Read More...
UQ researchers develop social cure for leading cause of premature death
Date of Posting: 04-09-2019
A program that reduces loneliness, depression and anxiety caused by social disconnection has been developed by researchers at The University of Queensland. Groups 4 Health (G4H) was created by a team of UQ School of Psychology researchers to direc Read More...
Time-pressured mums sidestep nutrition guidelines
Date of Posting: 04-09-2019
Australia’s National Nutritional Guidelines are not helpful to working mums, who are committed to providing nutritious meals for their families but find this difficult under time pressures that are ubiquitous to modern life. Flinders Univers Read More...
Study shows gestational diabetes is on the rise
Date of Posting: 04-09-2019
Gestational diabetes in Australia is on the rise, particularly among older women and those from non-white backgrounds, according to a study. Women aged between 45 and 49 are nearly four times as likely to be diagnosed with gestational diabetes as Read More...
Australia's top medical body has declared climate change a health emergency
Date of Posting: 03-09-2019
The Australian Medical Association has joined other international medical groups in recognising climate change as a "health emergency". The Australian Medical Association has warned climate change could have severe health consequences fo Read More...
Assisted reproduction technology leaves its mark on genes but only temporarily
Date of Posting: 03-09-2019
Any effect that assisted reproduction technology has on babies’ genes is largely corrected by adulthood, new research led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute has found. Published in the latest edition of Nature Communications, Read More...
Victorian child hearing-loss databank to go global
Date of Posting: 03-09-2019
A unique Victorian databank that profiles children with hearing loss will help researchers globally understand why some children adapt and thrive, while others struggle. The Victorian Childhood Hearing Impairment Longitudinal Databank, which has c Read More...
People with a disability are much more likely to face violence
Date of Posting: 03-09-2019
About half of the 4.3 million people with a disability, 47 per cent, have experienced violence compared with 36 per cent of those without a disability. People with a disability are much more likely than other Australians to face violence, discrimi Read More...
Allergan which produces Botox has been placed on PBS to help stroke victims
Date of Posting: 02-09-2019
Botox has been placed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme to help patients recover from the symptoms of stroke, and spinal cord and brain injury. Stroke patients and those who have suffered traumatic brain or spinal cord injuries will save thous Read More...
Government push for blood cancer breakthrough
Date of Posting: 02-09-2019
The federal government is creating a $150,000 task force aimed at improving blood cancer survival rates. Blood cancer kills 20 Australians each day on average, with death rates due to double by 2035 unless something is done.[subscribe] The fede Read More...
Poor mental health care for indigenous patients in NSW
Last Updated: 30-08-2019
The NSW Auditor-General says not enough is being done to provide indigenous people in NSW with adequate mental health care before they end up in hospital. More needs to be done to provide indigenous people in NSW with adequate mental health care b Read More...
New Zealand health officials have requested all travellers to Auckland be vaccinated against measles
Date of Posting: 30-08-2019
New Zealand is battling its worst measles outbreak this century, with health professionals battling to contain the disease among non-immunised Kiwis. At least 844 people have contracted measles this year, with one researcher declaring the crisis & Read More...
National report shows more endometriosis cases in older women
Date of Posting: 29-08-2019
The first national analysis of its kind shows 11 per cent of women between the age of 40 and 44 have endometriosis, compared to seven per cent between 25 to 29. One in nine women between the ages of 40 and 44 have endometriosis, the first national Read More...
Young people with chronic illness find health system doesn't meet their needs
Last Updated: 28-08-2019
New Zealand’s adult-centred health system appears ill-equipped to meet the needs of chronically sick young people, a University of Otago study has found. Lead author Dr Judith Sligo, of the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, says Read More...
Church leaders in Queensland are against voluntary euthanasia
Last Updated: 28-08-2019
Church leaders are calling for better palliative care while addressing a Queensland inquiry into voluntary euthanasia sitting in Brisbane on Thursday. Queensland's leading Catholic has warned politicians should not be "seduced" into Read More...
Influenza's link to heart attacks prompt call for flu jab
Date of Posting: 28-08-2019
Despite spring nearing, experts are calling on Australians to get the flu jab, prompted by concerns over influenza's links to heart attacks. Experts are issuing a mid-flu season call for Australians to get immunised, prompted by concerns over Read More...
Meals on Wheels Australia has called on the federal government to double funding for meal services
Date of Posting: 28-08-2019
Support group Meals on Wheels has called on the federal government to double funding for meal support, describing malnutrition among older Australians as a "silent epidemic". On Meals on Wheels day on Wednesday, the organisation has also Read More...
A new blood test has been developed for quick concussion check
Date of Posting: 28-08-2019
A US study has found a new blood test which can detect traumatic brain injuries faster, cheaper and with more accuracy than standard emergency department scans. A new blood test has been developed which can quickly diagnose a concussion, even amon Read More...
Overdose problem in Australia is getting worse
Date of Posting: 27-08-2019
There were more than 1600 unintended overdose deaths in Australia in 2017, according to a drug research body, which argues the problem is "getting worse". Having lost a partner and a close friend to overdose, Kayla Caccaviello considers Read More...
Adelaide researchers will use $2.5 million to fight against a fatal type of childhood dementia
Date of Posting: 26-08-2019
Adelaide researchers will use cutting-edge "brain in a dish" technology to fight against the Sanfilippo syndrome, a rare and fatal type of childhood dementia. A team from the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute will le Read More...
