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Queensland's death toll from the flu stands at 25, with the peak yet to hit
Date of Posting: 15-05-2019
Doctors are warning of a horror flu season this winter as the death toll in Queensland rises to 25. Health authorities have again urged people to get a flu vaccination with the state on track to surpass the 43 deaths recorded in 2018.[subscribe] Read More...
Pelvic workout could help men's performance in the bedroom
Date of Posting: 15-05-2019
Men who suffer from sexual dysfunction have been told a targeted pelvic workout could help their performance in the bedroom. Men struggling with their performance in the bedroom have been told a targeted pelvic work-out could lift more than their Read More...
South Australia horror flu season continues
Date of Posting: 14-05-2019
Health authorities say South Australia's flu season is unprecedented with more than 12,300 cases so far this year. South Australia is in the grips of an "unprecedented" flu season with 17 deaths and more than 12,300 confirmed case Read More...
WA app bringing healthcare to the home
Date of Posting: 13-05-2019
A Perth company wants to change the way people book physiotherapists, occupational therapists and support workers with an Uber-inspired healthcare app. Known as Bruno™ Health, a beta version of the app was launched in January promising to sl Read More...
Voices of experience reinforce need for dementia training
Date of Posting: 13-05-2019
The focus on dementia and aged care in Sydney this week at the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has reinforced Dementia Australia’s call for mandatory dementia-specific training for the aged care workforce, and for increases i Read More...
A new report shows more children are being diagnosed with myopia
Date of Posting: 13-05-2019
Australians have been warned about the dangers of myopia - or short sightedness - following a new report into its rising rates. Children are being diagnosed with myopia - or short sightedness - at rapidly increasing rates with almost half of Austr Read More...
A blood test that can detect breast cancer is expected to begin clinical trials within three years
Date of Posting: 13-05-2019
Clinical trials for a blood test designed to detect breast cancer are expected to begin within the next three years. A blood test that can detect breast cancer is expected to begin clinical trials within three years.[subscribe] The test, develo Read More...
Unpacking the links: Chronic stress, fertility and the 'hunger hormone'
Date of Posting: 10-05-2019
Researchers have uncovered a new link between chronic stress and reproductive problems, in a pre-clinical study that shines the spotlight on a hunger-triggering hormone. The study suggests high levels of the hormone ghrelin, which stimulates appet Read More...
RANZCP calls for urgent action on crisis mental health care for all
Date of Posting: 10-05-2019
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) along with other peak bodies, health professionals, people with lived experience of mental illness and carers calls on governments to urgently improve the quality of crisis mental Read More...
Stroke survey to assist survivors
Date of Posting: 10-05-2019
A James Cook University researcher is looking at better ways to help people recover from a stroke, and wants stroke survivors to assist with the study. JCU’s Nerida Firth is a pharmacist and PhD student investigating the use of medicat Read More...
Confidence key to implementing PIPT for low back pain
Last Updated: 09-05-2019
A recent study investigating the attitudes of physiotherapists in relation to psychologically informed physical therapy (PIPT) to treat low back pain (LBP) reveals that confidence may be key in delivering better patient outcomes. In Australia, low Read More...
A review of services at Adelaide's mental health facility revealed some staff's bad behaviour
Last Updated: 09-05-2019
SA Health says a review of services at a mental health facility in Adelaide has revealed some bad behaviour among staff. A review of neurological rehabilitation services at Adelaide's Glenside mental health facility has uncovered coercive beha Read More...
Australia's health system has found bacteria resistance fuels risk to patients
Date of Posting: 09-05-2019
E. coli, golden staph and the bacteria causing gonorrhoea are growing increasingly resistant to antibiotics, a report into Australia's health system has found. The bacteria causing gonorrhoea and meningitis are among the numerous dangerous org Read More...
Mental health workers will start working in Victorian public schools
Date of Posting: 08-05-2019
Victorian public school students will begin receiving access to on-campus mental health professionals from mid-July. The rollout of the state government's $51.2 million election promise to put 190 psychologists, social workers and mental healt Read More...
An App for the quick diagnosis of brain injury, even mild brain injury
Date of Posting: 08-05-2019
It should be possible, in the not-too-distant future, to use an App on your phone to diagnose whether a knock to the head could have long-term health consequences. This is the aim of a collaborative project lead by Dr Vickie Shim at the Auckland B Read More...
Adolescent self-harmers misjudge bodily sensations
Date of Posting: 08-05-2019
Adolescents who self-harm experience heightened sensations across their skin and misjudge bodily cues such as hunger and headaches, University of Queensland-led research has found. UQ Centre for Clinical Research PhD candidate Emily Hielscher said Read More...
Australia is headed for a bad flu season after a surge in cases in summer and autumn
Date of Posting: 07-05-2019
Experts say Australia has experienced an intense early flu season and are urging people to get vaccinated ahead of the winter peak. Experts predict about 4000 people will die from complications due to influenza this year as the number of infection Read More...
Health professionals wary of medicinal cannabis misuse and adverse effects
Date of Posting: 07-05-2019
QUT pharmacy PhD researcher Kyle Gardiner led the analysis of the studies with principal supervisor Professor Lisa Nissen, Head of QUT’s Faculty of Health School of Clinical Sciences. Mr Gardiner said with cannabis moving rapidly from a crim Read More...
Leukaemia patients call for funding for life-saving treatments
Date of Posting: 07-05-2019
A newly-launched group advocating for New Zealanders with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL) has joined the ‘Right to Live’ fight for access to life-saving medicines for aggressive cancers. Around 2000 New Zealanders live with CLL, an in Read More...
Second leading cause of death of Australians largely ignored
Date of Posting: 07-05-2019
Dementia Australia applauds both the governments’ and the opposition’s commitment to improving the health and wellbeing of all Australians as outlined in recent policy announcements. Maree McCabe, CEO Dementia Australia said the health Read More...
A Complete Guide on Dental Sedation for Your Child with Autism
Last Updated: 07-05-2019
Dr. Greg Grillo (dentably.com) For a child with autism, going to the dentist can be overwhelming. Patients may become too anxious making them unwilling to receive the dental care they need. In these cases, dental sedation may be a good option.[sub Read More...
National Asthma Council Australia are hoping to bust many myths on World Asthma Day
Date of Posting: 07-05-2019
National Asthma Council Australia is busting myths about the condition on Tuesday - World Asthma Day. People over 65 shouldn't mistake asthma for emphysema, and late onset isn't uncommon.[subscribe] It's just one of the many myths t Read More...
Investigation shows that labor gets emergency dept wait times wrong
Date of Posting: 07-05-2019
Are one-third of people attending emergency departments waiting longer than is recommended? AAP FactCheck Investigation:[subscribe] The Statement "More than one-third of people who present to emergency departments are waiting longer tha Read More...
Opportunities for Aspiring Nurse Practitioners in Australia
Last Updated: 06-05-2019
The Australian College of Nurse Practitioners (ACNP) launched the Transforming Health Care initiative in 2018 to provide valuable information to the public and the nursing sector on the role of the Nurse Practitioner (NP). The project has be Read More...
Eight deaths and 178 abuse cases involving adults and children have been recorded in Victoria
Date of Posting: 03-05-2019
Eight deaths and 178 abuse cases - including both adults and children - have been recorded among Victorians in care this year, the state government says. Child Protection and Family Services data published this week recorded 427 major incidents Read More...
Rural health ignored in election debate
Last Updated: 03-05-2019
Australia’s peak body for rural health is dismayed at the lack of focus on rural health issues in the election debate on health at the National Press Club in Canberra yesterday. “It’s fair to say that the health needs of over 7 m Read More...
Researchers giving awareness and sight to medical robots
Date of Posting: 03-05-2019
Dr Ajay Pandey is a Senior Lecturer in Robotics and Autonomous Systems at QUT’s School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science who is among a team of robotics and health researchers testing the new technology. Dr Pandey said combining Read More...
Back In Motion practices working together to close the gap in indigenous health this May
Date of Posting: 03-05-2019
This May, Back In Motion practices will again spearhead a fundraising campaign to close the significant gap in health outcomes within remote indigenous communities through supporting the SOS Health Foundation. Celebrating its tenth anniversary thi Read More...
There's never been a better time to progress your health career
Last Updated: 03-05-2019
Demand for skilled healthcare professionals is on the rise with 250,000 new jobs to be filled over the next five years. Stand out from the crowd with a postgraduate degree. Australians might be living longer than ever before but as a country we ar Read More...
Victorian stonemason Karl Hanson had to give up the job he loved after it led to deadly lung disease
Date of Posting: 02-05-2019
Victorian father-of-five Karl Hanson loved his job as a stonemason, but it left his lungs riddled with the deadly disease silicosis, and inspired a plea to ban hazardous building materials. The 41-year-old had to down tools in November after havin Read More...
Breaking the stigma is the only cure for Tourette Syndrome
Date of Posting: 01-05-2019
Two-thirds of Australians (64%) believe more needs to be done to educate children in schools about Tourette Syndrome, as new research reveals one in four (23%) have never heard of the condition. The research commissioned by the Tourette Syndrome A Read More...
Psychedelics to treat mental illness? Australian researchers are giving it a go
Last Updated: 01-05-2019
Martin Williams, Monash University and Stephen Bright, Edith Cowan University An estimated one in ten Australians were taking antidepressants in 2015. That’s double the number using them in 2000, and the second-highest rate of a Read More...
Daphne Keith has become the oldest Australian to have a partial hip replacement
Date of Posting: 01-05-2019
Daphne Keith was 107 years old when she went under general anaesthesia in Wollongong to partially replace her hip, the oldest Australian to have the surgery. Daphne Keith has become the oldest Australian to have a partial hip replacement under gen Read More...
A morning walk could improve older Australians' brain function throughout the day
Date of Posting: 01-05-2019
A morning bout of exercise has been found to be beneficial for older Australians' brain function throughout the day. A morning walk could improve older Australians' brain function throughout the day with researchers unlocking the perks of Read More...
Study to investigate medical cannabis as a treatment for intellectually disabled children
Date of Posting: 30-04-2019
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute is running a pilot study to investigate using medicinal cannabis instead of conventional medication when treating severe behaviour problems in intellectually disabled children. Associate Professor of Pae Read More...
The trial found the use of VR reduced pain and anxiety
Last Updated: 30-04-2019
Virtual reality technology has been used at two Melbourne hospitals during a trial to improve child patients' experience of needle procedures. A 12-year-old cystic fibrosis sufferer has traded his usual kicking and screaming tantrum during blo Read More...
Australia's second pill testing trial has been declared a success
Date of Posting: 30-04-2019
A pill testing trial at Canberra music festival Groovin the Moo detected seven dangerous substances in more than 100 samples, advocates of pill testing say. Australia's second pill testing trial has been declared a success by advocates after d Read More...
Terminally ill Queenslanders are dying before their applications for palliative care are approved
Date of Posting: 30-04-2019
Many Queenslanders die before their palliative care packages are approved, doctors say in a damning submission to a state government inquiry. The state government is delving into the adequacy of aged care, end-of-life and palliative care, and whet Read More...
Study reveals extent of psychological health impacts for those with Crohn's and Colitis
Date of Posting: 29-04-2019
Ahead of Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Month in May, research released by Crohn's & Colitis Australia reveals that 1 in 2 Australians living with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis experience psychological distress associated Read More...
Think you're allergic to penicillin? There's a good chance you're wrong
Last Updated: 29-04-2019
Greg Kyle, Queensland University of Technology Are you allergic to penicillin? Perhaps you have a friend or relative who is? With about one in ten people reporting a penicillin allergy, that’s not altogether surprising. Pe Read More...
