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Police and security services should work in conjunction with health authorities
Date of Posting: 18-01-2019
World leaders are being urged to get police, armed forces and the health sector working together to reduce the costs of disengagement. Police and security services should strive to work in conjunction with health authorities, rather than being see Read More...
Embracing a dialogue about cost in physiotherapy education
Last Updated: 18-01-2019
Physiotherapy education cannot occur without resources. A pragmatic approach to education design is required, with explicit consideration for the cost of our teaching and learning practices. In this editorial, we explore the concept of cost-conscious Read More...
Red meat is bad both for people and our planet
Last Updated: 17-01-2019
Meat is bad both for the health of people who eat too much of it and for the planet, a report says. Aussies are the world's number one consumers of meat, but scientists warn our love affair with beef is killing us, and the planet.[subscribe] Read More...
The availability of public defibrillators is helping save lives of heart attack victims
Date of Posting: 17-01-2019
The availability of public defibrillators is helping save the lives of increasing numbers of heart attack victims in Victoria, new data shows. Victoria's paramedics were called to more than 6000 heart attacks during 2017/18.[subscribe] The Read More...
Current system continues to fail the people it's designed to protect
Date of Posting: 17-01-2019
Dementia Australia is very concerned to learn of further reported instances of the misuse of anti-psychotics and restraints in residential aged care as shown by the ABC 7.30 program. Dementia Australia CEO Maree McCabe said the story highlights, i Read More...
Keeping healthcare professionals safe while working in the community
Date of Posting: 17-01-2019
The MePACS 24/7 personal alarm has made huge advances in saving and improving the lives of everyday Australians over the last 25 years. Now Australian healthcare workers in the community can be added to the list of people who are benefitting from MeP Read More...
Study uncovers community misconceptions about what causes childhood cancer
Date of Posting: 17-01-2019
A new study by UNSW medical researchers sheds light on an understudied area – community beliefs into what causes childhood cancer. Most members of the community who have not been affected by childhood cancer mistakenly believe that childhood Read More...
Sitting for a long period of time may be bad for your bones
Last Updated: 17-01-2019
Australian researchers are working with an international team to understand the relationship between sitting for long periods and bone health. Sitting for long periods may be bad for your bones, with Australian researchers contributing to a global Read More...
Two unvaccinated children with measles have flown into Sydney from Sri Lanka
Date of Posting: 16-01-2019
A second measles warning has been issued for Sydneysiders who may have come into contact with two infected children on a flight into the city. Two unvaccinated children with measles have flown into Sydney from Sri Lanka prompting a health warning Read More...
Older Australians are drinking at risky levels as the Baby Boomer generation ages
Last Updated: 16-01-2019
Scientists have uncovered what they believe is a worrying new trend of more older Aussies drinking alcohol at "problematic levels". Not only is there an increase in the number of older drinkers in the past year, but more are also drinkin Read More...
SEATO nurses forced to wait for DVA card unjustifyable, says ANMF
Date of Posting: 15-01-2019
Twenty years after an application made by a Southeast Asian Treaty Organisation nurse for access to Veteran’s benefits was rejected by the Veterans’ Review Board, the Australian Government has recognised and awarded SEATO nurses a Departm Read More...
A website that will help millions of older Australians to live longer
Date of Posting: 15-01-2019
The federal government's Life Checks website has gone live, allowing over-45s to check their health and make "choices for a longer life". The Life Checks website, which has gone live on Tuesday, enables users to make "choices fo Read More...
The government is injecting $25 million into a new drug research centre in Melbourne
Last Updated: 14-01-2019
A new research centre aimed at hastening the process of developing medicines is set to receive a $25 million funding injection from the federal government. Cutting edge robotics equipment will be used at the Drug Discovery Centre at Melbourne' Read More...
A scientists says a genetic testing could lead to more effective use of medication
Date of Posting: 14-01-2019
A University of South Australia scientists says genetic testing could lead to the more effective use of medication in Australian patients. Pharmacogenetic testing or mapping a person's genetic make-up could deliver medication more effectively Read More...
To reduce the threat of fires, smokers are urged to quit
Date of Posting: 11-01-2019
Victorian smokers are being urged to give up cigarettes as authorities make a fresh appeal to reduce the threat of fires being sparked. Firefighters have joined the call for smokers to quit cigarettes, citing not only health risks but the threat o Read More...
Major health insurers have slashed some benefits
Date of Posting: 11-01-2019
Major health insurers have slashed some benefits, in particular for natural therapies, in response to the government's reforms to simplify health insurance. Benefits under private health insurance are being slashed, with some policy holders pa Read More...
A new drug developed holds hope of treating the cause of motor neurone disease
Date of Posting: 11-01-2019
Researchers in Melbourne have developed a drug called CuATSM that has had a major effect in slowing the progression of motor neurone disease in patients. A new drug developed by Australian researchers holds hope of treating the cause of motor neur Read More...
A girl and an elderly woman have been bitten by a shark in the Whitsundays
Date of Posting: 10-01-2019
A girl and a woman have been attacked by a shark in shallow waters off Queensland's Hamilton Island. The pair had been in shallow waters at Catseye Beach on Hamilton Island when they were attacked about 9.30am on Thursday, a Queensland ambulan Read More...
A global study shows bowel cancer deaths to increase
Date of Posting: 10-01-2019
A global study predicts death rates from rectal cancer will increase in Australia by almost 60 per cent by the year 2035. Death rates from a form of bowel cancer are predicted to increase by almost 60 per cent in Australia by 2035, a study shows.[ Read More...
Exercise and funding to combat soaring rates of osteoarthritis
Date of Posting: 09-01-2019
At present, there are more than 2.2 million Australians living osteoarthritis (OA), a joint disease which causes chronic pain, and rates continue to soar. The escalating prevalence has prompted a National Osteoarthritis Strategy which was presente Read More...
Study shows mosquito eggs could lead to virus control
Date of Posting: 09-01-2019
Scientists are targeting eggs in their quest to eradicate the threats of pathogens carried by mosquitoes. Blood-sucking, disease carrying mosquitoes with their maddening midnight whine are one of the animal kingdom's biggest killers so there i Read More...
Here's why doctors are backing pill testing at music festivals across Australia
Date of Posting: 08-01-2019
Martyn Lloyd Jones, University of Melbourne and Paul Komesaroff, Monash University For many years experts in the field of drug policy in Australia have known existing policies are failing. Crude messages (calls for total abstinence: “ Read More...
Gene map offers osteoporosis hope
Date of Posting: 08-01-2019
An atlas of genetic markers may hold the key to unlocking new treatments for osteoporosis, thanks to University of Queensland researchers. The team identified more than 500 genetic markers which determine bone mineral density, one of the strongest Read More...
UTS Physiotherapy's Head of Discipline brings new case-based book to Australia
Date of Posting: 08-01-2019
Professor Arianne Verhagen has launched her book “Evidence-based diagnostics of musculoskeletal disorders in primary care” in Australia, a first of its kind for Australian physiotherapists. Professor Verhagen says that the text that br Read More...
Some Australian media have been publishing inaccurate information on sun safety
Date of Posting: 07-01-2019
A study has found some Australian media have been publishing inaccurate and conflicting information about vitamin D and safe sun exposure. Researchers reviewed more than 200 articles published between 2000 and 2017 and found that many journalists Read More...
More than 2500 people have been treated for bluebottle stings in Queensland
Date of Posting: 07-01-2019
Life savers have closed beaches on the Gold and Sunshine coasts with thousands of people stung by bluebottles. More than 2500 people have been treated for bluebottle stings on the Gold and Sunshine coasts in Queensland as the jellyfish swarm beach Read More...
Kidney failure link in young Australians with diabetes
Last Updated: 04-01-2019
Kidney failure is increasing in Australians aged under 50 with type 2 diabetes, a study has found. The study of more than 1.3 million Australians says it is leading to reduced quality of life and greater demand on kidney dialysis and transplantati Read More...
Diseases through the decades - here's what to look out for in your 40s, 60s, 80s and beyond
Date of Posting: 02-01-2019
Stephanie Harrison, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute; Azmeraw T. Amare, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute; Jyoti Khadka, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute; Maria Carolina Inacio Read More...
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas - inside a hospital's trauma unit
Date of Posting: 02-01-2019
Jennifer Jamieson, The National Trauma Research Institute and Simon Hendel, The National Trauma Research Institute As most workers wind down to enjoy the holidays, staff in hospital trauma units are preparing to ramp up. This is because bet Read More...
Staff at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital were paid incorrectly
Date of Posting: 21-12-2018
Hundreds of thousands of dollars in pay was wrongly distributed to staff at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital, with some getting too much and others left underpaid. The hospital changed its outsourced payroll system in 2017 but histori Read More...
Authorities say toxic chemicals found in SA firefighters' blood
Date of Posting: 21-12-2018
Authorities say a large number of South Australian firefighters tested for a toxic chemical have above average levels in their blood Blood tests on 300 South Australian firefighters have revealed 126 have above average levels of a toxic chemical u Read More...
The Australian Red Cross launches Xmas "Blood Blitz"
Date of Posting: 20-12-2018
The Australian Red Cross is calling for donors to come forward and give blood to help boost supplies over the festive season. The Australian Red Cross has launched a "Blood Blitz" to drum up extra donations this festive season so life-sa Read More...
Can artificial intelligence help us beat skin cancer?
Date of Posting: 20-12-2018
Cancerous skin lesions are not always easily identified. Currently, visual examinations play a significant role in the diagnosis of skin cancer. However, recent research from the University of Birmingham confirms that visual inspection, even by knowl Read More...
A revolutionary cancer treatment therapy has been approved for use in Australia
Date of Posting: 19-12-2018
Children battling leukemia and adults fighting aggressive lymphoma will have access to a new revolutionary treatment after its approval for use in Australia. A revolutionary therapy that has the potential to cure aggressive blood cancers has been Read More...
3 Things Teenagers Need to Know About Sleep
Date of Posting: 19-12-2018
Many Australian teens and young adults underestimate the importance of sleep. “We’ll sleep when we’re dead,” they tell us. They need to be made aware that a growing body of research points to the importance of sleep for avoidi Read More...
Trials of a new technique against dementia will begin on humans next year in Queensland
Date of Posting: 18-12-2018
Australian dementia sufferers could have their memories restored if a Queensland trial of a breakthrough ultrasound technique proves successful in humans. The technology removes toxic plaques from the brain and has successfully reversed Alzheimer& Read More...
Alcohol was linked to one-in-five admissions at 30 of the hospitals
Date of Posting: 18-12-2018
Emergency doctors are calling for better drinking habits after alcohol-related harm was related to one in seven ED admissions at one stage over the weekend. One-in-seven people in Australian emergency departments on the weekend were there because Read More...
Victorians are dropping the ball on skin protection from harmful UV rays, a study reveals
Date of Posting: 17-12-2018
Victorians need to lift their game on sun protection with most people found not to be covering up their skin enough during summer, a new study reveals. Five per cent of people observed over six weekends in January and February covered their arms a Read More...
Funding for research and development is decreasing
Date of Posting: 14-12-2018
Universities Australia has launched a campaign to highlight the importance of research and development, as it faces dwindling levels of federal funding. What do a vaccine to help prevent cervical cancer, the origins of wireless internet and using Read More...
Survey shows sugar tax wins support from young Aussies
Date of Posting: 14-12-2018
Most young people would support a tax being slapped on sugary drinks if the money was used to subsidise fruit and vegetables or exercise facilities, a study has found. Deakin University researchers surveyed 1793 young people aged 18 to 30 and foun Read More...
