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How to improve the NDIS for people who have an intellectual disability as well as a mental illness
Last Updated: 04-10-2018
Full implementation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) started two years ago, but many people with disability are not receiving the support they need. One such group are people with complex support needs, such as pe Read More...
Australian-first program offers remote access to multidisciplinary pain management
Last Updated: 04-10-2018
An innovative online physiotherapy program is offering remote access to the full scope of pain management, providing education and skills based training for the management of chronic pain. “A multidisciplinary pain management program is best Read More...
New hope for diagnosis and treatment of digestive disorders
Date of Posting: 04-10-2018
Debilitating and common digestive disorders that can take years to diagnose and are hard to treat are the target of new research from Dr Tim Angeli at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) at the University of Auckland. Thanks to his Rutherf Read More...
Antenatal scans save heart disease babies' lives
Date of Posting: 04-10-2018
Babies with life-threatening but treatable heart disease are more likely to survive if the disease is picked up before birth a new study shows – but researchers say too few pregnant women in Aotearoa New Zealand receive an antenatal diagnosis. Read More...
Organ transplant recipient app manages high skin cancer risk
Date of Posting: 04-10-2018
Organ transplant recipients have a shocking 80 per cent higher risk of skin cancer due to the immune system suppressing medication they must take for life. QUT skin cancer prevention researchers want transplant recipients to collaborate on the des Read More...
Thermal imaging improves diabetes related foot ulcer assessment
Date of Posting: 04-10-2018
Thermal imaging can better predict a diabetes-related foot ulcer’s size and the healing trajectory than conventional methods, Melbourne-led research has found. It could also possibly save money through better-targeted treatment. T Read More...
Treatment shown to reduce fractures in older women
Date of Posting: 04-10-2018
Researchers from the University of Auckland have shown that a treatment known to reduce fractures in women with osteoporosis is equally effective in reducing fractures in women over the age of 65 who have only mild bone loss. Distinguished Professor Read More...
A medication for treating severe inflammatory spinal arthritis will soon be subsidised
Date of Posting: 04-10-2018
A medication for severe inflammatory spinal arthritis will cost about $40 instead of $1,300 when it is subsidised by the federal government from December. A medication for treating severe inflammatory spinal arthritis will soon be subsidised by th Read More...
Nurses at RAH will come together to seek solutions to the pressures on the hospital
Date of Posting: 03-10-2018
Tired and stressed nurses across all wards at Royal Adelaide Hospital will come together next week to consider ways to reduce workloads amid fears patients' lives are at risk. The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation says the action has Read More...
Australia is on track to become the world's first country to eliminate cervical cancer
Date of Posting: 03-10-2018
The success of a vaccination program and cervical screening tests has put Australia on track to eliminate cervical cancer in 20 years. Australia is on track to become the world's first country to eliminate cervical cancer, with vaccinations an Read More...
World Health Webinars (WHW) providing online CPD solutions
Date of Posting: 03-10-2018
World Health Webinars is an educational website providing online, professional development and learning opportunities to a wide range of manual therapists and exercise based practitioners. Our membership is made up of physiotherapists, chiropractors, Read More...
Neuromuscular changes during pregnancy lead to lower-back pain
Last Updated: 03-10-2018
Neuromuscular changes during pregnancy lead to lower-back pain and not an increase in the lumbar curvature according to new research published in PLOS One and The Spinal Journal. One of the most common complications during pregnancy is lower-back Read More...
Diabetic foot disease claims a limb through amputation every two hours
Date of Posting: 02-10-2018
It has been described as Australia's least known major health problem, yet diabetic foot disease claims a limb every two hours, researchers say. It is the leading cause of amputations, yet diabetic foot disease may be Australia's least kno Read More...
A monitoring system will read pollen levels across Victoria
Date of Posting: 01-10-2018
Pollen counters have been turned on across Victoria to help allergy sufferers from falling victim to another fatal thunderstorm asthma event. Allergy-prone Victorians will be able to keep tabs on the pollen count under a plan to prevent a repeat o Read More...
A gut health check could soon be as easy as swallowing a pill
Date of Posting: 01-10-2018
A capsule developed by RMIT to help diagnose people suffering from gut disorders in real time, is being trialled. An RMIT-developed electronic capsule could revolutionise how gut disorders including irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel dis Read More...
First evidence-based international medical guideline for PCOS
Date of Posting: 01-10-2018
An Australian research centre has spent two years creating the first evidence-based international medical guideline for polycystic ovary syndrome. A hormonal condition that affects about one-in-10 Australian women will be easier for doctors to dia Read More...
New data shows, one tenth of the nations economic spending goes towards health
Date of Posting: 28-09-2018
Australia spent nearly $181 billion on health in 2016/17, equal to about 10 per cent of all economic spending in the nation, new data reveals. One tenth of the nations economic spending goes towards health, new data shows.[subscribe] Australia Read More...
Maggots may become the micro-surgeons of the battlefield
Date of Posting: 27-09-2018
A Queensland university project will test the possibility of using maggots to clean wounds in conflict and disaster zones. Maggots may become the micro-surgeons of the battlefield if a Queensland idea proves itself.[subscribe] A Griffith Univer Read More...
Victorian children at higher risk of obesity-related cancers
Date of Posting: 27-09-2018
Almost one in three Victorian children is overweight or obese, sparking calls for the state to do more to reverse the worrying trend. Victorian children are the fattest in the country, putting them at higher risk of obesity-related cancers, expert Read More...
Women playing in the newly formed AFLW are at higher risk of knee injuries
Date of Posting: 27-09-2018
Women playing in the AFLW competition are at a high risk of knee injuries with an average of one player per club forced to end their season early because of injury. In the first season of the AFLW eight players tore the anterior cruciate ligament Read More...
A new renal and medical day unit has been unveiled at Adelaide's Women's and Children's Hospital
Date of Posting: 26-09-2018
Children with life-long or chronic conditions will benefit from a redeveloped medical day unit and renal dialysis unit at Adelaide's Women's and Children's hospital. The $4 million unit is part of an upgrade to the existing hospital wh Read More...
North Sydney to become a smoke-free CBD
Last Updated: 26-09-2018
Smoking in Sydney's second largest CBD is about to be made a whole lot harder after a ban in all public spaces was proposed. A Sydney council hopes to establish what is possibly the nation's first smoke-free CBD in a capital city.[subscrib Read More...
A new approach to tackling drugs in Australia
Date of Posting: 25-09-2018
A former Australian Federal Police commissioner is backing a new plan aimed at controlling drugs in Australia, which includes making pill testing available at music festivals and parties. Former AFP commissioner Mick Palmer will help launch a camp Read More...
Government-funded program offers support for leave when casual staff are in short supply
Last Updated: 24-09-2018
Leave requests and unexpected absences in health facilities are often difficult to cover when the casual pool of staff are in short supply. This scenario is all too real for rural and remote health services around Australia and the weight is shoulder Read More...
HIV rates among heterosexuals are rising in Australia
Date of Posting: 24-09-2018
There's been a rise in heterosexuals diagnosed with HIV but there's no need to return to a "Grim Reaper-style" advertising campaign, experts say. HIV rates among heterosexuals are rising in Australia and almost half of those diag Read More...
Melbourne-based medical cannabis company raises $20 million to build a facility
Date of Posting: 21-09-2018
Melbourne-based medicinal cannabis supplier Althea Group has raised $20 million in an initial public offering ahead of its listing on the ASX on Friday. Medical cannabis company Althea Group has raised $20 million in an initial public offering to Read More...
Study shows Australians stumped by dementia
Date of Posting: 21-09-2018
A majority of Australians say they don't know what to say to a person with dementia, a survey shows, despite 436,000 people living with it. More than half of Australians feel they do not know what to say to a person with dementia, new research Read More...
A stonemason diagnosed with silicosis has urged for a call on silicosis risk
Date of Posting: 19-09-2018
A stonemason who contracted a deadly lung disease while working on artificial stone products says a Queensland government audit into the issue doesn't go far enough. The audit of 10 workplaces resulted in 26 people being found to be suffering Read More...
A $100,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the conviction of strawberry saboteurs
Date of Posting: 19-09-2018
A $100,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the conviction of anyone who contaminates strawberries with sewing needles in Western Australia, where the number of reported cases is mounting. The national scare has spread to WA o Read More...
Date of Posting: 18-09-2018
Four needles have been found with strawberries in Western Australia, with reports mainly coming from the metropolitan area, police say. A metal detector has been installed at a fruit wholesaler in Western Australia after strawberries contaminated Read More...
Report shows identifying cancers through screening reduces mortality risk
Last Updated: 17-09-2018
A new report has found those diagnosed with some cancers through screening are less likely to die from them than those who are not. Australians diagnosed with breast, cervical or bowel cancer through screening tests are less likely to die from the Read More...
Hope for people who have alopecia
Last Updated: 17-09-2018
A University of Melbourne-led study had found two new drugs allowed hair to grow in people living with sudden hair loss. People living with an autoimmune disorder that causes sudden hair loss may not have to go bald thanks to a successful drug tri Read More...
Study shows aspirin may increase risk of internal bleeding in older people
Date of Posting: 17-09-2018
An aspirin a day will not help you live longer or prevent your first heart attack, but will increase risk of bleeding in older people, a major study has found. A daily aspirin will not lower the risk of death or heart attacks in healthy older peop Read More...
Major breakthrough in schizophrenia research
Date of Posting: 14-09-2018
Professor Cyndi Weickert at Neuroscience Research Australia has made her biggest breakthrough in 30 years of studying schizophrenia relating to immune cells. Professor Cyndi Shannon Weickert has been looking at human brain tissue for 30 years to b Read More...
Mental health aid for Victorians
Date of Posting: 14-09-2018
Victorians with mental health issues may not fall through the cracks as they move to the National Disability Insurance Scheme with a state government spend. Victorians with mental health issues who might have fallen through the cracks in the move Read More...
Consumers warned about eyeliner containing high levels of lead
Last Updated: 14-09-2018
Australians buying a potentially dangerous eyeliner containing high levels of lead and other dangerous metals are being told to immediately stop using it. Victorians are being told to immediately stop using an imported eyeliner mostly made of lead Read More...
Victorian researchers have found a key "villain" in causing migraines
Date of Posting: 13-09-2018
Researchers at Monash University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences have found a key player in the initiation and pain of migraines. The team from the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences have revealed the molecular details of one of the Read More...
Research shows NSW cancer survival rate on the rise
Date of Posting: 11-09-2018
Despite a drop in cancer mortality rates in NSW an estimated 15,000 people will still lose their lives to the disease in 2018, the state's latest data reveals. More than 15,000 people are expected to die from cancer in NSW this year - but the Read More...
First breast milk bank in SA was launched
Date of Posting: 11-09-2018
South Australia's first breast milk bank has been launched to deliver life-saving human milk to premature babies at two Adelaide hospitals. Life-saving donations of breast milk will be delivered to premature babies in South Australia following Read More...
Equine therapy improves mental health conditions
Date of Posting: 11-09-2018
Horses are becoming important mental health aids with equine therapy taking psychological treatment out of the clinic and into the paddock. Sharene Duncan, a mental health nurse, has a passion for horse-facilitated treatment and practices equine t Read More...
