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Indigenous hearts suffer the most: new Heart Foundation health data
Date of Posting: 01-11-2018
Indigenous Australians die from heart disease at double the rate of other Australians, and in some areas, at triple the rate of the rest of the community, according to new data released by the Heart Foundation today. At a national level, Aborigina Read More...
Trial prompts rethink of current focus to control Australia's most common STI
Date of Posting: 01-11-2018
Australia’s most common sexually transmitted infection, chlamydia, is unlikely to be eliminated by opportunistic testing in general practice, a landmark trial has revealed, with researchers recommending greater emphasis on improving chlamydia m Read More...
Dying for change: call for urgent Inquiry into intellectual disability deaths
Date of Posting: 01-11-2018
A much-needed Federal Government inquiry into the health status of people with intellectual disability will be the focus of a UNSW Grand Challenges event in Sydney next week (Monday November 5). The event, ‘Dying for Change: lightning talks Read More...
Waiting for better care: why Australia's hospitals and health care is failing
Date of Posting: 31-10-2018
Stephen Duckett, Grattan Institute Australia has a good health system by international standards, but it has to get better. Half of all patients across Australia wait more than a month for an elective hospital procedure, such as Read More...
New autism guidelines aim to improve diagnostics and access to services
Date of Posting: 31-10-2018
Andrew Whitehouse, University of Western Australia New Australian autism guidelines, released today, aim to provide a nationally consistent and rigorous standard for how children and adults are assessed and diagnosed with autism, bringing t Read More...
How does household mould affect your health?
Date of Posting: 31-10-2018
Jeroen Douwes, Massey University Exposure to harmful agents inside the home can have profound effects on our health. After all, we spend an average of 16 hours a day at home – and even more when aged under seven and over 64. Mo Read More...
Women rate their experiences of maternity care in NSW public hospitals
Date of Posting: 31-10-2018
The Bureau of Health Information (BHI) today published survey results reflecting the experiences of care of almost 5,000 women who gave birth in public hospitals across NSW in 2017. The Maternity Care Survey was completed approximately three month Read More...
Expanded James Cook University Masters course equips nurses to 'go bush'
Last Updated: 31-10-2018
Australians in rural and remote areas have less access to health care compared with people in urban areas, yet many nurses feel unprepared to transition from metropolitan centres to work in the high-demand, independent and resource-scarce settings fo Read More...
Babies who cry a lot are at greater risk of mental health problems
Last Updated: 30-10-2018
Infants who cry a lot, throw too many tantrums while experiencing feeding and sleep issues are at greater risk of mental health problems, a study has found. Extremely unsettled babies with a combination of sleeping and feeding problems are at a gr Read More...
Australian cannabis industry set to boom in next decade
Last Updated: 30-10-2018
A report on Australia's fledging medicinal cannabis industry suggests it could expand to almost 200 times its current size within a decade. About seven people a day are being approved for medicinal cannabis as new research suggests the $18 mil Read More...
Easing the burden and giving back time to hard-working nurses
Date of Posting: 30-10-2018
Yorketown Hospital is an acute service provider offering inpatient and outpatient services as well as emergency presentations. We provide operating services for visiting specialists and consulting specialists, including: urology colorec Read More...
The challenges of finding a locum no longer exist
Date of Posting: 30-10-2018
Transform Aged Physiocare was established in Victoria in 2005 to provide a mobile physiotherapy service for our ageing population. Now with a team of over 150 employees across Victoria and Tasmania, we offer physiotherapy services for residential and Read More...
Teenagers as young as 14 are taking drastic measures to stay or get thin
Date of Posting: 30-10-2018
Australian teenagers as young as 14 are taking extreme measures including vomiting or taking laxatives to control their weight. A new government study found while a very small minority of mid-adolescents met the criteria for anorexia or bulimia, s Read More...
Cannabis kills brain cancer cells
Date of Posting: 30-10-2018
Cannabis kills brain cancer cells in petri dishes so Australian researchers are embarking on a clinical trial to determine if it kills those cells in live patients too. Up to 82 patients suffering from glioma, an aggressive form of brain tumor, wi Read More...
Australians may be missing out on medical rebates by not registering for the Medicare Safety Net
Last Updated: 29-10-2018
Couples and families may be missing out on medical rebates by not registering for the Medicare Safety Net, Human Services Minister Michael Keenan says. Couples and families are being urged to register for the Medicare Safety Net or risk losing out Read More...
A lung cancer treatment and a drug to help those with high cholesterol are being added to PBS
Date of Posting: 29-10-2018
A lung-cancer treatment and medication to help patients with high cholesterol are being added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, saving Australians thousands of dollars. "These listings with help the thousands of Australians and their fam Read More...
Starting January, NSW pharmacists will offer more vaccine shots
Last Updated: 26-10-2018
From January, pharmacists in NSW who complete an approved course will be able to give vaccines for measles, whooping cough and other shots. People in NSW will soon be able to go to a pharmacist instead of their GP to get a range of a vaccinations Read More...
New website to support teenagers with bladder and bowel concerns
Date of Posting: 26-10-2018
A new website to help up to 60,000 Australian teenagers with bladder and bowel problems, was launched today at the National Conference on Incontinence. “Incontinence is commonly dismissed as an issue that affects older people or women who ha Read More...
First Nations people to guide a healthier renal future
Last Updated: 26-10-2018
First Nations people will play a fundamental role in developing guidelines to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kidney patient outcomes, with more than $300,000 in Government funding to Kidney Health Australia to support national consulta Read More...
ANU researchers find new disease
Date of Posting: 26-10-2018
Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have discovered a new genetic disease and a method for detecting more unexplained medical conditions. “We’ve discovered a new syndrome, the genetic cause and the mechanism that ex Read More...
Former Bacchus Marsh Hospital midwife will never be able to practise again
Date of Posting: 26-10-2018
The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (the tribunal) has decided that a former midwife will never practise again after finding she had engaged in professional misconduct while providing care to patients at Bacchus Marsh Hospital. Yesterd Read More...
Queensland government minister Coralee O'Rourke has breast cancer
Date of Posting: 25-10-2018
Queensland's Communities, Disabilities and Seniors Minister Coralee O'Rourke has revealed she will undergo surgery following a breast cancer diagnosis. "Every week another 343 women in Australia are diagnosed with breast cancer. Last Read More...
NSW firefighters can now easily claim compensation for cancer under new laws
Date of Posting: 25-10-2018
Firefighters diagnosed with certain cancers in NSW will soon be able to claim compensation without having to prove themselves it was because of their work. The state government on Wednesday introduced draft laws that will make it easier to access Read More...
Newly appointed first Aged-Care Quality and Safety Commissioner
Last Updated: 24-10-2018
Former acting head of NT health Janet Anderson has been appointed as the first Aged-Care Quality and Safety Commissioner by Aged Care Minister Ken Wyatt. Minister for Aged Care Ken Wyatt on Wednesday named Janet Anderson as the head of the new com Read More...
Report shows lung cancer will cost the economy more than $6.6 billion by 2028
Date of Posting: 24-10-2018
A report by Lung Foundation Australia predicts lung cancer will cost the economy more than $6.6 billion by 2028 as more people are diagnosed. Lung cancer could cost the Australian economy $6.6 billion over the next decade if changes aren't mad Read More...
An Asian fertility business targets millennials
Date of Posting: 24-10-2018
An Asian fertility franchise setting up shop in Melbourne says it will "transform" the fertility management industry by providing "pay as you go" egg freezing to millennial women. XY.Life clinics, owned by Borderless Healthcare Read More...
Ditch sugary drinks and slash the risk of developing 13 types of cancer
Date of Posting: 23-10-2018
A new campaign asking people to reduce their sugar intake highlights the link between obesity and 13 different types of cancer. That's the message from the Cancer Council Victoria which launched a new awareness campaign on Tuesday in a bid to Read More...
The emergence of dementia-friendly holidays
Last Updated: 23-10-2018
A future where those affected by dementia will be accepted, understood and supported to engage in their passions, including a love of travel, is becoming a reality with initiatives underway to create dementia-friendly communities, transport and trave Read More...
Study shows hospital deaths of injured elderly Victorians in aged care are largely due to falls
Date of Posting: 22-10-2018
Hospital deaths of injured elderly Victorians in aged care are mostly due to falls, according to a study. Falls accounted for more than 80 per cent of hospital deaths following an injury-related admission, according to a report by Monash Universit Read More...
Victoria's opposition promises to make the contraceptive pill available over the counter
Date of Posting: 22-10-2018
The contraceptive pill will be available over the counter in Victoria if the coalition wins the November state election. Victoria's opposition promises to make the contraceptive pill available over the counter if it wins the November state ele Read More...
New research has found a strong link between 'good' cholesterol and brain health in old age
Date of Posting: 22-10-2018
Good cholesterol could be the key to long term brain health and the prevention of dementia in women, new research has revealed. The findings come as two thirds of people living with dementia are women and confirmation from the Australian Bureau of Read More...
New report shows that osteoporosis is being under-diagnosed in Australia
Last Updated: 18-10-2018
A new report has revealed osteoporosis is being under-diagnosed in Australia and it is costing taxpayers. Bone health has been put on the map following a new report into preventing and diagnosing osteoporosis.[subscribe] Former Australian crick Read More...
Opioid crisis set to soar under Government's private health insurance (PHI) changes
Date of Posting: 18-10-2018
The new Private Health Insurance (PHI) policy changes have reignited concerns over Australia’s opioid epidemic, with Australians denied access to life-changing pain management treatments unless they hold the top-tier Gold policy. A Read More...
Professor's electrifying journey through the gut
Date of Posting: 18-10-2018
Imagine watching the inside of a stomach at work: the gut walls breaking down food, transporting and mixing it in the small intestine and compacting and sorting the waste in the colon. For the last 15 years bioengineer Professor Leo Cheng has been Read More...
New scholarships to train the next generation of Indigenous psychologists
Date of Posting: 18-10-2018
Curtin graduate and Western Australia’s Australian of the Year for 2018 Dr Tracy Westerman, in collaboration with Curtin University, has launched a unique scholarship program for Indigenous students to study psychology. The Tracy Westerman A Read More...
Diabetes a major health issue in the bush
Date of Posting: 18-10-2018
The National Rural Health Alliance has highlighted the startling figures from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) report Diabetes Indicators for the Australian National Diabetes Strategy 2016-2020. The report shows that people in Read More...
Prime Minister Morrison rejects fresh asylum seeker calls
Last Updated: 17-10-2018
A pediatrician who spent time treating patients on Nauru says he is amazed government policy is forcing ill children to remain in detention without proper care. Prime Minister Scott Morrison is staring down fresh demands from Australian doctors an Read More...
Why aged-care residents need their pets
Date of Posting: 17-10-2018
Australia has one of the highest rates of pet ownership in the world which shows we value our animal companions. Sadly, this high prevalence isn’t reflected in residential aged care according to a study by the Animal Welfare League of Australia Read More...
Experts on HIV to meet ministers in Canberra to discuss treatment, prevention and discrimination
Date of Posting: 17-10-2018
Experts on HIV will meet in Canberra with key decision-makers in a bid to build a better strategy for testing, treatment and prevention of the virus. More than a quarter of Australians living with HIV don't have their virus suppressed, as expe Read More...
New blood test could prevent unnecessary chemo for patients recovering from bowel and ovarian cancer
Date of Posting: 17-10-2018
A new blood test being trialled could prevent the "blind" administration of chemotherapy for patients recovering from ovarian and bowel cancer. To prevent cancer recurring patients often receive chemotherapy after surgery despite no indi Read More...
