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Moderate meat-eaters still at risk of bowel cancer
Date of Posting: 17-04-2019
People who eat moderate amounts of red and processed meat are still at increased risk of bowel cancer, according to a major new study. ‘Diet and colorectal cancer’, published today (Wednesday 17 April) in the International Journal of E Read More...
We need policies for chronic pain sufferers that work
Date of Posting: 17-04-2019
We all know the benefits of exercise, but many people who have debilitating chronic injury, disease and pain don’t or can’t exercise. What do people with chronic pain do when they can't exercise? We need policies that work to overc Read More...
Discovery of oral cancer biomarkers could save thousands of lives
Date of Posting: 17-04-2019
Oral cancer is known for its high mortality rate in developing countries, but an international team of scientists hope its latest discovery will change that. Researchers from the University of Otago and the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolk Read More...
Australians born through assisted reproduction technology are as healthy as other Aussies
Date of Posting: 17-04-2019
Australians born through assisted reproduction are as healthy as people conceived naturally, according to a new study led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. The research*, published in the latest Fertility and Sterility journal, i Read More...
Berwick Centre for Health provides virtual simulation learning
Last Updated: 17-04-2019
The Berwick Centre for Health, a $15 million-dollar purpose-built teaching and simulation facility, has officially opened in Victoria to provide students in nursing, community services and allied health the chance to experience virtual-simulation lea Read More...
National Board thanks osteopaths for their contribution to healthcare
Date of Posting: 17-04-2019
The Osteopathy Board of Australia (the Board) is recognising osteopaths nationally for their contribution to healthcare during this year’s Osteopathy Awareness Week. Taking place 14-20 April 2019, International Osteopathy Awareness Week brin Read More...
More Australians are getting help for drug and alcohol problems
Date of Posting: 17-04-2019
One in 166 Australians received specialist treatment for alcohol and drug problems in the last financial year, according to a new report. More Australians are getting help for drug and alcohol problems, with new figures showing about one in 166 pe Read More...
Australians have been urged to donate blood this Easter
Date of Posting: 16-04-2019
Australians have been urged to give blood between Easter and Anzac Day to prevent a shortage, and help cancer patients and road accident victims. Australians have been urged to donate blood this Easter to help cancer patients and road accident vic Read More...
Queenslanders are being urged to ensure they've had two doses of the measles vaccine
Date of Posting: 15-04-2019
Queenslanders have been warned about the dangers of measles and overseas travel after more than half of the 12 cases already diagnosed this year were linked to overseas trips. Health officials say people born after 1965 - especially those planning Read More...
Dental assistant successfully prosecuted by AHPRA is convicted and fined
Date of Posting: 15-04-2019
A Victorian woman has been convicted in a New South Wales Court for charges laid by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). A New South Wales Local Court convicted dental assistant, Ms Sara Matthews, of offences under the Nat Read More...
Australians are being urged to get their flu shots as they become available from mid-April
Date of Posting: 15-04-2019
Health Minister Greg Hunt has urged Australians to get their flu shots as they become available from mid-April. Australians are being urged to get their flu shots as winter approaches and the federal health minister says millions of people are ent Read More...
Active pain management winning over Australians
Date of Posting: 12-04-2019
Pain associated with the musculoskeletal system impacts one in three Australians[1] and while chronic pain is the most common reason that people seek medical help, it remains one of the most misunderstood areas of healthcare. Chronic pain can disr Read More...
Don't sleep your baby in a rocker or bouncer
Date of Posting: 12-04-2019
There’s lots of attention on the use of baby rockers or bouncers, with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission this week issuing a warning to parents following reports of products being linked to infants deaths in the United States. Read More...
Dopamine found to restore motivation in Parkinson's sufferers
Date of Posting: 12-04-2019
Monash University researchers have for the first time found evidence that dopamine levels in the brain can help people with Parkinson’s disease overcome cognitive apathy and achieve levels of cognitive motivation equivalent to healthy individua Read More...
Victoria could be in for another frightful flu season
Date of Posting: 12-04-2019
Victorians have been urged to get their influenza shot, with triple the number of reported cases so far this year compared with the same time in 2018. Victoria could be in for another frightful flu season with reported cases in the state this year Read More...
King Edward Memorial Hospital in Perth will move to the more modern QEII medical precinct
Date of Posting: 11-04-2019
Planning has begun to move the run-down, 103-year-old King Edward Memorial Hospital in Perth to the more modern QEII medical precinct. Western Australia's biggest and most dilapidated maternity hospital will move to a new facility on the more Read More...
Study suggests fish n chips additive may hinder flu shot
Date of Posting: 11-04-2019
A new study suggests eating a preservative used to prepare foods like fish and chips could weaken the effects of the flu vaccine. A common food additive used in cooking oils, frozen meats and fast foods such as fish and chips could lower the benef Read More...
APA calls for federal funding of specialist physio treatment of lymphedema
Date of Posting: 10-04-2019
Early access to specialist lymphedema physiotherapy treatment should be funded by the government, according to the Australian Physiotherapy Association, who joined the Australian Lymphology Association in calling for change. With around 1 in 6000 Read More...
It's time to lift the restrictions on medical abortion in Australia
Last Updated: 10-04-2019
Caroline de Costa, James Cook University Over the past thirteen years, many Australian women have used the drug mifepristone (RU486) to bring about a medical abortion. Rather than undergoing a surgical abortion in a clinic or ho Read More...
Suicide rates in suicidal people discharged from hospital down 50%
Date of Posting: 10-04-2019
A new study by UNSW Sydney researchers has explored half a century of research into the suicide rates of people discharged from hospital after they presented with suicidal thoughts or behaviours. The rates of suicide in people who are discharged f Read More...
Inflammation linked to chemical imbalance in schizophrenia
Date of Posting: 10-04-2019
A study published in Molecular Psychiatry has identified changes in inflammation-related biochemical pathways in schizophrenia that interfere with proper brain nerve cell communication. Researchers have found the first direct evidence in support of i Read More...
An Adelaide Foodland store has recalled a range of hot cross buns amid a contamination issue
Date of Posting: 10-04-2019
Parts of a small calculator have been found in hot cross buns sold at an Adelaide supermarket, prompting an urgent recall. The recall was instigated after a customer found plastic in the products sold through the Pasadena Foodland store in Adelaid Read More...
VicHealth wants crackdown on alcohol Influencers
Date of Posting: 09-04-2019
VicHealth has says there needs to be a crack down on social media influencers advertising alcoholic brands without revealing they are being paid to do so. It's time to call last drinks on 'influencers' using social media to sell cockta Read More...
Voluntary assisted dying will soon be legal in Victoria, and this is what you need to know
Last Updated: 09-04-2019
Courtney Hempton, Monash University The Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 (Vic) comes into effect on June 19, making Victoria the first state in Australia to allow “voluntary assisted dying”. The legislation was pass Read More...
Call for diversity education to improve LGBTIQ physio care
Date of Posting: 09-04-2019
Diversity training for physiotherapists could help overcome care concerns among LGBTIQ+ clients, a University of Queensland study has found. Physiotherapist and UQ School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences PhD student Megan Ross said the study Read More...
Pollen detectives work to predict asthma and hay fever
Date of Posting: 09-04-2019
The presence of different strains of grass pollen in the atmosphere can help predict when hay fever and asthma could strike, a study involving a University of Queensland researcher has found. School of Public Health Associate Professor Nicholas Os Read More...
Under the influence: promotion of alcoholic drinks rife on social media
Date of Posting: 09-04-2019
New research from health promotion foundation VicHealth has revealed the murky nature of alcohol promotion on social media, with a lack of disclosed sponsorship common among Australia’s top ‘influencers’. The research looke Read More...
Liver cancer deaths and diagnosis rates have climbed over the past three decades
Date of Posting: 09-04-2019
Liver cancer deaths and diagnosis rates have climbed over the past three decades, prompting calls for better screening programs for high risk Australians. The rate of liver cancer deaths and diagnoses has increased substantially in the past three Read More...
With 8.2 years to treatment, we need to reduce the anxious wait
Date of Posting: 08-04-2019
A new survey released today by NPS MedicineWise shows that most Australians underestimate how long it typically takes for someone with an anxiety disorder to seek and receive help. According to the new YouGov Galaxy survey*, more than two in three Read More...
Could mum's bacteria help c-section babies?
Date of Posting: 08-04-2019
In what’s believed to be a world-first, a randomised, controlled study to investigate the role of mothers’ bacteria in babies’ early health is about to start at New Zealand’s Liggins Institute. Babies born by caesarean-sect Read More...
Counsellor convicted for a second time, fined $25,000 for claiming to be a psychologist
Date of Posting: 08-04-2019
A New South Wales court has convicted a counsellor, Mr David Citer, of claiming to be a registered psychologist and unlawfully using the protected title ‘psychologist’. The court fined Mr Citer $25,000.[subscribe] Mr Citer has never Read More...
Trial succeeds at drastically reducing two highly infectious skin diseases
Date of Posting: 08-04-2019
Australian, Solomon Islands and British researchers have succeeded in simultaneously treating two debilitating skin diseases – scabies and impetigo – which infect hundreds of millions of people, mostly in tropical countries.[subscribe] Read More...
A clinical trial of a brain implant will soon begin in Melbourne
Date of Posting: 08-04-2019
The first human trial of a brain implant will soon begin in Melbourne, with researchers hopeful it could help severely paralysed patients communicate again. Five Australians will have a device the size of a small paperclip implanted in their brain Read More...
Two unvaccinated Australian tourists have sparked a measles alert in NSW
Date of Posting: 08-04-2019
A measles alert has been issued after unvaccinated travellers caught the disease in Asia and then passed through the Gold Coast and several NSW towns. Two unvaccinated Australian tourists have sparked a measles alert in the region with the worst i Read More...
BCNA welcomes labor's pledge to reduce the financial toxicity of cancer
Date of Posting: 05-04-2019
Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA) welcomes the Federal Opposition’s pledge to reduce out-of-pocket costs for Australians with cancer. The $2.3 billion Medicare Cancer Plan announced by Opposition Leader Bill Shorten in his Budget reply Read More...
Youth Week: supporting Aussie teens with incontinence
Date of Posting: 05-04-2019
Adolescence can be awkward, complicated and sometimes confusing, so imagine adding bladder and bowel problems into the mix. This is the reality for up to 60,000 Australian teenagers who experience incontinence.¹ It’s a health issue that Read More...
HIV self-testing device becomes available as latest NSW HIV data is released
Date of Posting: 05-04-2019
The state’s leading HIV prevention and support organisation, ACON, has welcomed the release of the latest HIV surveillance figures for NSW showing a decline in HIV notifications in 2018. The data comes as a new HIV self-testing device becomes a Read More...
$4 million to tackle Australia's biggest killers
Date of Posting: 05-04-2019
The Heart Foundation has today welcomed the announcement by Minister for Health, Greg Hunt, to invest a further $4 million to tackle two of Australia’s biggest killers – heart disease and stroke. “Minister Hunt has clearly placed Read More...
State health ministers must address emergency ward wait times
Last Updated: 04-04-2019
State health ministers must demand real-time reports on how long people are waiting in emergency departments, the body that trains emergency doctors says. State health ministers don't understand how bad things are in public hospitals because m Read More...
Medicinal cannabis glasshouses in Queensland has been approved by the federal government
Date of Posting: 04-04-2019
A $450 million project to build one of the world's largest medicinal cannabis glasshouses in Queensland has been approved by the federal government. The federal government has approved a giant medicinal cannabis glasshouse project in Queenslan Read More...
