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Swimmer reflects on shock discovery before major event
Date of Posting: 12-08-2025
Feeling helpless as a growing number of friends were diagnosed with cancer, Kim Wellington organised an open water swim to raise money for life-saving research. The champion Masters swimmer, then 47, never imagined she'd be also be diagnosed w Read More...
Top Study Hacks for Physio Students: Boost Focus, Retain More, and Beat Burnout
Last Updated: 12-08-2025
You’ve just wrapped up a long morning in the anatomy lab, your head's spinning with Latin muscle names, and you’re already thinking about the next assignment. Studying physiotherapy in Australia is no small feat — it’s dem Read More...
How to Secure a Great Graduate Role: Insider Tips from Hiring Managers and Recent Hires
Last Updated: 12-08-2025
When you’re deep in the final stretch of your physiotherapy degree — juggling placement reports, practical exams, and that never-ending to-do list — thinking about job applications might feel like too much. But securing a great grad Read More...
A Day in the Life of a New Grad Physio: From First-Day Nerves to Six-Month Confidence
Date of Posting: 12-08-2025
It starts with nerves. Not the textbook kind—these are real, physical, tight-in-your-stomach nerves. The kind that hit you at 6:30am when you're packing lunch, triple-checking your name badge, and trying to remember how to pronounce “ Read More...
Surviving Your Final Placement: Real Advice from Physio Grads Who've Been There
Last Updated: 12-08-2025
You’ve passed your exams, ticked off your competencies, and now you’re staring down the biggest hurdle of your degree: your final physio placement. Whether it’s in a busy hospital, regional clinic, or private practice, your last pla Read More...
'Hero' surgeon loses defamation case against Nine
Date of Posting: 11-08-2025
High-profile orthopedic surgeon Munjed Al Muderis has had defamation proceedings against Nine and three of its journalists dismissed after a court ruled the media company's reporting was in the public interest. Reports published in Nine newspa Read More...
First robotic surgery gives granny '15 minutes of fame'
Date of Posting: 11-08-2025
When a grandmother fell and severely injured her shoulder on Christmas Eve, she never thought a robot would be the one to surgically repair it. Kerry Stubbings and her husband had embarked on a grey nomad adventure and were in Perth when she slipp Read More...
Pill helps patients shed 12 per cent of body weight
Date of Posting: 11-08-2025
Eli Lilly says its experimental GLP-1 pill helped patients lose 12.4 per cent of their body weight after 72 weeks in a late-stage study. Unlike injectable obesity drugs, which are peptides designed to mimic the appetite-controlling GLP-1 hormone, Read More...
Life-saving tech for kids absent at under-fire hospital
Date of Posting: 10-08-2025
Potentially life-saving safety equipment for seriously ill children has been missing from a controversial hospital where a toddler and newborn died after waiting for care. A damning report into Sydney's troubled Northern Beaches Hospital was p Read More...
Over half of US calories are from ultra-processed foods
Date of Posting: 10-08-2025
Most Americans get more than half their calories from ultra-processed foods, those super-tasty, energy-dense foods typically full of sugar, salt and unhealthy fats, according to a new report. Nutrition research has shown for years that ultra-proce Read More...
Eating chips over boiled potatoes lifts diabetes risk
Date of Posting: 10-08-2025
Eating chips increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared with consuming boiled, baked or mashed potatoes, scientists say. An international team of researchers investigating links between potato consumption and the risk of type 2 diab Read More...
Ambitious project aims to stop breast cancer recurring
Date of Posting: 07-08-2025
An ambitious goal to halve the number of deaths from breast cancer could be one step closer after a landmark investment in a medical research program. The National Breast Cancer Foundation has awarded a $25 million grant to researchers at the Garv Read More...
Novo Nordisk warns of layoffs as pressure mounts
Date of Posting: 07-08-2025
Novo Nordisk expects continued competition from copycat versions of its blockbuster Wegovy obesity drug this year and could face layoffs as it battles rising pressure from main US rival Eli Lilly, the Danish drugmaker warns. Novo, which became Eur Read More...
RFK Jr pulls $US500m from vaccine development funding
Date of Posting: 07-08-2025
The US Department of Health and Human Services will cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines that are being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr an Read More...
Trek tackles heart disease cruelling Indigenous lives
Date of Posting: 06-08-2025
Medical specialists, cultural guides and local medicos are teaming up for a Top End trek to tackle a disease affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people the most. Indigenous Australians are 64 times more likely to have rheumatic heart d Read More...
Migraine misery ails one in three Australian women
Date of Posting: 06-08-2025
Kate May experienced years of severe pain, fatigue, nausea and other debilitating symptoms before receiving a migraine diagnosis. "Two years ago, I was struggling to walk," the 30-year-old told AAP.[subscribe] "I was in hospital Read More...
Anbogen Gets FDA Clearance for ABT-301 Trial in Colorectal Cancer
Date of Posting: 05-08-2025
TAIPEI, Aug. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Anbogen Therapeutics today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for ABT-301, enabling the initiation of a Phase 1/2 clinical trial Read More...
Millions struggle to afford personal hygiene products
Date of Posting: 05-08-2025
Millions of Australians could be living in hygiene poverty, with many struggling to afford basic items such as soap, toothpaste and deodorant. About one in eight people recently skipped buying personal hygiene or cleaning products to afford other Read More...
Quiet 'missing middle' kids left struggling at school
Date of Posting: 03-08-2025
Lizzy is a proud mother of two rambunctious boys who love playing with their friends, kicking the footy and swimming. It was during COVID-19 lockdowns that she began noticing her kindergarten son struggling with reading and literacy.[subscribe] Read More...
Younger Australia is facing a loneliness 'epidemic'
Date of Posting: 03-08-2025
A silent crisis is taking root among young Australians, with nearly half those aged 15 to 25 reporting they regularly feel lonely. One in seven experience persistent loneliness that lasts more than two years.[subscribe] The findings, from a new Read More...
Survivors call for more assistance with cancer costs
Date of Posting: 03-08-2025
A young breast cancer survivor is calling for diagnostic tests to be made free because she fears high living costs could deter others seeking early examinations due to the expense. Despite significant improvements to treatments and survival rates, Read More...
Microplastics pose invisible danger, study reveals
Date of Posting: 01-08-2025
Data revealing tens of thousands of lung-penetrating microplastics are suspended in the air we breathe underscores a critical need for further research, an Australian plastics expert says. A French study published on Thursday AEST found about 68,0 Read More...
Global demand helps push ResMed shares to record high
Date of Posting: 01-08-2025
ResMed shares have reached a record high after the medical device-maker posted another solid quarter of earnings growth. The company on Friday said it made $US1.35 billion ($2.09 billion) in revenue in the three months to June 30, up 10 per cent f Read More...
Top docs call for action on speedy e-scooters and bikes
Date of Posting: 01-08-2025
Doctors have thrown their weight behind a push to tackle high-speed electric scooters and bikes, as the national injury and death toll among riders, passengers and pedestrians grows. The Australian Medical Association says a national body is urgen Read More...
How to Safely Buy Melatonin Over the Counter
Last Updated: 01-08-2025
We’ve all been there: tossing and turning, unable to get the rest we need. If you're finding it harder to fall asleep or stay asleep, you're not alone. As we age, our bodies naturally produce less melatonin, the hormone that helps us wi Read More...
More mums-to-be accessing care during pregnancy
Date of Posting: 31-07-2025
Expectant Australian mothers are older on average and accessing more antenatal care compared to a decade ago, with birth rates falling to the lowest since records began. In 2023, 79 per cent of women who gave birth accessed antenatal care in their Read More...
Study links ultra processed foods and lung cancer
Date of Posting: 31-07-2025
Academics have found a link between consuming high levels of ultra processed foods (UPFs) and lung cancer. An international team of researchers tracked the health and food habits of more than 100,000 US adults, with an average age of 63.[subscribe Read More...
World-first study could provide MS breakthrough
Date of Posting: 30-07-2025
A world-first study aims to identify a person's genetic risk of developing multiple sclerosis by using their DNA. The research will investigate why some people develop MS and others don't, even if they are exposed to the same common virus. Read More...
A smile, though endometriosis is no laughing matter
Date of Posting: 30-07-2025
Cara Walker was all smiles when she met Anthony Albanese, but as a woman living with endometriosis, she knows the strain that comes with managing a chronic condition. Labor is preparing to introduce legislation to parliament this week which will c Read More...
Australia's blood supply to receive a critical boost
Date of Posting: 30-07-2025
Cancer survivors no longer need to wait five years before they are able to donate blood and plasma. Lifeblood announced on Tuesday that cancer survivors can now donate blood just 12 months after their last treatment.[subscribe] They can now giv Read More...
'Good day for patients': cheaper medicines on the way
Date of Posting: 29-07-2025
Anthony Albanese says he still has his eye on cost-of-living pressures as a promised reduction in medicine costs nears fruition. As parliament resumed on Monday, the prime minister touted his government's promise to bring down the maximum amou Read More...
Disability lifeline as dominoes fall
Date of Posting: 29-07-2025
Australia's disability services sector could be hurtling toward "market failure", with a major employer handed a $15 million lifeline to stay afloat. The SA government rescue package spared registered NDIS provider Bedford from enter Read More...
Roche to investigate if drug can prevent Alzheimer's
Date of Posting: 29-07-2025
Swiss drugmaker Roche plans to investigate whether an experimental medicine can delay or prevent Alzheimer's disease symptoms as a part of the company's growing development program for the disease. The clinical trial of the drug, Trontinem Read More...
Major step towards cutting maximum medicine cost to $25
Date of Posting: 28-07-2025
Australians will pay no more than $25 for selected medicines for the first time in more than 20 years under a proposal to be brought before parliament. It will be the second cap on medicines on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) introduced b Read More...
Australia called to lift on global health as US yields
Date of Posting: 28-07-2025
Australia must come to the party with more money to combat climate-related health issues, antimicrobial resistance and future pandemics. That's the bottom line of research that indicates the well-off nation is not pulling enough weight on the Read More...
Bulk bill incentive could miss thousands of GP clinics
Date of Posting: 28-07-2025
A plan to boost the number of fully bulk-billing general practice clinics is likely to fall dramatically short of forecasts, a healthcare directory operator warns. Labor's $7.9 billion plan to expand the Bulk Billing Incentive Program to inclu Read More...
Calls to make low-cost IVF more accessible in Australia
Date of Posting: 27-07-2025
Vikki Mai Murphy always knew she wanted to be a mum but after months of negative pregnancy tests she and her partner Sean realised they would need some extra help. Following a round of intrauterine insemination (IUI), where prepared sperm is place Read More...
Women's symptoms 'overlooked' in menopausal stages
Date of Posting: 27-07-2025
Women going through perimenopause are experiencing debilitating hot flushes and night sweats that are often untreated, as a study reveals the prevalence of symptoms during hormonal transitions. Perimenopause is a transitional period before menopau Read More...
Survey confirms vicious cycle of epilepsy and anxiety
Date of Posting: 27-07-2025
After years of anxiety living with epilepsy Rosie Connell-Moller got her life back on track thanks to a game-changing implant that sends signals to her brain to calm it down. The 40-year-old is now a full-time nurse in Brisbane and proud of regain Read More...
New device to help treat serious birth risk for women
Date of Posting: 25-07-2025
Women who experience postpartum haemorrhages could soon have access to more treatment options as a new device is added to Australia's therapeutic goods register. Between five and 15 per cent of women who give birth can experience a postpartum Read More...
