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A Viagra study on pregnant Queensland woman has been paused
Date of Posting: 26-07-2018
A Queensland study on reducing foetal distress during childbirth through the use of Viagra has been paused after the use of the same drug resulted in the death of 11 babies in The Netherlands. Mater Research Institute professor Sailesh Kumar said Read More...
A major NZ supermarket chain cuts tampon price
Last Updated: 25-07-2018
One of New Zealand's two major supermarket chains is cutting the price of women's sanitary products in a bid to combat period poverty. A major supermarket chain in New Zealand has moved to slash the price of women's sanitary products i Read More...
Health professionals across Australia are on alert over bad batch of opium
Last Updated: 25-07-2018
At least two people have been taken to hospital with serious lead poisoning after consuming a bad batch of opium "heavily contaminated" with lead. Health professionals across Australia are on alert with at least two people taken to hospi Read More...
New screening test that checks babies for more than 60 genetic disorders
Date of Posting: 24-07-2018
An Australian pathology company has developed a new screening test that checks babies for more than 60 genetic disorders. Parents worried about passing on inherited genetic disorders to their children can now have their babies tested for a wide ra Read More...
A government MP has opted out of digitising his medical records
Last Updated: 23-07-2018
Labor has called for an extension of the opt-out date for e-health records to restore public trust, as a Liberal MP pulled the pin on his own record. A government MP has opted out of digitising his medical records and believes that should be the d Read More...
Opt-out period begins for the My Health Record database amid digital security and privacy concerns
Last Updated: 23-07-2018
The three month opt-out period has begun for the My Health Record database amid digital security and privacy concerns. Australia's electronic health record system has military-grade security and people should stick with it, Health Minister Gre Read More...
NSW Health is setting up its Down to Test program at Splendour in the Grass at the weekend
Date of Posting: 20-07-2018
NSW Health will be testing festival-goers for chlamydia at Splendour in the Grass to help raise awareness of sexually transmitted infections. An exclusive VIP tent with clean toilets and free phone charging could be all yours at a northern NSW fes Read More...
Alcohol marketers have been warned against using young-looking models
Date of Posting: 20-07-2018
A new report shows alcohol marketers are breaching rules in promoting products to children but are mostly willing to remedy any problems. Alcohol marketers have been warned against using young-looking models, targeting children and failing to age- Read More...
Burnout in Midwifery: An Occupational Hazard?
Last Updated: 20-07-2018
It’s concerning that mental illness among healthcare professionals is exceptionally high compared to the national average1. A study of suicides over 12 years found female nurses and midwives had a suicide rate almost triple that of women in non Read More...
Medical research held back by inefficient funding system
Date of Posting: 20-07-2018
Australian medical research is being held back due to inefficient and inequitable funding systems. Medical research institutes are being left with a large funding gap each year as research grants only cover part of the full cost of doing research. Read More...
Bond introduces Australia-first emotional intelligence test for med students
Date of Posting: 20-07-2018
Bond University has become the first in Australia to introduce emotional intelligence (EI) testing as part of the selection process for its sought-after medical program, with the aim of enrolling a cohort with the strong social skills needed to succe Read More...
Nursing notes can help indicate whether ICU patients will survive
Date of Posting: 20-07-2018
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have found that sentiments in the nursing notes of health care providers are good indicators of whether intensive care unit (ICU) patients will survive. Hospitals typically use severity of illness scores t Read More...
Mental health of five year olds linked to their ability to learn
Date of Posting: 20-07-2018
Researchers from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) have found a link between the mental health of five year olds and their ability to learn at school. MCRI researchers have analysed teacher-reported data for more than 302,000 Read More...
Swimming with the whale sharks in Carnarvon
Date of Posting: 20-07-2018
In 2015, Carnarvon Health Campus underwent massive redevelopment with the goal of providing high-quality medical care to the local community through modern, well-equipped health services located under one roof. The redevelopment saw upgrades in th Read More...
Australian scientists have discovered that chromosome loops is a key to killing cancer
Date of Posting: 20-07-2018
Australian scientists have discovered that changes to the structure in part of our chromosomes could be to blame for cancer and some genetic diseases. Controlling changes in the structure of human chromosomes could hold the key to new ways to batt Read More...
Victoria could go almost smoke-free by 2025
Date of Posting: 19-07-2018
Twenty-five Victorian health groups are reportedly expected to launch a plan on Thursday to make the state almost smoke-free by 2025. Victoria could go almost smoke-free by 2025 reportedly under a plan backed by 25 of the state's health groups Read More...
An innovative new stool test unlocks DNA of a person's gut bacteria launched in Queensland
Date of Posting: 18-07-2018
A stool test which can reveal information about a person's gut bacteria and ways it may affect their health has been launched in Queensland. Microba is the first Australian company to offer gut bacteria DNA sequencing technology direct-to-cons Read More...
Australian scientists have developed the world's first blood test to detect melanoma
Date of Posting: 18-07-2018
Plans for the world's first blood test to detect early-stage melanoma have been unveiled by Australian scientists. Early trials of the test involving 209 people showed it was capable of picking up early stage melanoma in 81.5 per cent of cases Read More...
A pill to get methamphetamine addicts off their habit will be trialled in eastern Australia
Date of Posting: 18-07-2018
Ice addicts can volunteer for a 12-week trial of medication that aims to help them break their illicit habit. The two-year N-ICE trial in Wollongong, Geelong and Melbourne is being led by the Curtin University National Drug Research Institute in W Read More...
New safe zone laws to be enforced for abortion clinics
Last Updated: 17-07-2018
The Queensland Nurses Union says their members will feel safer and are less likely to be harassed under new safe zone laws for abortion clinics. Safe zones to be enforced around premises where abortions are performed are long overdue following rec Read More...
A children's brain cancer treatment trial is getting a $5 million boost from the federal government
Date of Posting: 16-07-2018
Toddler Kristian Kozul's aggressive brain tumour has stopped growing since joining a life-saving cancer trial being rolled out across Australia. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was in Melbourne on Monday to announce $5 million for the Zero Chi Read More...
Federal government will subsidise four life-saving cancer drugs next month
Date of Posting: 16-07-2018
The federal government will subsidise a cancer drug that gives hope to mantle cell lymphoma patients who suffer a relapse along with three other cancer drugs. An expensive cancer drug that treats an aggressive form of lymphoma will be subsidised f Read More...
Robots may become more commonly used to assist surgeons with a prostatectomy
Date of Posting: 13-07-2018
A two year study involving 300 surgery outcomes of Australian men has found similar results between robot-assisted and non-assisted prostate surgery In a world first trial, researchers from the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital and Menzies H Read More...
A new blood test may boost lung cancer detection
Date of Posting: 13-07-2018
A new blood test developed by the International Agency for Research on Cancer may help improve the early detection of lung cancer among smokers. Doctors may be a step closer to finding out which of their patients are likely to develop lung cancer Read More...
A leading sexual health physician says syphilis shame needs to be eradicated too
Date of Posting: 12-07-2018
The federal government will hand-out thousands of rapid test kits for syphilis to counter an epidemic of the sexually transmitted disease in rural communities. Erasing a syphilis epidemic sweeping indigenous communities will not only require the d Read More...
Ambulance officers denied access to life saving drugs
Date of Posting: 12-07-2018
Lives are being placed at risk by a refusal to allow Non-Emergency Patient Transport vehicles in Victoria to carry lifesaving drugs, including EpiPen’s. Paramedic Peter Bailey, Managing Director of Event Paramedics, which provides a Non-Emer Read More...
Muscle problems could be linked to diabetes
Date of Posting: 12-07-2018
A University of the Sunshine Coast academic is working to discover the link between diabetes and a muscle-wasting condition that is becoming increasingly prevalent. Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics Dr Anthony Villani says that while diabetes is Read More...
Digital stories support diversity for aged care clients and teams
Date of Posting: 12-07-2018
Peak partners including Aborigines Advancement League, Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria and Transgender Victoria joined Bolton Clarke teams to launch the organisation’s Digital Diversity Stories last week. The six audio stories, read b Read More...
Regular teen drinking leads to alcohol problems in adulthood
Date of Posting: 12-07-2018
Adolescents who drink every week before the age of 17 are two to three times more likely to binge drink, drink drive, and be dependent on alcohol as adults compared with peers who don’t drink. A new study looking at the drinking patterns of Read More...
Research shows digital detox holidays are on the rise
Date of Posting: 11-07-2018
A holiday where there are no smartphones, tablets or wi-fi could be just what future families are looking for to reconnect, research shows. A well-earned break in the future may mean more than a family heading to a high-rise apartment on the coast Read More...
Some frozen vegetables sold at Woolworths, Aldi and IGA are being recalled
Date of Posting: 10-07-2018
A recall of frozen vegetables linked to a factory in Europe, amid fears they could be contaminated with listeria, has prompted calls from local growers for shoppers to "buy Australian". The 10 products being recalled in Australia contain Read More...
A study found a way to prevent skull pressure affecting babies which can cause flat spots
Date of Posting: 10-07-2018
Parents need to be given more advice to prevent skull pressure affecting babies which can cause flat spots, a Melbourne researcher says. Advice to new parents on positioning babies is not good enough to prevent pressure on the skull which can caus Read More...
Thriving after depression: Why are scientists ignoring good outcomes?
Date of Posting: 09-07-2018
Jonathan Rottenberg, University of South Florida and Todd Kashdan, George Mason University In the wake of suicides by Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, we as a nation are newly sobered by depression’s threat to the public health. Depre Read More...
How support groups can boost health and make chronic conditions easier to live with
Date of Posting: 09-07-2018
Ben Harris, Victoria University and Wai-Kwan Chislett, Victoria University People want to look after their own health, and with new technology, there are more tools than ever to help people manage it. But the greatest gains could come from Read More...
From Kilimanjaro to Everest: how fit do you have to be to climb a mountain?
Date of Posting: 09-07-2018
Julien Periard, University of Canberra and Brad Clark, University of Canberra Since the commercialisation of high altitude mountaineering in the 1990s, the number of climbers has increased significantly. Mount Kilimanjaro, perhaps the most Read More...
South Australians heading overseas urged to ensure measles vaccinations are up to date
Last Updated: 09-07-2018
Families travelling overseas during the school holidays should ensure their measles vaccinations are up to date, South Australian health authorities warn. SA Health chief medical officer Paddy Phillips says there have been 50 cases of measles in A Read More...
Poor sleep is taking a serious toll on Australians' health and welfare
Date of Posting: 09-07-2018
A new study suggests the one-in-three Australians who suffer social jetlag are more likely to head to work late or sick. Almost one in three Australians suffers social jet lag, according to a researcher seeking an inquiry into the nation's &qu Read More...
Smokers remain blissfully unaware of the numerous health risks associated with smoking
Date of Posting: 09-07-2018
Many smokers are unaware of the link between smoking and a range of health conditions, from infertility and diabetes to blindness, a new survey has found. A new survey by Cancer Council Victoria shows disturbing gaps in smokers' awareness of 2 Read More...
Diabetes Australia pushes for more type 2 diabetes screening
Date of Posting: 09-07-2018
More routine screening for type 2 diabetes in hospitals and GP clinics could save $700 million in health costs annually, Diabetes Australia says. Australia could save $700 million a year in a simple preventable health measure aimed at reducing the Read More...
Physios urged to get behind National Tradies Month
Date of Posting: 08-07-2018
Physiotherapists are being encouraged to get onboard Tradies National Health Month this August, to help raise awareness of the health and injury risks affecting those who work in trade occupations. Despite making up just 30 per cent of the workfor Read More...
