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Doctor bridges hearing gap with world-first surgery
Date of Posting: 29-06-2018
A device that can help restore hearing for those suffering chronic middle ear impairment has been successfully implanted for the first time in Queensland by Sunnybank Private Hospital ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialist Dr Andrew Chang. Dr Chang Read More...
Victoria's first supervised injecting room will open its doors within days
Last Updated: 29-06-2018
A safe injecting room in Melbourne, the state's first, will open within days, Mental Health Minister Martin Foley says. Victoria's first supervised injecting room will open its doors within days, marking the start of a two-year trial in in Read More...
Papua New Guinea declared a public health emergency over PNG polio outbreak
Date of Posting: 28-06-2018
Papua New Guinea's government has declared emergencies in three provinces following the first outbreak of polio in the country in 18 years. World Health Organisation officials confirmed the outbreak this week after a six-year-old boy from Moro Read More...
Senate committee has recommended the government consider allowing the donation of genetic material
Date of Posting: 28-06-2018
A Senate committee has recommended the government consider allowing donation of genetic material to fight a rare disease affecting babies. A groundbreaking medical technique dubbed "three-person IVF" could prevent Australian babies from Read More...
A Cancer Council NSW study has exposed inequities in the treatment of lung cancer patients
Date of Posting: 28-06-2018
As many as one-in-three lung cancer patients visit their GP multiple times before eventually presenting to emergency, acutely unwell, prior to their diagnosis, a Cancer Council NSW study has found. Researchers say the findings highlight the urgent Read More...
Better emergency care for Victorians
Date of Posting: 27-06-2018
More Victorians are set to have access to better emergency care with the opening of a new trauma centre at a Melbourne hospital. Thousands more people badly injured in car crashes, falls and assaults will have better access to emergency care at a Read More...
Yoga can reduce old people's risk of a potentially deadly fall
Date of Posting: 27-06-2018
Older people are being encouraged to take up yoga to improve their balance and reduce their risk of a potentially deadly fall. Once a week Professor Roberta Shepherd takes a yoga class and then goes for coffee with her like-minded classmates.[subs Read More...
Monash researcher wins top paper prize in top physiotherapy journal
Date of Posting: 26-06-2018
Associate Professor Carol Hodgson and Claire Tipping have been awarded the Readers’ Choice Award for the world’s highest ranked physiotherapy journal, Journal of Physiotherapy. Associate Professor Hodgson is co-deputy director of the A Read More...
Weight management program has long term benefits
Date of Posting: 26-06-2018
New research from a phase 4 review by Griffith University of an in-market weight management program provides evidence that a pharmacy based program can lead to long-term maintenance of weight loss. Long-term maintenance of weight loss on the program Read More...
World-first brain imaging study to understand mind blindness
Date of Posting: 26-06-2018
To determine why some people cannot create visual images of people, places and things in their mind’s eye, UNSW scientists are planning to conduct a world-first brain imaging study of people with this baffling condition, known as congenital aph Read More...
Improving medication management in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
Date of Posting: 26-06-2018
Equitable access and effective use of medicine is critical to closing the gap in health and life expectancy between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and other Australians. Professor Amanda Wheeler from Griffith University’s Menzies Hea Read More...
More Australians seeking advance care planning advice
Date of Posting: 26-06-2018
Advance Care Planning Australia (ACPA) has reported a 462% surge in calls to their advisory service with more people seeking advice about taking active control of their future health care. With people living longer and increasingly with comp Read More...
Maternal and child health nurses will take action over week of leave
Date of Posting: 26-06-2018
Maternal and child health nurses at 20 centres across Geelong are expected to take industrial action in a bid for an additional week of annual leave. Maternal and child health nurses will scale back their non-urgent duties in Victoria's second Read More...
Australia's existing mental health services for youth are failing
Date of Posting: 26-06-2018
A report into trauma and young people has found existing mental health services are not able to meet the needs of youths with trauma. Australia's existing mental health services are failing to effectively help traumatised youth, a new report h Read More...
New hope for stage-three melanoma
Date of Posting: 26-06-2018
Melbourne man Peter Gourlay has funded his own cancer treatment for stage three melanoma but the costs are prohibitive. After witnessing family members succumb to cancer, Melbourne man Peter Gourlay was determined to do whatever it took to fight h Read More...
Victoria's health department will conduct a review into urgent care centres
Date of Posting: 25-06-2018
Victoria's health department will conduct a review over fears regional patients are being charged for free and urgent medical treatment. Victoria has ordered a review into whether patients have been wrongly charged for urgent medial treatment Read More...
Nursing accreditation at risk without adequate funding for locum support
Date of Posting: 25-06-2018
Located in the Corangamite Shire, also known as the Lakes and Craters region, Camperdown has a steady population of over 3,300 residents. It is two and a half hours west of Melbourne and just over an hour south of Ballarat with the Great Ocean Road a Read More...
Providing better health through computer games?
Date of Posting: 22-06-2018
Using computer games and virtual reality technology to create low-risk environments holds ample value for healthcare. With intense, life-or-death situations occurring regularly, medical teams can practice the latest surgery techniques, refine skills Read More...
Health inequalities between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children and teenage mothers highlighted
Date of Posting: 21-06-2018
The number of Aboriginal teenage mothers in NSW has dropped and the frequency of immunisation in Aboriginal children has surpassed their non-indigenous counterparts, according to a report from the state's chief health officer. But instances of Read More...
Several cases of salmonella have been linked to South Australian alfalfa sprout products
Date of Posting: 20-06-2018
South Australians are being warned not to eat a range of alfalfa sprout products after the sprouts were linked to 21 confirmed cases of Salmonella. Several cases of salmonella have been linked to South Australian alfalfa sprout products, prompting Read More...
Australian parents are crying out for more help to tackle and prevent childhood bullying
Date of Posting: 20-06-2018
Parents of bullied children are suffering from physical illness, depression, anxiety and guilt, with researchers calling for a more inclusive approach. Australian parents are crying out for more help to tackle and prevent childhood bullying, with Read More...
Indigenous Australians are more than twice as likely to die
Date of Posting: 20-06-2018
Indigenous Australians are more than twice as likely to die before their fifth birthday than non-Indigenous Australians. Australia's Health 2018, a report released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare on Wednesday, says indigenous Read More...
New Australian guidelines for treating transgender adolescents
Date of Posting: 19-06-2018
New Australian guidelines for treating transgender adolescents could see more teens given hormone replacement therapy at a younger age. More transgender children and teens could be given controversial hormone therapy as young as 13 or 14, under ne Read More...
Australia's first national endometriosis plan is due to be released in July
Date of Posting: 18-06-2018
Women suffering from endometriosis are being told to "suck it up" because period pain is part of being a woman, federal parliament has been told. Endometriosis brings horror stories of women forced to have hysterectomies too young, being Read More...
Fish caught in southeast Queensland waterways may be contaminated with firefighting chemicals
Date of Posting: 15-06-2018
Queensland health is advising people to not eat fish caught in some waterways in the state's southeast as they may be contaminated with firefighting chemicals. Fish caught in some southeast Queensland waterways shouldn't be eaten due to he Read More...
Hospital closures leave nurses out in the cold
Last Updated: 15-06-2018
More than 200 nurses will be impacted by Healthscope’s decision to close Geelong Private Hospital and Cotham Private Hospital, a move which has left staff shocked and dismayed. Registered nurse and midwife Gillian Wride has been workin Read More...
Monash scientists granted US patent - could lead to more accurate malaria testing
Date of Posting: 15-06-2018
A research collaboration headed by a Monash chemist was issued a US-issued patent for an invention that could deliver a more accurate test for malaria that is rapid and low cost, making it suitable for resource-poor environments. The patent is the fi Read More...
Helping families improve early literacy skills for children on the autism spectrum
Date of Posting: 15-06-2018
A shared book reading intervention to help language and literacy skills in preschoolers on the autism spectrum has been successfully delivered by Griffith University and Autism CRC. The news comes in time for Autistic Pride Day on June 18, which i Read More...
Complete rethink needed to address rural mental health crisis
Date of Posting: 15-06-2018
New analysis by the National Rural Health Alliance reveals how few mental health professionals work in the country. There are just 2 psychiatrists for every 100,000 people in remote Australia, new analysis from the National Rural Health Alliance s Read More...
ANMF negotiates above-agreement redundancy packages following shock hospital closures
Date of Posting: 14-06-2018
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (Vic Branch) has been successful in negotiating above-agreement redundancy packages for Healthscope nurses who are losing their jobs, following the unexpected closure of the company’s Cotham Priva Read More...
Physios' role highlighted during World Incontinence Week
Last Updated: 14-06-2018
This month’s Continence Week highlights the important role of physiotherapists in managing this common condition, linked to the pelvic floor muscles. Defined as the involuntary loss of urine from the bladder or faeces from the rectum, incont Read More...
Australia's platypus hormone possible weapon against diabetes
Date of Posting: 14-06-2018
A hormone found in the venom and gut of the platypus is to be investigated for its potential to treat type 2 diabetes by a team of Australian researchers. Already targeted as a possible answer to the world's superbug woes, Australia's humb Read More...
An Australian-developed blood test could predict the long-term risk of heart attack
Date of Posting: 14-06-2018
It's hoped a new blood test could be used on all patients with coronary artery disease to better predict their chance of heart attack and death. An Australian-developed blood test could predict the long-term risk of heart attack and even death Read More...
Study shows getting the right amount of sleep could reduce the risk of heart attack or diabetes
Date of Posting: 13-06-2018
New research shows getting the right amount of sleep could reduce the risk of having a heart attack or getting diabetes. Regularly sleeping too much or not enough may increase a persons chances of diabetes, heart attack, stroke and becoming obese, Read More...
When the pain is the practitioner
Date of Posting: 13-06-2018
A new study shows a small element of the chiropractic profession accounts for a worryingly high number of complaints, making it more complained about than either osteopathy or physiotherapy By Cheryl Critchley, University of Melbourne[subscribe] Read More...
From jail cell to emergency room: too many injuries after release from prison
Date of Posting: 12-06-2018
People released from Australian prisons who have both mental illness and substance use problems are at twelve times the risk of suffering serious injury compared to the general community. By Jesse Young, University of Melbourne[subscribe] Ten y Read More...
An Australian study has found obesity is linked to severe endometriosis
Date of Posting: 12-06-2018
A study has found obesity is linked to severe endometriosis, rejecting the idea the disease only affects 'skinny' women. Obese women are more likely to have severe endometriosis, a misunderstood condition that impacts one-in-10 women, an A Read More...
Call for greater awareness and understanding of the psychological burden severe eczema has
Date of Posting: 12-06-2018
Australians living with severe atopic dermatitis, commonly known as eczema, are struggling with low self-esteem, leading to increasing social isolation, a study has found. In response, Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia is calling for greater awa Read More...
New sensors open door to wearable medical diagnostic device
Date of Posting: 12-06-2018
Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) have designed tiny optical sensors that open the door to developing a wearable device that allows doctors to medically diagnose people’s health in real time. Associate Professor Antoni Read More...
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Traditional Aboriginal healers should work alongside doctors to help close the gap
Date of Posting: 12-06-2018
Victoria Grieves, University of Sydney The wellbeing of Indigenous people is based around having the freedom and resources to practise cultural ways of being. While some of these can seem removed from those in the West – such as the l Read More...
