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Indigenous children risk of life-threatening golden staph infection
Last Updated: 15-06-2017
The number of indigenous children who die in intensive care from a severe infection is twice that of non-indigenous children. Indigenous children in Australia are twice as likely to die from severe infections like pneumonia and sepsis.[subscribe] Read More...
Australia is facing a potential liver cancer "crisis"
Date of Posting: 14-06-2017
A new report shows cancer continues to have the biggest impact on Australia's health, costing the nation more years of life than any other disease group. Australia is facing a potential liver cancer "crisis", with a report showing th Read More...
Project work to improve burns for Indigenous children
Date of Posting: 14-06-2017
University of Queensland researchers are working to improve the care of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children with burns injuries. The project to investigate barriers and enablers to burns care is led by Professor Rebecca Ivers from the G Read More...
Debunking nursing cliches will attract school leavers
Date of Posting: 14-06-2017
Stereotypes which portray nurses as sexual objects or merely doctors’ helpers need to be smashed in order to encourage school leavers to the profession, according to a University of Queensland study. Dr Anthony Tuckett of UQ School of Nursin Read More...
Women who suffer from pre-eclampsia are at risk of future heart disease
Date of Posting: 14-06-2017
Pregnancy complications pre-eclampsia significantly increases a woman's chances of developing heart disease later in life, warns The Heart Foundation. Women who suffer from gestational hypertension or pre-eclampsia are significantly at greater Read More...
Going to sleep on your back increases the risk of stillbirth
Date of Posting: 14-06-2017
New University of Auckland research has found that women who go to sleep on their back in the last three months of pregnancy are almost four times more likely to experience a stillbirth. The New Zealand Multi-Centre Stillbirth Study, led by Professo Read More...
Long-term impact of domestic violence on women's health
Date of Posting: 14-06-2017
New Australian research has revealed the the long lasting impacts domestic violence has on a woman's physical health. Women who have lived with a violent partner suffer "real" and long lasting physical health issues on top of poor me Read More...
Healthy ageing factors are different for men and women
Date of Posting: 14-06-2017
What makes a healthy ageing journey? New research from the RDNS Institute and Australian National University suggests the answer might be different for men and women. The research, based on the Melbourne Longitudinal Studies in Healthy Ageing prog Read More...
Incontinence prevention and management
Last Updated: 14-06-2017
One in four Australians aged 15 and older is incontinent. Don’t assume they’re all infirm and elderly; those most at risk are pregnant women, men with prostate disease, women who’ve had babies, overweight people and elite athletes. Read More...
Specialised disability services at risk of shutting down
Last Updated: 14-06-2017
The NSW government is being lobbied to urgently fund dozens of specialised disability services at risk of shutting down due to the NDIS roll out. Judy Harper was shocked when doctors first asked her to agree to not resuscitate her friend with Down Read More...
Researchers flag autism diagnosis issues
Last Updated: 14-06-2017
Researchers say an overdiagnosis of autism has lead to a tripling in cases in US children. The way autism is diagnosed in the United States has led to an apparent tripling in cases in recent years that does not reflect reality, researchers say.[su Read More...
Children with disabilities risk of maltreatment
Last Updated: 14-06-2017
New research highlights the importance of ensuring that children with disabilities and their families have appropriate services and support structures. Children with behavioural or mental disorders are much more likely to suffer maltreatment.[subs Read More...
Exercise 'overlooked' as chronic disease treatment
Last Updated: 14-06-2017
Experts have come up with a guide to prescribing exercise, which they say can be just as beneficial as drugs for chronic health conditions. Exercise can be just as beneficial as drugs or surgery for many chronic conditions, say researchers.[subscr Read More...
Expanding disease definitions under scientific scrutiny
Last Updated: 14-06-2017
Prestigious national award granted to investigate why so many people are being diagnosed and treated for diseases that won’t harm them The problem of expanding disease definitions will come under close scientific scrutiny, with a Bond Univer Read More...
Emphasising the strengths and taking the opportunities of online learning
Last Updated: 14-06-2017
Gemma Sinead Ryan, Senior Lecturer in Health (Nursing) at the University of Derby Online Learning (UDOL) Online learning can be daunting for many, working with technology and studying alone are frequently discussed as both weaknesses and challenge Read More...
Waiting period proposed for cosmetic ops
Last Updated: 14-06-2017
Teenagers who want cosmetic surgery may soon have to pass a psychological assessment before going under the knife. And the Medical Board of Australia also wants people seeking a procedure to undergo a mandatory cooling-off period before their oper Read More...
The plight of the perioperative nurse practitioner in Australia
Last Updated: 13-06-2017
By Lisa Yang and Toni Hains “A nurse practitioner is a registered nurse educated to a post graduate Masters level and authorised to function autonomously and collaboratively in an advanced and extended clinical role” (Queensland Govern Read More...
Last Updated: 13-06-2017
Dr. Simon Bignell, Chartered Psychologist and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Life Science at the University of Derby The number of people who are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder continues to rise in Australia. Autism, once considered Read More...
Boys are more prone to autism than girls
Last Updated: 13-06-2017
Boys are more prone to autism than girls, and scientists have found that "typically male" brain structures are linked to a higher risk of the disorder. Scientists have found that brains with a "typically male" structure, even a Read More...
Autism guru says 10-15% children with ASD will be 'un-diagnosed' in adulthood
Last Updated: 13-06-2017
Autism guru Dr Tony Attwood says 10-15 per cent of children with ASD will be 'un-diagnosed' in adulthood, highlighting the importance of early intervention. The number of Australian children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder may have Read More...
New USC clinical trial for asthma sufferers
Last Updated: 13-06-2017
The University of the Sunshine Coast’s Clinical Trials Centre is about to start testing the effectiveness and safety of a potential new triple therapy medicine to better manage and treat asthma. The centre, which last year started trialling Read More...
Respiratory viruses common in newborns
Last Updated: 13-06-2017
Almost one in five neonates has a respiratory virus in their first month of life but many fail to show signs of illness, new research shows. A University of Queensland study of 157 full-term infants found the common cold virus was the virus most d Read More...
Soluble fibre can benefit people with asthma
Last Updated: 13-06-2017
New research has for the first time shown that soluble fibre supplements work to help control asthma. Australian researchers say they have the first proof that soluble fibre can benefit people with asthma by producing a healthy gut.[subscribe] Read More...
Do your patients know how to manage an asthma emergency?
Last Updated: 13-06-2017
On World Asthma Day (May 2) the National Asthma Council Australia is asking health professionals to check whether their patients and their families know asthma first aid to ensure they are ready for any future asthma emergencies. E Read More...
Novel app targets asthma and boosts mental health
Last Updated: 13-06-2017
A unique asthma management and goals app is the latest innovative tool to assist young people with asthma improve their quality of life. The free Kiss MyAsthma app, launched on World Asthma Day, is designed to help the 11 per cent of young Austral Read More...
Last Updated: 13-06-2017
Asthmatics could breathe easier in the future with help from parasitic hookworms. The spit of the parasitic hookworm could help cure asthma and other auto-immune diseases in the near future.[subscribe] Researchers at the Australian Institute of Read More...
World Allergy Week: Highlighting allergy-triggered asthma
Last Updated: 13-06-2017
World Allergy Week is an annual event organised by the World Allergy Organisation (WAO) and will take place from 2-8 April this year, with the focus of raising awareness of allergies. The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ highlights that approx Read More...
Doctors over-diagnosing asthma in children
Last Updated: 13-06-2017
Experts say doctors are treating asthma inhalers for children like "fashion accessories", while diagnosis of the condition has been trivialised. Inhalers are being dished out like "fashion accessories", leading doctors have sai Read More...
Stillbirth research centre launched in Queensland
Last Updated: 13-06-2017
There are six stillbirths every day in Australia and in the majority of these cases the cause is unknown. For the past 20 years the rate of stillbirth in Australia has not changed.[subscribe] There are six stillbirths every day, that's more Read More...
New physiotherapy platform for knee replacement surgery
Date of Posting: 14-06-2017
Researchers are trialling an innovative knee replacement surgery app and portal designed to assist patients with their pre-surgery preparation and rehabilitation. The activateTKR digital platform, which features a smartphone app, wearable activity Read More...
Physiotherapy students have much to learn from the humanities
Last Updated: 13-06-2017
Michael Rowe, University of the Western Cape Undergraduate physiotherapy students spend most of their time learning about the basic and clinical sciences. This has a certain pragmatic appeal, but a person is more than an assemblage of body par Read More...
Recognising and reducing aggression towards health care workers in Victoria
Date of Posting: 13-06-2017
A new ad campaign will remind Victorians to stop treating health care workers aggressively after scores of assaults on paramedics, doctors and nurses. Victorian nurse Tara Merryfull has been hit on the job, "dodged quite a few" punches a Read More...
A drug used to treat diabetic patients has been shown to reduce risk of heart attack
Date of Posting: 13-06-2017
An Australian-led study of more than 10,000 diabetic patients has shown drug Invokana significantly cuts the risk of serious heart problems and kidney failure. A drug commonly used to treat patients with type 2 diabetes has been shown to protect t Read More...
Eggs increased growth and reduced stunting for babies
Date of Posting: 09-06-2017
New US research has shown eggs can boost babies' growth and prevent stunting and Australian parents are recommended to introduced eggs by the age of six months. Parents are encouraged to put eggs back on the menu to ensure the healthy developm Read More...
USC research targets antibiotic-resistant infections
Date of Posting: 08-06-2017
A new University of the Sunshine Coast researcher is using a 2017 Advance Queensland Fellowship to develop a cheaper, faster way of diagnosing antibiotic resistance in patients, particularly those with chronic lung infections. Dr Derek Sarovich re Read More...
Pre-operative exercise helps lung cancer surgery recovery
Date of Posting: 08-06-2017
Lung cancer patients who undertake one to four weeks of supervised exercise training before surgery have fewer post-surgery complications and go home earlier, a new systematic review has found. A Curtin University-led review published in the Cochr Read More...
Gastric surgery promoted as treatment option for diabetes
Last Updated: 08-06-2017
Surgery to reduce the stomach and induce weight loss could have a significant benefit for hundreds of thousands of diabetes patients, health experts say. People with diabetes should be offered gastric surgery as a standard treatment option which c Read More...
Weight loss surgery an option for obese kids
Last Updated: 08-06-2017
Doctors are being urged to put weight loss surgery for children on the medical profession's agenda. Weight loss surgery on a child may be the only option in some cases but caution is needed, doctors and experts agree.[subscribe] Brisbane-ba Read More...
Obese 'unlikely' to achieve healthy weight
Last Updated: 08-06-2017
A new British study shows it's very unlikely an obese person will ever achieve and maintain a standard body weight. The chances of an obese person achieving normal body weight are very low, a British study has found.[subscribe] Losing five Read More...
A major advance treatment of rare and debilitating cancer
Date of Posting: 08-06-2017
An Australian-led trial has shown a new drug works in almost five times as many patients compared to standard therapy for a rare skin-related cancer. Researchers are celebrating a major advance in the treatment of a rare and debilitating cancer th Read More...
