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Call for action to stop dementia cases doubling
Date of Posting: 06-02-2025
When Pam Eade started relying on her husband to finish her sentences she chalked it up to the familiarity that comes with 40 years together. She wasn't worried until a friend pulled her aside to express concern.[subscribe] Many doctors appo Read More...
Nurses join psychs demanding urgent mental health boost
Date of Posting: 06-02-2025
Nurses are throwing their weight behind psychiatrists' push for a pay rise, fearing patients will die unless public hospital mental health services are seriously improved. The mass resignation of NSW public-sector psychiatrists - part of a coh Read More...
Fake nurse's web of lies lands him $4000 fine
Date of Posting: 05-02-2025
A man who faked nursing qualifications and attempted to work at a rehab serving First Nations people has been hit with a $4000 fine. Amosa Talau Taulaga studied nursing but did not complete his degree and has never been registered as a nurse or in Read More...
Insurance premium hike needs to be justified
Date of Posting: 05-02-2025
Any looming rise in health insurance premiums would be "proportionate", the health minister says, following fears of a large increase. Data from comparison business Compare Club has shown a projected rise for 2025 of six per cent, up fro Read More...
Booze companies failing to display pregnancy warnings
Date of Posting: 05-02-2025
Beverage companies have been accused of dodging their responsibility to warn consumers of the dangers of drinking alcohol while pregnant. More than a third (37 per cent) of alcohol products on Australian shelves do not have government-mandated pre Read More...
Probe sparks fears for trans patient's mental health
Date of Posting: 04-02-2025
At 13, Clare's child revealed she didn't feel like she belonged in her body. "She said 'mum, I sometimes feel girly, but I know I'm a boy like this but I don't feel right'," Clare told AAP.[subscribe] Fearing f Read More...
A country practice luring health workers to the bush
Date of Posting: 04-02-2025
As a rural speech pathologist, Saffron Foy treats whoever comes through the door. She has helped babies with feeding problems, school kids with speech difficulties, brain injury victims, stroke patients and people in their 90s struggling to commun Read More...
WHO proposes budget cut after US exit, defends its work
Last Updated: 04-02-2025
World Health Organization member states will discuss cutting part of its budget by $US400 million ($A651 million) in light of President Trump's move to withdraw the United States, its biggest government funder, from the agency, a document shows. Read More...
Puberty blockers and trans kids' care to be reviewed
Date of Posting: 02-02-2025
Australia's peak medical body will review the health care provided to transgender and gender-diverse children as the federal government attempts to stall the banning of puberty blockers in some parts of the country. The review led by the Natio Read More...
'Frightening' wait times for psychiatric patients
Date of Posting: 02-02-2025
Patients are waiting nearly four days in emergency departments for dedicated mental health beds and are increasingly being treated in general wards, in developments psychiatrists have labelled as frightening. The resignation of 55 NSW public-secto Read More...
Call for funding boost after shocking blood cancer rise
Date of Posting: 31-01-2025
Blood cancer has been dubbed Australia's silent killer after a shocking rise in cases prompted calls for more prevention and early detection research. The disease is on track to become the country's most common and deadly cancer in a decad Read More...
One dead as Uganda confirms outbreak of Ebola
Date of Posting: 31-01-2025
Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the capital Kampala, with the first confirmed patient dying from the disease, the health ministry said. The patient, a nurse at the Mulago referral hospital in the capital, had initially s Read More...
Chinese herbalist guilty after diabetic patient dies
Date of Posting: 31-01-2025
A Chinese herbalist described as hostile and self-serving has been found guilty of professional misconduct after a diabetic patient he told to stop taking western medicine died. Yun Sen Luo, 59, had been practising Chinese herbal medicine and acup Read More...
Pelvic floor disorders in sports -- a silent barrier
Date of Posting: 30-01-2025
Pelvic floor dysfunction is a common yet rarely discussed issue in the sports world. One of the most prevalent conditions is urinary incontinence, affecting about one in three women across all sports. In high-impact disciplines like gymnastics, tramp Read More...
Trump pick RFK rejects 'anti-vaccine' label in hearing
Date of Posting: 30-01-2025
Robert F Kennedy Jr, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the top US health agency, has come under attack for his views on vaccines at a contentious Senate confirmation hearing, with one senior Democrat saying he embraced conspiracy theories and Read More...
Disability reforms 'need leadership, action'
Date of Posting: 30-01-2025
Reforms to improve the lives of disabled people experiencing homelessness need political leadership and action, advocates say, with the vulnerable group targeted in a new plan. The Disability Strategy, which acts as a framework for policy commitme Read More...
Trialling ways to reduce dementia in the Torres Strait
Date of Posting: 29-01-2025
Australians with disabilities experiencing homelessness will be prioritised as the government commits to disability reforms, months after a scathing royal commission into the sector. The Disability Strategy, which acts as a framework for policy co Read More...
Disability services reforms target homelessness
Date of Posting: 29-01-2025
Australians with disabilities experiencing homelessness will be prioritised as the government commits to disability reforms, months after a scathing royal commission into the sector. The Disability Strategy, which acts as a framework for policy co Read More...
Young trans patients denied hormone therapy amid probe
Date of Posting: 29-01-2025
A landmark decision to block hormone therapies for young trans patients will cause "immeasurable trauma", critics warn. Queensland's Liberal National government has been accused of pandering to prejudice after becoming the first in A Read More...
Ten-year national road safety plan 'wildly off-track'
Last Updated: 28-01-2025
An ambitious plan to halve the number of Australian road deaths is in tatters, with a fourth consecutive national toll increase marking the worst result since the advent of seatbelts. Some 1300 people were killed on the nation's roads in 2024, Read More...
China bans slew of livestock imports over disease fears
Date of Posting: 28-01-2025
China has prohibited imports of sheep, goat, poultry and even-toed ungulates from African, Asian and European countries due to outbreaks of livestock diseases such as sheep pox, goat pox and foot-and-mouth-disease. The ban, which also includes pro Read More...
Two-year-old bitten in second dingo attack in two days
Date of Posting: 27-01-2025
A two-year-old has been bitten by a dingo at a popular tourist destination - the second attack in two days. The dingo bit the child on the leg at Lake McKenzie (Boorangaroo) at K'gari, formerly Fraser Island, in Queensland on Sunday, resulting Read More...
WHO chief urges end to attacks on Sudan health services
Date of Posting: 27-01-2025
The head of the World Health Organization has called for an end to attacks on health workers and facilities in Sudan after a drone attack on a hospital killed more than 70 people and wounded dozens. "As the only functional hospital in El Fash Read More...
CIA leans towards lab theory for COVID outbreak origin
Date of Posting: 27-01-2025
The US Central Intelligence Agency has assessed that the COVID-19 pandemic is "more likely" to have emerged from a lab rather than from nature, an agency spokesperson says. The agency had for years said it could not conclude whether COVI Read More...
Only person with a functioning pig organ is thriving
Date of Posting: 26-01-2025
An Alabama woman has passed a major milestone to become the longest living recipient of a pig organ transplant – healthy and full of energy with her new kidney for 61 days and counting. "I'm superwoman," Towana Looney told The Read More...
Warning to parents after dingo attacks four-year-old
Date of Posting: 26-01-2025
A child has been bitten by a tagged female dingo at a popular tourist destination, prompting rangers to urge parents to be vigilant and stay close to their children. The dingo charged two children, aged four and 12, who were swimming in shallow wa Read More...
Bird flu outbreak gone but virus threats remain
Date of Posting: 26-01-2025
Egg and poultry producers hit by a potentially devastating avian flu strain have had emergency rules lifted after the virus was eradicated. However, an infectious disease expert has warned Australians to remain on high alert as a more virulent str Read More...
Diet time: why a watch may tell if you're eating greens
Date of Posting: 24-01-2025
Smartwatches, rings and other wearable tech could tell users whether they are eating enough vegetables in future as well as tracking their blood sugar without piercing the skin. Samsung Electronics confirmed research projects into both technologie Read More...
Aged-care failures exposed after deadly COVID outbreak
Date of Posting: 24-01-2025
Poor leadership, insufficient communication and staff shortages all bubbled to the surface as a deadly wave of COVID-19 swept through an aged-care home, a coroner has found. Inquest findings, delivered on Friday, declared some of the 19 deaths dur Read More...
Restrictions lifted as avian flu outbreak eradicated
Date of Posting: 24-01-2025
All restrictions on poultry and egg producers have been lifted as authorities declare a regional avian influenza outbreak eradicated. The Hawkesbury outbreak was one the most significant in NSW with more than 320,000 animals destroyed since June 2 Read More...
The 10-year freeze impacting mental health 'crisis'
Date of Posting: 23-01-2025
A worsening psychiatrist shortage in Australia's largest health system has prompted calls to lift restrictions on overseas-trained doctors. Almost two-thirds of public hospital psychiatrists are poised to resign from NSW Health over a pay disp Read More...
Woman's missed heart attack prompts push for change
Date of Posting: 23-01-2025
Heart attacks can present differently in women so it's important health practitioners and patients learn the signs before it's too late, experts say. Sheila Marion Quairney, 68, presented to Melbourne's St Vincent's Hospital on the Read More...
Babies' heel prick test expanded to critical disorder
Date of Posting: 22-01-2025
Newborn babies in Victoria will be offered an expanded heel prick test to include screening for another rare genetic disorder. Hours-old youngsters will be tested for galactosaemia from Wednesday, which can cause life-threatening liver disease and Read More...
Wards shut as fears mount for mass psychiatrist walkout
Date of Posting: 22-01-2025
Wards have closed and hospitals are gearing up for the mental health crisis to worsen as public psychiatrist resignations begin trickling in. Almost two-thirds of public hospital psychiatrists are poised to resign from NSW Health over a pay disput Read More...
Tanzania confirms outbreak of Marburg virus
Date of Posting: 21-01-2025
Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan has confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in the northwest of the country, with one confirmed case so far. "Laboratory tests conducted at Kabaile Mobile Laboratory in Kagera and later c Read More...
Fears for new mums after mass psychiatrist resignation
Date of Posting: 21-01-2025
New mothers experiencing mental distress may have to be treated in general psychiatric units separated from their babies as a mass resignation of public sector psychiatrists impacts the entire system. About 200 public hospital psychiatrists are po Read More...
Last-ditch bid to stop psychiatrists quitting en masse
Date of Posting: 21-01-2025
Crisis plans to deal with a mass resignation of psychiatrists will include paying their replacements twice as much and later bringing in cheaper, less-qualified workers. About 200 public-sector psychiatrists in NSW - representing about two-thirds Read More...
Mental health crisis looms as doctors prepare to quit
Date of Posting: 20-01-2025
Plans to reform the mental-health system in Australia's most populous state could necessitate replacing hundreds of psychiatrists who are threatening to resign. Psychiatrists will be joined by nurses and general practitioners on Monday to call Read More...
Free vaccine rollout to protect newborns from virus
Date of Posting: 19-01-2025
Pregnant women will have free access to a vaccine to protect their newborns from the leading cause of hospitalisation for babies. Free vaccines against respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, will be rolled out from February 3 as part of a $174 milli Read More...
First mpox case detected in Azerbaijan
Date of Posting: 19-01-2025
A case of mpox has been found in Azerbaijan, a news agency reports, adding the patient had been isolated and is receiving treatment in hospital. Interfax quoted Azerbaijan's Ministry of Health and Management Union of Medical Territorial Units Read More...
