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Make a plan, keep it personal: the future of dementia care
Date of Posting: 25-05-2016
When Graham Gilmore developed some memory “hiccups” in his late 50s, his wife, Imelda, reasoned that all would be fine once he retired at 60. Retire he did, but by the time Graham turned 61, it was apparent there was something seriousl Read More...
Loss of Y chromosome linked to Alzheimer's in men
Date of Posting: 24-05-2016
Losing the Y chromosome in blood cells may affect the immune system, thereby increasing susceptibility to disease, a study of more than 3200 men suggests. Loss of the male Y chromosome from the blood cells of older men may be linked to Alzheimer&# Read More...
'Natural born killer' cells destroy cancer
Date of Posting: 24-05-2016
Australian researchers have found a way to use natural killer immune cells to attack and destroy cancer cells, dramatically reducing a range of cancers. A new front in the war against cancer has been opened by scientists tapping the potential of & Read More...
Dubbo hospital facing industrial action over staff shortages
Last Updated: 23-05-2016
The NSW Nurses and Midwives' Association say staff at Dubbo Base Hospital will consider taking industrial action due to a shortage of frontline employees. Nursing staff from Dubbo Base Hospital will hold a stop-work meeting to address a shorta Read More...
TGA recalls 'contaminated' Children's Panadol
Date of Posting: 20-05-2016
Three batches of Children's Panadol liquid medicine have been recalled by the Therapeutic Goods Administration because of their allergic risk. Three batches of liquid Children's Panadol have been recalled amid fears the medicine could caus Read More...
US Senate approves $US1.1b to combat Zika Virus
Date of Posting: 20-05-2016
The US Senate has approved $US1.1 billion of funding to fight the Zika virus, which health officials say causes developmental problems in babies. An election-year fight over addressing the spreading Zika virus has intensified in the U.S. Congress Read More...
5:2 diet no better than cutting kilojoules for weight loss
Date of Posting: 20-05-2016
Weight loss after six months is the same for the 5:2 diet or a standard kilojoule-reduced diet, a study has found. The popular 5:2 diet, when you eat normally for five days and heavily restrict your intake for two, does work in the short-term, a s Read More...
Australia falling behind in kids dental care
Date of Posting: 19-05-2016
The prevalence of untreated tooth decay in kids is higher in Australia than in comparable countries, says a new Adelaide University survey. One quarter of Australian children under 10 have untreated tooth decay while one in nine kids up to the age Read More...
New drug boosts melanoma survival rate
Last Updated: 19-05-2016
A new drug that targets the immune system in deadly skin cancer patients is boosting survival rates from a few months to several years. A new kind of drug for the deadliest form of skin cancer has helped some patients survive for at least three ye Read More...
High blood pressure linked to dementia
Last Updated: 19-05-2016
High blood pressure is associated with a 62 per cent higher risk of vascular dementia, according to an analysis of medical records. Having high blood pressure could significantly raise your risk of developing the second most common form of dementi Read More...
Open Day celebrates 80 years of The Royal Flying Doctor Service South Eastern Section
Date of Posting: 18-05-2016
The Royal Flying Doctor Service South Eastern Section (RFDS SE) will open the doors of its Broken Hill Base to the public on Saturday, 21 May. The Open Day will be a celebration of the founding of the Section 80 years ago. Entry is free and members o Read More...
Magic mushrooms may help ease severe depression
Date of Posting: 18-05-2016
An ingredient in magic mushrooms may help ease severe depression, a British study suggests. Psilocybin, the psychedelic compound in magic mushrooms, may one day be an effective treatment for patients with severe depression who fail to recover usin Read More...
2nd Sydney patient dies in Legionnaires' outbreak
Date of Posting: 18-05-2016
The second person this year has died from Legionnaires' disease in Sydney, and health authorities are dealing with a new outbreak in the city's inner west. An elderly Sydney patient has died from Legionnaires' disease, and authorities Read More...
Placenta therapy to protect babies in later life
Date of Posting: 18-05-2016
Therapies targeting the placenta may help protect babies from the risk of diabetes, heart disease and stroke later in life, WA researchers say. The placenta might play a more significant role in influencing a baby's health during pregnancy tha Read More...
NT govt denies Palmerston budget blowout
Date of Posting: 17-05-2016
The NT government insists the Palmerston hospital has not blown its $150m budget despite the revelation the NT will have to put in more than $60m more. Despite the revelation that the Northern Territory will have to cough up more than $60 million Read More...
Controversial Vic chiro banned from treating kids
Date of Posting: 17-05-2016
A Melbourne chiropractor at the centre of a viral online video of him cracking a four-day-old baby's spine has been temporarily banned from treating children. A Melbourne chiropractor has been temporarily banned from treating children under 18 Read More...
Research finds key to stop cancer metastasis
Date of Posting: 13-05-2016
Researchers have found a way of blocking a mechanism that allows cancer cells to spread from their original site to other parts of a patient's body. Spreading cancer can be halted by blocking a key mechanism that allows tumour cells to break f Read More...
Antibiotic resistance set to worsen
Date of Posting: 13-05-2016
Resistance to antibiotics caused by over-reliance on will get worse and the problem needs to be dealt with now, warns Britain's chief medical officer. The problem of resistance to antibiotics caused by an over-reliance on them in recent decade Read More...
Diabetic pregnant women have fatter babies
Date of Posting: 13-05-2016
Women with diabetes during pregnancy tend to have babies who develop high body fat levels by 10 weeks, new research from the UK has found. Babies born to mothers who suffer diabetes in pregnancy tend to be fatter, research suggests.[subscribe] Read More...
Remedial Massage Gets New Government and Industry Recognition
Last Updated: 12-05-2016
The call for complementary and natural medicine to work in tandem with mainstream medicine has been growing for some time and a big breakthrough has finally come for the remedial massage sector. Australians have answered the call of medical pra Read More...
Nurses a force for change on International Nurses Day
Date of Posting: 12-05-2016
Nurses have sent a warning to political parties on International Nurses Day, in the lead up to the federal election. With this year’s theme ‘Nurses: a force for change - improving health systems’ resilience’, several key nu Read More...
'Shame' deters men from sexual health help
Last Updated: 11-05-2016
The sexual health of men in remote Indigenous communities would likely improve if they had access to “male safe areas” in health clinics or male-specific outreach services, a Charles Darwin University academic says in the May edition of a Read More...
Young people turning away from pot
Date of Posting: 10-05-2016
Significant decreases in cannabis use by young Australians have been tempered by a warning about challenges to physical and psychological health. The University of Queensland Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research’s Ms Megan Weier led a t Read More...
Internet use could be harmful for brain development
Date of Posting: 06-05-2016
Research needed to discover potential pains and gains of the internet on developing brains, says psychiatrist Young people using the internet and social media are going into an "unregulated, unchartered and unprotected jungle", says a ch Read More...
Doctors prepare for war on rebate freeze
Date of Posting: 05-05-2016
Doctors groups will meet to co-ordinate a fierce campaign against the federal government's decision to extend the Medicare rebate freeze to 2020. Health Minister Sussan Ley is hailing the budget as a way to bridge the divide between city and c Read More...
World First - Two-week-old human embryos grown in lab
Date of Posting: 05-05-2016
For the first time, scientists have successfully grown two-week-old human embryos in the lab so they could study their development. Scientists have for the first time grown human embryos outside of the mother for almost two full weeks into develop Read More...
Budget 2016: Health groups react
Last Updated: 04-05-2016
The Federal Government’s fiscally conservative 2016-17 Federal Budget has received a cautious thumbs up from some organisations and peak bodies in the health sector while other key stakeholders have criticised its lack of health spending. He Read More...
Skin lesion images sent to doctors via mobile app for faster cancer detection
Date of Posting: 03-05-2016
QUT is leading an international study to increase rates of early melanoma diagnosis via a mobile app that can take and send images of suspicious lesions to dermatologists during self-skin or partner-assisted skin examinations for rapid diagnosis or b Read More...
Indigenous women 4x more likely to die from cervical cancer
Date of Posting: 03-05-2016
Indigenous women are twice as likely to develop cervical cancer, and four times more likely to die from it, a new report says. Indigenous women are four times more likely to die from cervical cancer than others, a new report shows.[subscribe] M Read More...
Doctors urged to show more empathy for better patient outcomes
Date of Posting: 03-05-2016
Kind and compassionate doctors have healthier patients who are more likely to follow their advice, says Hearts in Healthcare co-founder. Before Dr Robin Youngson had to anaesthetise a heavily pregnant woman for a caesarean to deliver her dead baby Read More...
Exercise more beneficial than dieting
Date of Posting: 02-05-2016
Inactivity is becoming a bigger epidemic than obesity, says expert in his 'Fat and Fit' conference address. People get more health benefits from exercise than from dieting, says a sports physician.[subscribe] And obese people who exerci Read More...
Pain medication may worsen obesity in chronic patients
Date of Posting: 29-04-2016
Obesity is a risk factor for chronic pain but some drugs can cause big increases in weight, says expert. Obese people are more likely to suffer from chronic pain but many medications cause them to put on even more weight, says an expert.[subscribe Read More...
One in four aged older Aussies missing vaccines
Date of Posting: 28-04-2016
More than a quarter of Australians aged in their 60s are putting themselves at risk by not having recommended vaccinations, health professionals say. More than a quarter of older Australians are not having any of the vaccinations recommended for t Read More...
Pathologists hit back at proposed funding cuts
Date of Posting: 28-04-2016
Pathologists have hit back at a scathing report suggesting their industry should face hefty government funding cuts. Pathologists insist a new report backs their claim that patients will be charged a co-payment for tests like pap smears if the fed Read More...
Is online therapy as good as talking face-to-face with a clinician?
Last Updated: 27-04-2016
Jo Abbott, Swinburne University of Technology Smartphones, tablets and computers are increasingly expanding the availability of health services. This means we can access help anonymously at a time and place that suits us. Currently, only a Read More...
Aboriginal - Maori: how Indigenous health suffers on both sides of the ditch
Last Updated: 27-04-2016
Graeme Maguire, Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute and Bridget Robson, University of Otago Indigenous people in Australia and New Zealand, despite the distance separating them and varying histories, have one disturbing issue in common: p Read More...
Lower back pain may have non-medical cause
Date of Posting: 26-04-2016
Psychological reasons and social stressors are contributing to the low back pain epidemic, say Australian experts. Work dissatisfaction, family stress and depression can enhance low back pain which is on the rise in developed countries, say medica Read More...
Nanotech discovery could stem spread of superbugs
Date of Posting: 22-04-2016
A scientific team have achieved a breakthrough in the war against so-called superbugs which could effectively control the spread of deadly bacteria. A new discovery could stem the spread of deadly superbugs predicted to kill millions of people wor Read More...
Qld bean sprouts cause of SA Salmonella cases
Last Updated: 22-04-2016
Bean sprouts thought to be behind a spike in Salmonella cases in SA have been traced back to Queensland, health authorities say. Raw mung bean sprouts linked to more than 230 Salmonella cases in South Australia originated in Queensland but health Read More...
The shorter the mother, the higher the odds of having a premature baby: study
Last Updated: 22-04-2016
Short mothers are twice as likely to have a baby born premature than tall mothers, according to a new international study. The odds of having a premature baby rises as the mother’s height decreases, the researchers found. Among short mothers Read More...
