Public versus Private -- the impact on midwives.

Last Updated: 30-08-2024

The role of midwives is critical for the successful birth of any baby, but how those duties are performed can be impacted by whether labour takes place in a private or public hospital. According to senior midwife, Claire McAteer, there are pros an Read More...

Sex discrimination chief chides Labor's LGBTQI backflip

Date of Posting: 29-08-2024

The sex discrimination commissioner is calling on the federal government to reverse a backflip and include LGBTQI people in the census but a Labor MP has raised concerns about it being "weaponised". Sex Discrimination Commissioner Anna C Read More...

Hospital CEO sues health boss over blocked renewal

Date of Posting: 29-08-2024

The boss of Melbourne's major children's hospital is suing the Victorian health department secretary for blocking her reappointment. Royal Children's Hospital chief executive Bernadette McDonald has launched a bid for the Supreme Court Read More...

Dire hospital staffing 'putting mothers at risk'

Date of Posting: 29-08-2024

Claims a baby died during understaffing at a major hospital and regular checks on mothers aren't being completed are being investigated by Tasmania's health department. The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation has written to the dep Read More...

Doctor took patient and staff pics for sexual pleasure

Date of Posting: 28-08-2024

A junior doctor took intimate photos of patients and secretly filmed his colleagues getting changed at a major regional NSW hospital for sexual pleasure, court documents reveal. A worried mother was the first person to raise suspicions about Nicho Read More...

Mpox strain changing faster than expected

Date of Posting: 28-08-2024

Scientists studying the new mpox strain that has spread out of Democratic Republic of Congo say the virus is changing faster than expected, and often in areas where experts lack the funding and equipment to properly track it. That means there are Read More...

Healthcare Outsourcing Philippines: Cynergy BPO's Strategic Blueprint for Enhanced Patient Care in A

Last Updated: 28-08-2024

In an environment where the healthcare sector is being constantly reshaped by technological innovations and rigorous regulatory demands, healthcare organisations in Australia are increasingly embracing outsourcing as a crucial strategy to boost opera Read More...

The important role of midwives in C-section recovery and mastitis support.

Date of Posting: 27-08-2024

Research suggests that having a caesarean section can result in an increased risk of complications, both during and after birth, including breastfeeding. From providing personalised postpartum care, emotional support, wound care, newborn care to h Read More...

GP suspended for prescribing pills to addicted patient

Date of Posting: 27-08-2024

A doctor increased the dosage of sleeping pills to a patient despite knowing she was "doctor shopping" to get her hands on more of the addictive medicine, a tribunal has found. Melbourne general practitioner Michael Kozminsky was suspend Read More...

STI screening call after spike in unborn baby deaths

Date of Posting: 27-08-2024

An outbreak of a treatable sexually transmitted disease has led to a dramatic rise in the deaths of unborn babies. Doctors fear more congenital syphilis fatalities are likely in Queensland, sparking calls for an increase in sexually transmitted in Read More...

Tesamorelin Peptide: Speculative Research

Last Updated: 27-08-2024

Tesamorelin, a synthetic analog of growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH), has captured the scientific community's attention due to its intriguing molecular properties and the theoretical impacts it might have on various physiological processes. Read More...

How SuperFood Powders Are Enhancing Preventative Healthcare

Date of Posting: 27-08-2024

Preventative healthcare has gained significant traction in recent years, with individuals taking proactive steps to maintain their health and prevent chronic diseases. In this landscape, superfood powders, including popular greens and reds powder ble Read More...

Fauci recovering from West Nile virus at home

Date of Posting: 25-08-2024

Former top US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci has spent time in hospital after being infected with West Nile virus and is recovering at home, a spokesperson has confirmed. Fauci is expected to make a full recovery, the spokesperson said on Read More...

Closure for patients as Monash IVF settles for $56m

Date of Posting: 23-08-2024

There is hope a $56 million settlement reached between Monash IVF and claimants in a landmark class action will provide closure to the more than 700 patients who had their embryos destroyed. Danielle Bopping, a lead claimant in the lawsuit, held b Read More...

Thailand says mpox case is more easily spread variant

Date of Posting: 23-08-2024

Thailand has confirmed an mpox case reported this week is the clade 1b strain of the virus, the second confirmed case of the variant outside of Africa. The case is a 66-year-old man from a European country who had arrived in Thailand last week fro Read More...

Thousands of ambulance workers caught in super stuff-up

Date of Posting: 23-08-2024

Thousands of Victorian ambulance service staff were paid the incorrect amount of superannuation for more than six years. Three days after Ambulance Victoria's CEO resigned amidst a protracted pay dispute, an external review has revealed about Read More...

More than a thousand new mpox cases hit Congo in a week

Date of Posting: 22-08-2024

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has reported more than a thousand new mpox cases in the last week as African health authorities plead for vaccines to help fight its "growing" threat on the continent. The World Health Organization ha Read More...

Check one, two: Google tests if AI can improve hearing

Date of Posting: 22-08-2024

Artificial intelligence could be the key to helping hearing-impaired people tune out the din and hear what's important, according to Google and Australian researchers. The tech giant this week revealed work on its Australian Future Hearing Ini Read More...

Two slices of ham a day raises type 2 diabetes risk

Date of Posting: 22-08-2024

Eating just two slices of ham a day may increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes within the next decade by 15 per cent, a large study has found. Data from nearly two million people - analysed by a team led by the University of Cambridge - a Read More...

Unlocking the Potential of Peptides in Immunity Research

Last Updated: 20-08-2024

The immune system is a complex network that protects from infections, diseases, and foreign invaders. With the advent of modern biotechnology, research peptides have emerged as promising compounds for further research in immunity studies. These short Read More...

Chemicals in plastics 'threaten human life cycle

Date of Posting: 20-08-2024

Exposure to chemicals found in common plastics increases health risks across the human life cycle and is a "red flag for the world", experts have warned. A collaboration between international research organisation JBI, at the University Read More...

Rare cancer patients 'slipping through cracks'

Date of Posting: 20-08-2024

Survival rates for people with some rarer cancers have declined and advocates say the government is not doing enough to tackle the health inequities these patients face. Though there is a low incidence of each rare or less common cancer, the 40,00 Read More...

Australian Government Invests $56.5 Million in Midwifery Care

Date of Posting: 19-08-2024

The Australian Government is set to enhance maternal care with a significant investment in midwifery. As part of the 2024-25 Budget, $56.5 million will be allocated to expand the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS), improving access to flexible and high Read More...

Long COVID cost economy $9.6b in lost work hours

Date of Posting: 19-08-2024

More than one million Australians who contracted long COVID at the height of the pandemic cost the national economy almost $10 billion in lost productivity. Academics from the Australian National University (ANU), University of NSW (UNSW) and Melb Read More...

Cholera outbreak in Sudan has killed at least 22 people

Date of Posting: 19-08-2024

Nearly two dozen people have died in a cholera outbreak in Sudan as the African nation reels from a 16-month conflict and devastating floods. Health Minister Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim said in a statement that at least 22 people have died from the di Read More...

How a call helped an Aboriginal mum find connection

Date of Posting: 18-08-2024

When her youngest child was nearly six, a phone call changed Rebecca Sogal's experience of motherhood. The Wiradjuri woman had left her family and community in Brisbane when her first baby was three weeks old, following her husband after he wa Read More...

The mental health gap that's killing Aboriginal men

Date of Posting: 18-08-2024

Nathan Appo's father is his "best mate". But when his dad fell into depression, he felt shut out of his life. "He wasn't leaving his room, he wasn't able to talk to myself or talk to our family," Mr Appo said at a p Read More...

IV shortage eases, but constraints likely for months

Date of Posting: 18-08-2024

An unprecedented shortage of intravenous fluids is easing but supplies are expected to be constrained throughout the year. State and federal health ministers have outlined steps to cope with supply issues after a meeting in Sydney on Friday, inclu Read More...

Mechanical engineers make AI sperm health test for IVF

Date of Posting: 16-08-2024

New AI technology could asses the quality of live sperm in seconds, removing the need for invasive procedures during IVF treatments. Monash University's Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering conducted the research in collaboration Read More...

WHO says mpox a global public health emergency again

Date of Posting: 16-08-2024

The World Health Organisation has declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years, following an outbreak of the viral infection in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has spread to neighbouring countries. Mpox - f Read More...

Australians enjoy longer lives than Britons, Americans

Date of Posting: 15-08-2024

Australians are outliving people from other high-income English-speaking countries, a study suggests. People from Australia have a lower death rate for certain cancers and from heart and lung diseases, researchers say.[subscribe] They also have Read More...

Exercise key to skip surgery for common knee condition

Date of Posting: 15-08-2024

Surgery might not be the answer for more than one million Australians suffering from osteoarthritis of the knee. Most people can reduce pain and boost mobility with tailored exercise and avoid the potential complications, costs and recovery times Read More...

Fears for mothers and babies amid rural health crisis

Date of Posting: 15-08-2024

Doctors live in fear of an avoidable death of a mother or a baby as maternity services struggle, with the ailing NSW rural health system declared the worst it's been in years. There are dire staff shortages across rural maternity care, general Read More...

New report a code red on health effects of fossil fuels

Date of Posting: 14-08-2024

Cancer. Heart disease. Pregnancy and fertility problems. Impaired learning. Mental illness. Debilitating infectious diseases. It's a grim but incomplete list of the multitude of human health threats fossil fuels pose.[subscribe] But doctors Read More...

Africa public health body declares mpox emergency

Date of Posting: 14-08-2024

Africa's top public health body has declared what it termed a "public health emergency of continental security" over an outbreak of mpox that has spread from the Democratic Republic of Congo to neighbouring countries. The Africa Cent Read More...

Vital new technology saving lives after heart attacks

Date of Posting: 14-08-2024

If an off-duty doctor didn't know a nearby school had a defibrillator, Steven Simpson thinks he might not have made it through a recent heart attack. Mr Simpson had just made son Liam a coffee on June 28 when he went into cardiac arrest, leavi Read More...

Most baby foods fail health test, make dodgy claims

Date of Posting: 13-08-2024

Most Australian baby and toddler foods fail to meet international nutritional guidelines while featuring dodgy health claims in their marketing. More than three-quarters of the 309 food products featured in a newly released study from The George I Read More...

Aged home fined $66,000 for burns that killed resident

Date of Posting: 13-08-2024

Burns from a wall-mounted heater that led to a 90-year-old man's death have cost an aged-care provider $66,000 in fines. Blue Cross Community Care Services was fined by Broadmeadows Magistrates Court on August 6 for failing to reduce or elimin Read More...

Optimizing Patient Care: The Impact of Wellness Supplements in Modern Medical Services

Last Updated: 13-08-2024

In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, the integration of wellness supplements into patient care has emerged as a transformative approach. As the focus shifts towards a more holistic view of health, medical professionals are increasingly recog Read More...

Parliamentary inquiry to 'delve deeper' into loneliness

Date of Posting: 12-08-2024

The "significant public health issue" of loneliness will be placed under the microscope, with a NSW parliamentary probe to delve into what is seen as an escalating problem. The upper house inquiry will look at the extent, causes and impa Read More...