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Program seeks to help 'traumatised' nurses
Date of Posting: 16-11-2022
Nurses and midwives across the country will soon have access to specialised mental health support services. The $25.2 million program has been modelled on a Victorian system operating since 2006, which will see the Department of Health partner wit Read More...
Experts rule out third COVID booster shot
Date of Posting: 16-11-2022
Australians won't be able to receive a third COVID-19 vaccine booster until at least next year. The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) said it did not recommend the rollout of a fifth vaccine dose, or third booster, de Read More...
NSW healing centre inspired by Grace Lynch
Date of Posting: 15-11-2022
A world-first residential treatment centre in NSW will be a "place of healing" for children whose loved ones have been murdered. The centre, to be managed by fellow victims, is named after Grace Lynch, the mother of Sydney nurse and beau Read More...
New COVID vaccine approved as cases spike
Date of Posting: 15-11-2022
Medical authorities have approved a new COVID-19 vaccine for use in Australia that offers protection from two strains of the virus. As Australia deals with a fourth rise of COVID cases, the country's leading vaccine advisory body has approved Read More...
Women's clinics promised by Vic Labor
Date of Posting: 15-11-2022
Women across Victoria will have access to new, specialist health clinics if Labor is re-elected on November 26. Premier Daniel Andrews announced on Tuesday that $71 million will go towards improving women's health by launching 20 comprehensive Read More...
Supporting all nurses to take on their role in palliative care
Last Updated: 14-11-2022
Demand for care at the end of life is set to shape our health care system. What is required and makes a difference is encapsulated in palliative care. This is more than providing adequate relief for physical symptoms such as pain, and more than termi Read More...
Ancient practice helping to heal Kimberley
Date of Posting: 14-11-2022
Deep in Western Australia's outback, in a region haunted by trauma and loss, a group of elderly women carry out an ancient healing practice. Red ochre is rubbed into a patient's knee as they sing a powerful song, their arthritic hands work Read More...
GP fury over NSW pharmacy 'game-changer'
Last Updated: 14-11-2022
NSW residents will soon be able to get vaccinations and some treatments prescribed at their local chemist, in a move doctors' groups have slammed as "madness". It mirrors a similar trial underway in Queensland, and practices in other Read More...
Ebola spreads to Uganda's east
Date of Posting: 14-11-2022
An Ebola case has been confirmed in Jinja in eastern Uganda, the first time the outbreak has spread to a new region of the country from central Uganda where cases have been confined. Authorities have been struggling to contain the highly infectiou Read More...
Diabetes treatment to be subsidised
Date of Posting: 14-11-2022
The next generation of insulin pumps needed by 130,000 Australians with type 1 diabetes are to be made available at a fraction of the thousands of dollars a year they currently cost. Health Minister Mark Butler says access to the Omnipod DASH Insu Read More...
China's COVID cases highest since April
Date of Posting: 14-11-2022
China has reported its largest tally of new COVID-19 infections since late April, a day after Beijing unveiled a spate of measures, including shorter quarantines, to ease the impact of its heavy-handed zero-COVID policy. The stringent measures had Read More...
Qld entering fourth COVID-19 wave
Date of Posting: 10-11-2022
Queenslanders are being advised to wear face masks as the state enters its fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hospitalisations have more than doubled to 205 in the past week, while 73 people have died and 21,761 new cases have been recorded sin Read More...
COVID-19 crashed wedding plans in 2021
Date of Posting: 10-11-2022
After putting their weddings on hold during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, Australian couples were keen to get their happily ever after last year, but ongoing restrictions led to disappointment and more cancelled nuptials. More than 89,000 couples go Read More...
Few services for Qld kids exposed to DV
Date of Posting: 10-11-2022
An increase in the number of young people on supervision orders in Queensland comes as a new report identifies a lack of support for children exposed to domestic violence. The state is failing to act proactively on the "intergenerational tran Read More...
Vic nurses, midwives pledged sign-on bonus
Date of Posting: 09-11-2022
Newly graduated nurses and midwives would be lured into the public health system with a $5000 sign-on bonus under a Labor election promise, as the coalition earmarks $66 million for surgery technology. Speaking at the Australian Nursing and Midwif Read More...
Qld public health workers seek wage talks
Date of Posting: 09-11-2022
Frontline Queensland health staff, including doctors, health practitioners and administrative staff, have accused the state government of stalling wage talks. Employment agreements for crucial staff including doctors, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Read More...
Fresh COVID wave on the way, experts warn
Date of Posting: 09-11-2022
A recent spike in COVID-19 cases brought on by the new Omicron variant XBB could trigger a fresh wave across the country, health authorities have warned. Chief Medical Officer, Paul Kelly said the government is on alert for rising case numbers and Read More...
Vic doctor who scammed patients jailed
Date of Posting: 08-11-2022
A gambling addict doctor who swindled 19 people, including patients, out of almost $800,000 has been sentenced to three years in jail. Abraham Stephanson, 50, appeared in the County Court of Victoria on Tuesday after pleading guilty to 19 charges Read More...
Aust life expectancy up despite COVID
Date of Posting: 08-11-2022
Australians are living longer despite the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused life expectancy to drop in many of the world's richest nations. Australian Bureau of Statistics figures released on Tuesday showed a girl born in 2021 could expect to li Read More...
Tip-offs fan 13 cosmetic surgery inquiries
Date of Posting: 08-11-2022
The medical regulator has launched 13 investigations into allegedly unsafe or inappropriate cosmetic surgery practices after graphic claims of malpractice. Some of 60 tip-offs received by the regulator allege providers are intimidating patients, m Read More...
Anti-ageism language guide launched
Last Updated: 07-11-2022
Anti-ageism advocacy campaign EveryAGE Counts has launched a new language guide to educate health professionals and the public to avoid ageist language when interacting with older Australians. The guide, developed in collaboration with Brisbane No Read More...
SA rolls out anti-vaping plan for schools
Date of Posting: 07-11-2022
The South Australian government is rolling out a new plan to reduce vaping among school students with more than $2 million in funding for preventative education campaigns The government will update health and physical education studies to include Read More...
NSW Labor commits $225m to Sydney hospital
Date of Posting: 07-11-2022
A new community mental health ward will make up some of at least 120 beds added to one of Sydney's busiest hospital if Labor wins the next state election. Canterbury Hospital would be expanded and upgraded with $225 million over the next three Read More...
China posts 6-month high COVID count
Date of Posting: 07-11-2022
China has reported its highest number of new COVID-19 infections in six months, a day after health officials said they were sticking with strict coronavirus curbs, likely disappointing recent investor hopes for an easing. China recorded 4610 new C Read More...
Identifying Dental Problems In Patients: A How-To Guide
Last Updated: 06-11-2022
As a dentist, your first priority should be to help your patients maintain healthy teeth and gums. After all, the health of one’s mouth can reflect the overall health of their body in the form of mouth diseases such as cavities, gum disease, an Read More...
Umpire delivers 15pct aged care wage rise
Date of Posting: 06-11-2022
The industrial umpire has awarded an interim 15 per cent pay rise to aged care workers. The Fair Work Commission said on Friday the interim increase in minimum wages of the direct care classifications in the Aged Care and SCHADS Awards, and for nu Read More...
The dire diagnosis for rural Tasmanians
Date of Posting: 06-11-2022
There is a dark expression among some in St Helens, Tasmania: "Don't have a mental health crisis between 5pm on Friday and 9am on Monday." The picturesque fishing town on the state's northeast coast, known for its sandy shores an Read More...
China's tough COVID strategy to stay
Date of Posting: 06-11-2022
China will persevere with its "dynamic-clearing" approach to COVID-19 cases as soon as they emerge, health officials say, adding measures must be implemented more precisely and meet the needs of vulnerable people. The country's stric Read More...
Aged care unions welcome interim wage bump
Date of Posting: 05-11-2022
Some aged care workers are set to receive a 15 per cent pay rise but unions say the wage increases should be bigger and spread more broadly. The pay bumps will apply to workers who directly care for people in nursing homes, but won't cover adm Read More...
COVID-19 variants: what you need to know
Date of Posting: 05-11-2022
New offshoots of the dominant BA.5 subvariant of Omicron known as BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 are gaining ground in the United States as the SARS-Cov-2 virus that triggered the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve. The following describes the new coronavirus Read More...
Independent inquiry into Medicare fraud
Date of Posting: 05-11-2022
An independent inquiry has been launched to investigate fraud and waste by doctors in the Medicare system. The probe will be led by health economist and former senior public servant Pradeep Philip.[subscribe] Dr Philip will examine fraud, inapp Read More...
Deadline looms for troubled Qld hospital
Date of Posting: 04-11-2022
Queensland's troubled Mackay Hospital board has until the close of business to respond to a show cause notice and justify why it should not be dismissed. The state government extended the response deadline to Friday after a damning report into Read More...
New standard breaks silence on stillbirth
Date of Posting: 04-11-2022
Six babies are stillborn in Australia every day, leaving more than 2000 families bereaved each year. Those statistics have been the same for two decades, and the rates are much higher in Indigenous communities.[subscribe] Leading researchers ho Read More...
Cheaper medicine for thousands of seniors
Date of Posting: 04-11-2022
Thousands of seniors will be able to access cheaper medicines and doctor visits thanks to relaxed income tests for health concession cards. The Albanese government has delivered on an election promise by increasing the income thresholds on the Com Read More...
Australians to have say on new cancer plan
Date of Posting: 03-11-2022
Although Australia has some of the best health outcomes in the world, cancer is still the leading cause of death nationwide. The federal government wants to change that. About 137 Australians will die from cancer every day.[subscribe] In conjun Read More...
'Magic mushroom' drug may ease depression
Date of Posting: 03-11-2022
The psychedelic chemical in "magic mushrooms" might ease depression in some hard-to-treat patients, a preliminary study has found. The effects were modest and waned over time but they occurred with a single experimental dose in people wh Read More...
Patients at risk of repeated heart attacks
Date of Posting: 03-11-2022
At least 110 Australians suffer heart attacks every day and many do not receive the recommended medications afterwards, new research shows. Patients who have been hospitalised with chronic heart disease are more likely to have repeat cardiovascula Read More...
Disease warning as Victoria cleans up
Date of Posting: 02-11-2022
Heavy rainfall is set to ease in the coming days as emergency services and volunteers around Victoria fight to contain flood damage and assist people in need. There are 74 flood warnings in place across the state, revised down from more than 90 ye Read More...
WHO says monkeypox still health emergency
Date of Posting: 02-11-2022
The monkeypox outbreak continues to represent a global health emergency, which is the World Health Organisation's highest level of alert, the United Nations agency's Emergency Committee says. The WHO label, a "public health emergency Read More...
Viruses hitchhike on microplastics
Date of Posting: 02-11-2022
The world's microplastics problem just got worse, with Australian scientists finding the waste particles give hitchhiking viruses a free ride. The groundbreaking discovery could be very bad news given humans and animals regularly take in the t Read More...
