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Gender bias warning over women's back pain
Date of Posting: 20-08-2022
Australians face potentially devastating consequences when doctors sideline women's health concerns, experts say. It comes as young women are warned not to ignore the symptoms of a painful joint condition commonly associated with men.[subscrib Read More...
Half of cancer deaths down to known risks
Date of Posting: 19-08-2022
Smoking, drinking alcohol, being overweight and other known risk factors were responsible for nearly 4.45 million cancer deaths around the world in 2019, new research suggests. The study is the first to estimate how a list of 34 risk factors contr Read More...
Smoking campaigns take back seat to vaping
Date of Posting: 19-08-2022
Anti-tobacco campaigns are running out of puff, with a new report indicating a shift in public health campaign funding and attention to e-cigarettes. A fresh study published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health interviewed 31 Read More...
Nicotine vapes easy to find in Qld
Last Updated: 19-08-2022
The ease of buying nicotine vapes in Queensland is in the spotlight as the Australian Medical Association issues the state government with its Dirty Ashtray award. Australians have needed a prescription to legally access e-cigarettes containing ni Read More...
Heatwaves Australia's deadliest disasters
Date of Posting: 19-08-2022
Australia's blistering heatwaves kill many more people than any other natural hazard, and more can be done to prepare for future events, new research says. Hospital emergency and ambulance demand, as well as mortality, increases significantly Read More...
Victoria will not expand abortion services
Date of Posting: 18-08-2022
The Victorian Labor government has voted with conservative MPs to stop the expansion of access to abortion services and voluntary assisted dying. The defeated bill would have forced all hospitals which receive funding from the state to offer the p Read More...
Queensland to examine pill test trial
Date of Posting: 18-08-2022
The risks and benefits of a Queensland pill testing trial are being worked through after the state's mental health commissioner noted it could help save lives. Health Minister Yvette D'Ath on Wednesday said several issues must be considere Read More...
Aust children distressed by news coverage
Date of Posting: 17-08-2022
Australian children exposed to news coverage are facing significant rates of distress, prompting expert warnings for parents and carers to keep an open dialogue about current events. Nearly one in three children have felt upset by news coverage in Read More...
COVID-positive Victorians to vote by phone
Date of Posting: 17-08-2022
Victorians who test positive for COVID-19 will be permitted to vote by telephone in the upcoming state election. New regulations announced on Tuesday will grant people subject to isolation and other public health restrictions access to electronic- Read More...
Relocation sparks PTSD in bushfire victims
Date of Posting: 17-08-2022
People forced to relocate after a bushfire are at a higher risk of suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, a new study has found. Researchers from the University of Adelaide and Flinders University spoke with people affected by the 2005 Eyr Read More...
Victorian hospital exclusion-zone push
Date of Posting: 16-08-2022
Exclusion zones could be set up outside Victorian hospitals following anti-vaccination demonstrations at the weekend. Premier Daniel Andrews said his government will look at any proposals about how the zones could work, but is not considering form Read More...
Australian virus cases close to 10 million
Date of Posting: 16-08-2022
Australia could register its 10 millionth case of COVID-19 by the end of August. The nation is also closing in on 13,000 deaths from coronavirus since the pandemic began in early 2020.[subscribe] As of Tuesday, the total number of cases racked Read More...
Australia's WWII nurses honoured in Darwin
Date of Posting: 16-08-2022
As more than 20 Australian nurses marched into the sea at Bangka Island with machine guns aimed at their backs, matron Irene Drummond stoically told her colleagues she was proud of and loved them all. Seconds later all but one of the cohort were d Read More...
Pregnant mum 'failed' by Vic healthcare
Date of Posting: 15-08-2022
Healthcare systems failed pregnant mum Annie O'Brien and her family have been burdened with investigating what led to her death, her father has told an inquest. Five years to the day after the 37-year-old died, her father Brian Moylan has urge Read More...
Melbourne uni to host mRNA vaccine factory
Date of Posting: 15-08-2022
Moderna's vaccine production factory will be based at Melbourne's Monash University under a 10-year deal inked with both state and federal governments. Up to 100 million mRNA vaccine doses will be produced each year under the manufacturing Read More...
Greens in SA push for free school lunches
Date of Posting: 15-08-2022
The South Australian government should provide free school lunches to reduce child poverty, encourage healthy eating and ease cost of living pressures, the Greens say. Greens MP Robert Simms says with thousands of South Australian families living Read More...
Free transport pledge for Vic health staff
Date of Posting: 14-08-2022
Victorian nurses, age care workers and paramedics would be able to travel on public transport across the state for free under a new election promise. The Liberals and Nationals are pledging to provide unlimited free public transport for all Victor Read More...
Study confirms mRNA vax safe in pregnancy
Date of Posting: 14-08-2022
Pregnant women can safely receive COVID-19 mRNA vaccines, ending up with side effects less frequently than people who aren't pregnant, a Canadian study has found. The study looked at how pregnant and non-pregnant women reacted to mRNA vaccines Read More...
Pharmacists, GPs clash on COVID antivirals
Date of Posting: 14-08-2022
Doctors resisting calls for COVID-19 antiviral treatments to be sold over the counter have accused pharmacists of creating a false narrative for commercial reasons. The Australian Pharmacy Guild this week publicly petitioned the federal government Read More...
Aussies encouraged to be 'death literate'
Date of Posting: 13-08-2022
It is a certainty that will befall us all, but talking about it can feel morbid and distressing. While most Australians spend months planning birthday parties and weddings, new research shows two-thirds haven't discussed what they want to happ Read More...
NT man dies with meningococcal disease
Date of Posting: 13-08-2022
A man has died with meningococcal disease in Darwin, as the Northern Territory records its second case of the illness this year. The man in his 30s, who died on Tuesday at Royal Darwin Hospital, had no recent interstate or international travel, NT Read More...
Pitch for COVID-19 saliva test machine
Date of Posting: 13-08-2022
A saliva-based COVID testing machine could offer accurate detection in workplaces and classrooms, and let users do away with nasal swabs. A team of Australian and international researchers has developed a system, named DISCoVER, that inserts saliv Read More...
Ambulance Tasmania vows change after death
Date of Posting: 12-08-2022
Tasmania's ambulance service has vowed to overhaul its culture after the death of a paramedic almost six years ago exposed workplace cracks. Damian Crump, 36, took his own life in late 2016 using drugs stolen from the ambulance service's s Read More...
Tas to shut state-run vaccination clinics
Date of Posting: 12-08-2022
Tasmania will close state-run coronavirus vaccination clinics on August 31, allowing health staff to be diverted to other "priority areas". The island state's health department says people will need to make an appointment with a GP o Read More...
Veggie women 'more likely to break hips'
Date of Posting: 12-08-2022
Women who follow a vegetarian diet have a higher risk of breaking their hips in later life, a new study suggests. Researchers said vegetarian diets "often have lower intakes of nutrients that are linked with bone and muscle health" after Read More...
Introducing Rural LAP Aged Care
Last Updated: 11-08-2022
Following the success of the Rural Locum Assistance Program (Rural LAP), funded by the Australian Government, we are excited to announce the expansion of the program to include Rural LAP Aged Care. This expansion will allow us to support aged care fa Read More...
SA gets first monkeypox vaccines
Date of Posting: 11-08-2022
South Australia has received an initial allocation of 900 monkeypox vaccines and will target vulnerable communities. Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier says more doses are expected later this year and early next year.[subscribe] SA hop Read More...
New centre to ease Melbourne surgery woes
Date of Posting: 11-08-2022
A new centre dedicated to public elected surgery will open in Melbourne to ease the backlog brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Bellbird Private Hospital in Blackburn will be transformed into a centre to help 5700 Victorians each year get the sur Read More...
Pharmacies, GPs at odds over antivirals
Date of Posting: 11-08-2022
A push to allow access to COVID-19 treatments without prescriptions has triggered safety concerns. There are two oral antivirals available in Australia and while early treatment is critical to lessen the effects of the virus, access is restricted. Read More...
Woman dies after wait for Tas hospital bed
Date of Posting: 10-08-2022
A woman is dead after waiting nine hours for a bed at Launceston General Hospital. The woman aged in her 70s was taken to hospital by ambulance on Friday night but died about 9am Saturday after being ramped at the emergency department, the union r Read More...
Issues raised in SA disability service
Date of Posting: 10-08-2022
An Adelaide disability service will be subject to spot checks and receive more staff and training after a review found major issues with its level of care. The government-run Transition to Home service was established in 2020 to allow people with Read More...
Health discrimination costing women more
Date of Posting: 10-08-2022
Forcing women into top-level private health insurance for birth and pregnancy cover is a form of gender discrimination, the peak group for obstetricians claims. National Association of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists president Gino Pecoraro says Read More...
Call to expand pregnancy health insurance
Date of Posting: 09-08-2022
Forcing women into top-level private health insurance for birth and pregnancy cover is a form of gender discrimination, the peak group for obstetricians claims. National Association of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists president Gino Pecoraro says Read More...
Red Cross in the poo as donors wiped out
Last Updated: 09-08-2022
The Red Cross is in desperate need of your poo - it takes guts, but it's for a good cause. Perth is home to the only Lifeblood Microbiota Donor Centre in Australia - but many of their existing donors have been wiped out by COVID-19 and the col Read More...
Healthy alcohol 'spin' misleads consumers
Date of Posting: 09-08-2022
Health-conscious Aussies may want to reconsider their next "low sugar" alcoholic drink as experts warn "healthy" booze marketing campaigns can often be misleading. More than 75 per cent of adult drinkers believe that beverages Read More...
Low vitamin D linked to inflammation
Date of Posting: 08-08-2022
New research has established a direct link between low levels of vitamin D and persistent inflammation, which can lead to a wide range of problems including type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and autoimmune issues. The University of South Australia s Read More...
Bowel cancer test urged over screen time
Date of Posting: 08-08-2022
Australians spend the equivalent of 18 days every two years in the bathroom. No prizes for guessing that for most of it they're sitting but in the spirit of multitasking, perhaps it's also worth asking what else people do during their toil Read More...
New facility to free-up SA hospital beds
Date of Posting: 08-08-2022
Two dozen beds have been found for NDIS patients stuck in South Australian hospitals, as the state government continues efforts to ease the pressure caused by the latest wave of COVID-19 infections. The 24-bed Regency Green site, to open next week Read More...
Teach kids to bounce back from bumps
Date of Posting: 06-08-2022
Watching a child take a tumble or endure a painful jab of a needle can be distressing for any parent. But while the natural urge is to rush to their aid, teaching kids resilience about managing their own pain can be just as valuable as they grow.[ Read More...
WA targets vapes with misleading labels
Date of Posting: 06-08-2022
Thousands of illegal vapes have been seized in Western Australia amid warnings a new generation is becoming addicted to nicotine. More than 15,000 e-cigarettes, valued at more than $500,000, were confiscated from 32 retailers during a six-week WA Read More...
