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Transplant success after liver kept 3 days
Date of Posting: 02-06-2022
A damaged human liver has been treated and preserved in a machine for three days before being successfully transplanted into a patient - a world first. The man quickly recovered his quality of life without any signs of liver damage, as well as rej Read More...
'Enough' vaccines for free Vic flu program
Date of Posting: 01-06-2022
Victorian GPs and pharmacies will have enough vaccines to meet surging demand as a free jab program begins to combat a "nasty" influenza season, health authorities say. From Wednesday to June 30, Victorians aged six months and over can g Read More...
Sydney warned after sixth Legionella case
Date of Posting: 01-06-2022
People who have been in central Sydney are being warned to watch out for symptoms of legionnaires' disease after six cases were recorded in the past two weeks. Two women and four men aged from their 40s to 70s visited the city on separate occa Read More...
Qld plans tougher smoking, tobacco laws
Date of Posting: 01-06-2022
Smoking could be banned from more public places in Queensland as the state tries to crack down on second-hand smoke, underage users, illegal tobacco and vaping. Health Minister Yvette D'Ath has called for public submissions on a raft of legal Read More...
US, Canada probe Hepatitis A outbreak
Date of Posting: 31-05-2022
Food safety regulators in the United States and Canada are investigating a Hepatitis A outbreak potentially linked to tainted organic strawberries that has sickened 17 people in the United States and 10 in Canada, the agencies say. Fifteen illness Read More...
Virus vax mandate challenged in Qld court
Date of Posting: 31-05-2022
Queensland police and health workers have begun their challenge to COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the Brisbane Supreme Court. A trial involving three matters got under way on Monday, after legal issues stalled proceedings lodged by others.[subscribe Read More...
Qld physio on trial for sexual assaults
Date of Posting: 31-05-2022
A Queensland physiotherapist digitally raped a female patient before sexually assaulting another later that day, a court has been told. Scott Alexander Stuart Mackay, 48, is on trial after two women made complaints following their sessions at a Wi Read More...
Victorians set to get free flu vaccination
Date of Posting: 30-05-2022
The Andrews government is slated to announce free flu vaccinations for Victorians as the state grapples with a tough start to the season. Australian Medical Association Victorian president Roderick McRae confirmed this week was when he expected th Read More...
Monkeypox a moderate risk to world
Date of Posting: 30-05-2022
The World Health Organisation says monkeypox constitutes a moderate risk to overall public health at global level after cases were reported in countries where the disease is not typically found. "The public health risk could become high if th Read More...
Virus deaths again on the rise across Aust
Date of Posting: 29-05-2022
COVID-19 deaths are again on the rise with Australia recording 88 fatalities over the weekend. Victoria reported more than 7300 new virus cases and 16 deaths on Sunday, NSW more than 6500 infections and four fatalities.[subscribe] There were 30 Read More...
Experts call for more action on monkeypox
Date of Posting: 29-05-2022
Some prominent infectious disease experts are pushing for faster action from global health authorities to contain a growing monkeypox outbreak that has spread to at least 20 countries. They argue that governments and the World Health Organisation Read More...
NSW ambos launch snap industrial action
Date of Posting: 29-05-2022
Paramedics across NSW will refuse to take patients' billing details over the next five days as their dispute with the government over pay and conditions escalates. Paramedics brought forward industrial action, due to begin on Monday, after the Read More...
Contain monkeypox by acting now
Date of Posting: 28-05-2022
A World Health Organisation senior official says containing monkeypox in non-endemic countries is a priority and can be achieved through quick action. Monkeypox, typically a mild viral infection, is endemic in African countries but its spread furt Read More...
Qld doctors seek Medicare, health reforms
Date of Posting: 28-05-2022
Queensland doctors are urging the Albanese government to increase Medicare rebates and hold a national summit to resuscitate health-care systems that are no longer fit for purpose. Public hospitals, primary and allied health-care facilities have b Read More...
Triple-zero crash prompts ambo 'code red'
Date of Posting: 27-05-2022
Victoria's embattled triple-zero call service resorted to manually allocating ambulances when a technical error crashed its system overnight More than 70 patients were left waiting for paramedics after the dispatch system suffered an IT glitch Read More...
Paramedics ramp up NSW industrial action
Date of Posting: 27-05-2022
NSW paramedics are stepping up industrial action in their fight for better resources as ambulance services face unprecedented demand. Australian Paramedics Association NSW vice president Scott Beaton says workloads are unsustainable and ambulance Read More...
Alcohol health services see pandemic spike
Date of Posting: 27-05-2022
The number of calls to alcohol support services in 2021 was triple that made before the COVID-19 pandemic, research shows. A new report from the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education blames the surge on higher levels of stress and anxiety, Read More...
Tomato tinkering offers vegan vitamin hit
Date of Posting: 25-05-2022
If British scientists have their way, two medium-sized tomatoes a day could keep the doctor away. A research team led by scientists at the John Innes Centre in Norwich, in the east of England, have edited the genetic makeup of tomatoes to become a Read More...
Wild mushroom poisoning cases spike in NSW
Date of Posting: 25-05-2022
There's been a spike in the number of people being poisoned by eating wild mushrooms in NSW, with authorities warning ingesting the fungi can be fatal. Fourteen people presented at emergency departments suffering the symptoms of wild mushroom Read More...
5 Mental Health Tips For Healthcare Professionals
Last Updated: 25-05-2022
Whether you are working at a leading SEO agency or are a Doctor, in today’s world maintaining your mental health can be difficult.[subscribe] The emotional and mental well-being of healthcare professionals can greatly affect the quality of c Read More...
Next-generation of nurses impressed with primary health care
Date of Posting: 25-05-2022
New national data shows seven out of every 10 student nurses who complete APNA’s Student Nurse Placement Program (SNPP) say they would consider a primary health care (PHC) career. In addition, four out of every ten student nurses who complet Read More...
The work of repatriation nurses during the pandemic
Date of Posting: 25-05-2022
We know Australians are keen travellers, but when something goes awry on your overseas holiday adventure, who are you going to call? Repatriation is the return of someone to their home country due to extreme sickness or injury when travelling over Read More...
Aged care nursing an honour and "more than a job"
Date of Posting: 25-05-2022
For registered nurse Kayla Cullen, joining the aged care workforce felt like more than a career path – it felt like her calling. “From a fairly young age, I knew that this was what I was going to do with my life”, she told Health Read More...
More Australians prescribed mental health medication than ever
Date of Posting: 25-05-2022
This week's report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has revealed that more Australians are now prescribed medication for mental illness since records began in 2012, costing the nation $566 million in subsidised prescriptio Read More...
SA to look at school mask mandate
Date of Posting: 24-05-2022
South Australia will consider lifting its mask mandate for high school students with Premier Peter Malinauskas hoping the COVID-19 restriction can go. The state's Emergency Management Council meets on Tuesday with the mask requirement for seco Read More...
NSW confirms second encephalitis death
Date of Posting: 24-05-2022
A second man has died in NSW from Japanese encephalitis in an outbreak that began earlier this year. The man in his 60s from Corowa, near the Victorian border, was diagnosed with the virus in early March and died in hospital at Albury on Friday.[s Read More...
Qld makes flu jabs free amid rise in cases
Date of Posting: 24-05-2022
Queenslanders will have access to free flu jabs across the state as the government seeks to curb rising cases. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced the initiative on Monday as influenza A cases increase after two years of low flu numbers due to Read More...
Science Reveals 5 Promising Treatments for Hair Loss
Last Updated: 24-05-2022
Countless people are wondering how to treat hair loss? Can it be reversed? Researchers have been pondering these very questions. They have designed and executed a number of different studies in hopes of discovering the answers to these questions a Read More...
Care sector urges more govt pandemic help
Date of Posting: 23-05-2022
Aged and healthcare leaders have urged an incoming Labor government to bolster support for the fight against COVID-19. The Australian Aged Care Collaboration has called on Anthony Albanese to nominate reform of the virus-ravaged sector as a priori Read More...
Aussie babies are not getting enough iron
Date of Posting: 23-05-2022
Nine in 10 Australian infants aren't consuming enough iron. The finding, based on nationwide interviews with 1100 parents who documented their children's diets, has experts worried the pattern of deficiency could affect growth and lead to Read More...
Has doom scrolling given you 'tech neck'?
Date of Posting: 23-05-2022
Have you been getting neck pains after spending a bit too much time on your phone during lockdown? Chiropractors say you might be suffering "tech neck". The Australian Chiropractors Association says a little more than one in three people Read More...
Vigilance key after Aust monkeypox cases
Date of Posting: 22-05-2022
State health authorities are warning people to be vigilant after two cases of monkeypox were confirmed in NSW and Victoria. The cases - a man in his 40s in NSW and another man in his 30s in Victoria - had both recently travelled to Europe and are Read More...
Exercise key for those with half a heart
Date of Posting: 22-05-2022
For decades, Australians born with half a heart were told not to exercise because it could cause a strain on the muscle and even sudden death. But a world-first Heart Research Institute study is looking at whether exercise is actually the key to i Read More...
Rules to keep the democracy sausage safe
Date of Posting: 22-05-2022
As election-day hotplates are fired up around the country, health authorities hope the occasion doesn't deliver an outbreak of food poisoning. A federal poll in the middle of May is unlikely to unleash heatwave conditions that attract the kind Read More...
Austria makes blood donation equal
Date of Posting: 21-05-2022
Austria is relaxing its blood donation rules, which at present stop many gay and bisexual men as well all trans people from donating, Health Minister Johannes Rauch has announced. The new approach will be based on individual behaviour rather than Read More...
Disabled abuse victims may get compo
Date of Posting: 21-05-2022
A Sydney-based disability services provider will consider offering financial compensation to a number of young men abused at one of its day programs. The service has conceded it could have done more to help the victims but has not yet considered t Read More...
Monkeypox did not originate from monkeys
Date of Posting: 21-05-2022
Health authorities across a number of countries are dealing with small outbreaks of monkeypox. But what is monkeypox and how bad is it? WHAT IS MONKEYPOX?[subscribe] * Monkeypox is caused by a virus that has jumped from animals to humans. * Read More...
Qld denies patient bypass, admits pressure
Date of Posting: 20-05-2022
The Queensland government has denied ambulance patients are being turned away from busy hospitals, but admits emergency department workers are "pretty much exhausted and spent". The Liberal National Party on Wednesday said a whistleblowe Read More...
Crocodile meat 'triggers fish allergies'
Date of Posting: 20-05-2022
Foodies with a taste for crocodile have been warned eating the apex predator may trigger dangerous food allergies. A new study by James Cook University says for those allergic to fish, one bite of the reptile's meat could lead to life-threaten Read More...
Concerns raised over disability service
Date of Posting: 20-05-2022
A former senior executive with a disability services provider based in Sydney was told to "grow a backbone" after raising issues over the quality of its programs, a royal commission has been told. The woman, identified as Rachel, worked Read More...
