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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...
Eating disorder service sees COVID surge
Date of Posting: 19-05-2022
The stress of COVID-19 has led to a surge in eating disorders in Victoria, with one support service experiencing a 300 per cent increase in demand through the pandemic. Eating Disorders Victoria saw the 300 per cent spike in calls to its helpline Read More...
Vic institute to tackle neglected diseases
Date of Posting: 19-05-2022
A Victorian medical research organisation will partner with Moderna to develop new vaccines for emerging and neglected infectious diseases. The Burnet Institute's work with Moderna's cutting-edge mRNA technology, which could lead to improv Read More...
Psychedelics could help with mental health
Date of Posting: 19-05-2022
Popping a party pill like MDMA could one day be prescribed as part of an effective mental health treatment plan. CSIRO researchers in Australia and international scientists are studying psychedelics, such as MDMA or psilocybin (derived from certai Read More...
Early detection of Alzheimer's possible
Date of Posting: 18-05-2022
University of Otago researchers have discovered molecules in the blood that could assist with early detection of Alzheimer’s disease. The research, published in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia, shows the level of small mol Read More...
One in five worked with COVID symptoms
Date of Posting: 18-05-2022
Around 20 per cent of Australians admit they risked working while having COVID-19 symptoms in order to make ends meet. The Australia Institute surveyed 1000 people nationwide in February, with 19 per cent admitting they left their homes "to t Read More...
Qld hospital report release 'within weeks'
Date of Posting: 18-05-2022
The Queensland government has promised to release hospital emergency department waiting time data and complete a probe into Mackay Hospital by the end of the month after the opposition raised doubts about both issues. Queensland's Liberal Nati Read More...
Perth to get drive-in RAT collection sites
Last Updated: 18-05-2022
Three drive-through sites for the collection of COVID-19 rapid antigen tests will open in Perth this week following the relaxation of rules for close contacts of confirmed virus cases. The drive-through sites will operate from Wednesday in Joondal Read More...
Rural university medical program slammed
Date of Posting: 18-05-2022
Asking teenage school leavers to commit to a career as a bush doctor is ridiculous, as rural medicine becomes more risky and complicated, a Tasmanian health inquiry has been told. Dr Ross Lamplugh, the head of Ochre Health, which runs medical cent Read More...
UK detects four more monkeypox cases
Date of Posting: 18-05-2022
Four more cases of rare viral monkeypox infection have been diagnosed in England, health authorities say, taking the total confirmed cases since May 6 to seven. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said investigations were underway to establish l Read More...
ADHD in adults is challenging but highly treatable
Last Updated: 17-05-2022
When I was a child in the 1980s, the people I knew with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder were hyperactive boys who went to the school nurse at lunchtime to get their medicine. Many people assumed that these boys would “grow out of&rd Read More...
Hospitals only note a person's intellectual disability 20% of the time
Last Updated: 17-05-2022
People with intellectual disability only have their disability noted by hospital staff in one in every five hospital admissions, our new study shows. Recognising someone has a disability is critical to their care. This finding helps explain Read More...
COVID sub-variants surge in South Africa
Date of Posting: 16-05-2022
South Africa is experiencing a surge of new COVID-19 cases driven by two omicron sub-variants, according to health experts. For about three weeks the country has seen increasing numbers of new cases and somewhat higher hospitalisations, but not in Read More...
Patient group wary of pain relief changes
Date of Posting: 16-05-2022
Encouraging doctors to deprescribe opiates may leave those without viable treatment alternatives in serious trouble, a leading patient advocate group says. New standards of care released last month by the Australian Commission on Safety and Qualit Read More...
Albanese promises health, Indigenous voice
Date of Posting: 16-05-2022
Labor leader Anthony Albanese has used a campaign trip to the Northern Territory to announce significant funding for Medicare and to reiterate his support for an Indigenous voice to parliament. Flanked by Labor's candidate for Lingiari, Marion Read More...
Vic children's hospital diverting patients
Date of Posting: 16-05-2022
Melbourne parents and carers have been asked to think twice about whether their children need to visit the emergency room, as the city's major children's hospital grapples with extreme demand. The Royal Children's Hospital was on Satur Read More...
Blood marker found for SIDS risk babies
Last Updated: 15-05-2022
A team of Australian researchers have identified a biochemical marker in the blood that could help identify newborn babies at risk for sudden infant death syndrome, a breakthrough they say creates an avenue to future tragedy-preventing interventions. Read More...
