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Asia, Middle East, Europe virus cases rise
Date of Posting: 23-06-2022
The number of new coronavirus cases has risen in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe last week while the number of deaths globally dropped by 16 per cent, according to the World Health Organisation's latest weekly pandemic report. The W Read More...
Spain denies first cholera case since 1979
Date of Posting: 23-06-2022
Spain's health ministry has denied a report by regional counterparts that a case of locally acquired cholera had been detected for the first time in four decades, saying the case was in fact vibrio gastroenteritis. A female patient was hospita Read More...
Polio detected in London sewage
Date of Posting: 23-06-2022
Polio has been detected in sewage samples in the UK capital London - the first sign since the 1980s that the virus could be spreading in the country - but no cases have been found, authorities say. The risk of infection from the disease, which cau Read More...
Qld wants more medical student funding
Date of Posting: 22-06-2022
Queensland's health minister has called for more medical student placements to be funded by the Commonwealth to help boost the health workforce. The state government promised for another 2509 hospital beds and 290 mental health beds by 2028 in Read More...
New call to thank SA health workers
Date of Posting: 22-06-2022
The Greens have renewed calls for South Australian health workers to get a bonus payment as the latest modelling points to a spike in virus infections in coming weeks. The arrival of the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron variants is likely to result in a sign Read More...
S.Korea reports first two monkeypox cases
Date of Posting: 22-06-2022
South Korea has reported its first two suspected cases of monkeypox virus infections in the country, Yonhap News Agency reports citing health authorities. One of the people, who reportedly showed potential symptoms of the infectious disease while Read More...
Multiple solutions needed to address rural nursing shortages in NSW
Date of Posting: 21-06-2022
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) welcomes the regional health workforce incentive announced this week by the New South Wales Government but has warned that a multi-pronged solution is required to ensure all Australians have access to quality n Read More...
New specialist cancer nursing education program becomes available
Date of Posting: 21-06-2022
The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre has launched its Cancer Nursing Discovery Program, supporting registered nurses to become specialised cancer nurses. Candidates will join a passionate team at the world-class teaching hospital, supported by leadin Read More...
Calls for timely and ongoing access to physiotherapy for people living with dementia
Date of Posting: 21-06-2022
In a joint statement Physiotherapy and Dementia, peak health bodies have united to draw attention to the critical importance of maintaining physical health, and its impact on improving mental health and wellbeing of people living with dementia. De Read More...
Research finds texting program improves lifestyle risk factors for heart attack survivors
Date of Posting: 21-06-2022
A text messaging program study, TEXTMEDS, has successfully informed and supported heart attack survivors on how to prevent a second heart attack. The randomised controlled study led by Westmead Hospital cardiologist and academic director and profe Read More...
Sport, music boost childhood wellbeing
Date of Posting: 21-06-2022
Children involved in after-school activities, including sport and music lessons, are more likely to feel happier and healthier than those glued to a screen, a new study has found. University of South Australia and the SA education department resea Read More...
Boost for mental health support in Vic
Date of Posting: 21-06-2022
A new Victorian mental health and wellbeing act will be introduced to parliament as the state government invests $200 million to improve support in schools. The bill, to be introduced on Tuesday, will replace the Mental Health Act 2014 and ensure Read More...
Crafting a new framework for quality and safety in aged care
Last Updated: 21-06-2022
With the Australian population ageing, the market for aged care is increasing. Aged care has become a hot discussion topic as of late. In fact, a national conversation about aged care is currently taking place as the Royal Commission Into Aged Care Q Read More...
Falling healthcare rating points to crisis
Date of Posting: 21-06-2022
Australians think the healthcare system is getting worse, as they grapple with long emergency department wait times, and being able to afford and access essential services. The country's healthcare rating dropped from 7.8 out of 10 in March la Read More...
The relationship between posture, spatial awareness and health
Last Updated: 21-06-2022
Scientists have recently revealed important insights about posture and spatial awareness. These new discoveries add to our collective understanding of how posture can influence human health. Neuroscience researchers from the Norwegian University o Read More...
Rural Australians urged to check skin
Date of Posting: 20-06-2022
Cases of melanoma could be going undetected among rural Australians, with those who work on the land prone to falling victim to skin cancer and men more likely than women to die from the disease. That combination of findings from national research Read More...
US CDC backs COVID-19 jabs for babies
Last Updated: 20-06-2022
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as six months, allowing a rollout to start across the country next week. The CDC's move came after a panel of advisers to the institution Read More...
Indonesia to hold G20 health meeting
Date of Posting: 20-06-2022
Health ministers from the world's 20 largest countries will thrash out ways to prepare and respond to future disease threats, looking beyond the remaining challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Under Indonesia's G20 presidency, its health mi Read More...
Boost for Melbourne children's hospital
Date of Posting: 20-06-2022
The emergency department of Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital will be expanded to meet a rise in demand. An extra 20 emergency clinical treatment spaces will be created through a $50 million state government investment, boosting the de Read More...
Ex-NSW pharmacist jailed for $19m fraud
Date of Posting: 19-06-2022
A former NSW pharmacist will spend at least four years behind bars after trying to defraud taxpayers of more than $19 million. The man was involved in falsely claiming benefits through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.[subscribe] He was sente Read More...
China 'used health app for crowd control'
Date of Posting: 19-06-2022
Angry bank customers who travelled to a city in central China to retrieve their savings from troubled rural banks have been stopped by a health app on their mobile phone. Chinese residents are required to have the app, which displays a code indica Read More...
Few Aussies eat enough fruit and veg
Date of Posting: 18-06-2022
Only a small share of Australians are eating enough fruit and vegetables, with dieticians warning the country could be headed for an obesity crisis. Results from the latest National Health Survey, released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Read More...
Misconceptions hindering blood donations
Date of Posting: 18-06-2022
Fact: more than 8.3 million Australians, or one in three, will need to receive a blood donation in their lifetime. Yet it is something three-quarters of the nation's population are unaware of, while more than 80 per cent have little or no idea Read More...
Wrongly accused gynaecologist wins costs
Date of Posting: 18-06-2022
A former Sydney gynaecologist who was acquitted in two separate trials of all allegations of aggravated sexual assault against his patients will have all legal costs paid for. Dr Richard Ian Reid, 78, was accused of more than 20 charges dating bac Read More...
Obese kids develop poorer cognition
Date of Posting: 17-06-2022
Obese and inactive children are more likely to have poorer brain function in middle age and a higher risk of dementia later in life, an Australian-led study has found. The world-first study followed the development over 30 years of 1244 people fro Read More...
Strong demand for flu jabs in SA
Date of Posting: 17-06-2022
More than 700,000 South Australians have had a flu vaccine this year with a program of free jabs boosting numbers in recent weeks. The state government is offering free flu vaccinations to anyone during June amid fears COVID-19 infections and risi Read More...
Shoddy homes lethal to Indigenous patients
Date of Posting: 17-06-2022
Indigenous Australians living in remote, shabby housing with unstable electricity connections in the Northern Territory's extreme heat are enduring life-threatening conditions. A research paper published this month in the Medical Journal of Au Read More...
More men sought mental help during COVID
Date of Posting: 16-06-2022
The introduction of COVID-19 restrictions coincided with many Australian men seeking professional mental health help for the first time in nearly a decade. A longitudinal study by national research project Ten to Men shows that of nearly 750 men w Read More...
Nurse stole dying patients' medication
Date of Posting: 16-06-2022
An opioid-addicted nurse who fleeced dying patients of their medications has been stripped of her registration for five years. Sonja Spehar refused to face a Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal hearing out of shame, a decision said, and in Read More...
WHO to assess monkeypox emergency status
Date of Posting: 16-06-2022
The World Health Organisation will convene an emergency committee next week to assess whether the monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern. That is the highest level of warning issued by the United Nations a Read More...
Mask rule dropped for airport terminals
Date of Posting: 15-06-2022
Travellers will no longer need to wear masks in airports from midnight on Friday, with the mandate remaining in place for flights. The Australian Health Protection Principal Committee is scrapping its recommendation to mandate masks at airport ter Read More...
WA hospital wait patient died of aneurysm
Date of Posting: 15-06-2022
A woman who died while waiting for care at a regional West Australian hospital had suffered a rare aneurysm, a review has found. The woman, aged in her 70s, died at the Busselton Health Campus emergency department in April.[subscribe] She had a Read More...
Novavax vaccine approved as COVID booster
Date of Posting: 15-06-2022
Novavax has been approved as a COVID-19 booster for people aged 18 and above. In a statement released on Tuesday, Novavax announced the Therapeutic Goods Administration had granted provisional registration for the vaccine as a third jab.[subscribe Read More...
Novel way to take the pressure off spine surgery
Date of Posting: 14-06-2022
QUT biomedical engineers with an industry partner are solving a major problem for young patients with unusual body shape undergoing corrective spinal surgery. QUT Associate Professor Paige Little, from the Biomechanics and Spine Research Group of Read More...
National disease control centre needed
Date of Posting: 14-06-2022
Experts are calling for a national centre for disease control to ensure Australia is better prepared to respond to disease outbreaks. Individual states and territories are responsible for public health protection and providing the infrastructure f Read More...
Pandemic exposes need for health reform
Date of Posting: 14-06-2022
Doctors say the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed big flaws in a health system already struggling with other pressures. Royal Australian College of General Practitioners President Karen Price said she was proud to see so many GPs and medical leaders r Read More...
Qld govt earmarks $750m for cancer centre
Date of Posting: 14-06-2022
Queensland cancer patients will be able to access specialist treatments at a new $750 million centre, which is expected to ease pressure on crowded public hospitals. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk on Monday announced the new Queensland Cancer Centr Read More...
Building muscle: slowing down the tempo of your workout won't help you get stronger faster
Last Updated: 14-06-2022
Everyone wants to get fit, but many of us lack the time or patience required to get results – especially if our goal is to build a more muscular physique. While there’s plenty of advice online telling people about the best ways to Read More...
When is a condition 'chronic' and when is it a 'disability'?
Last Updated: 14-06-2022
“Chronic conditions” and “disability” are not just words. They can determine the funding and supports we can access, how we’re treated and how we feel about ourselves. For population data purposes, disabi Read More...
I'm getting older, how can I prevent falls?
Date of Posting: 14-06-2022
Falls are common. Each year one in every three people aged over 65 will fall. Around one in ten falls lead to serious injury. Most of us have a friend or relative who has experienced an injury from a fall and know what a life-changing event it can Read More...
