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Opioids ease osteoarthritis pain only slightly
Last Updated: 15-02-2022
Most doctors encourage physical activity, maintaining a healthy weight and short-term use of a simple painkiller like paracetamol to manage the pain. Opioids, like codeine, morphine or oxycodone, have a reputation as powerful painkillers and Read More...
The six ways nasal RATs can fail
Date of Posting: 15-02-2022
Over the last few months, the global community has learnt that fundamentally we have two choices in determining whether we have COVID-19 or not, and just how our life needs to change around that outcome. The purported gold standard of COVID-19 tes Read More...
Bioengineers use Artificial Intelligence to transform hip surgery
Date of Posting: 15-02-2022
Formus Labs, a company that grew out of research done at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI), is set to transform orthopaedic surgery, with the world’s first automated 3D pre-operative planner for joint replacements. Formus Labs has Read More...
Physical activity protects against type 2 diabetes by modifying metabolism
Date of Posting: 15-02-2022
Regular physical activity significantly changes the body’s metabolite profile, and many of these changes are associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows. The study population incl Read More...
Four COVID-19 deaths, 7311 cases for Qld
Date of Posting: 14-02-2022
Queensland has recorded another four deaths and 7,311 new COVID-19 cases but its chief health officer is confident the state's Omicron wave is almost over. The new cases emerged after 24,875 tests in 24 hours across Queensland including 2066 R Read More...
Peer workshops help teen out of 'dark pit'
Date of Posting: 14-02-2022
When Minnie Knight was was nine-years-old, her father was jailed and several of her remaining family members died. Not only that, school was a struggle and she was being bullied - by the time she was 12, Minnie found herself in what she describes Read More...
From injury to breathing: the far-reaching impact of physiotherapy
Last Updated: 14-02-2022
For Curtley Nelson, a physiotherapist and Associate Lecturer at the University of Queensland, his wish is for more people to understand what physiotherapy is and just how much it can benefit different facets of their lives. “It’s not j Read More...
New treatment shows long-lasting pain after knee surgery reduced
Date of Posting: 14-02-2022
A new treatment program has proven effective in reducing people's ongoing pain and improving outcomes after their knee replacement surgery, according to a recently published study. The aim of the five-year STAR (Support and Treatment After Joi Read More...
One in four Aussie workers have tinnitus
Date of Posting: 13-02-2022
It may not be surprising that working on a hazardously noisy construction site or farm or industrial workshop can increase the chances of developing tinnitus. But new research shows life as a driver - be it behind the wheel of a taxi, bus, train, Read More...
More visitors for aged care residents
Date of Posting: 13-02-2022
Aged care residents will have greater access to visitors and reduced lockdowns under new guidelines as pandemic restrictions loosen. The federal government says every resident should have access to one essential visitor at all times, including dur Read More...
Vaccine protest as doctors launch campaign
Date of Posting: 13-02-2022
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he understands the concerns of anti-vaccination mandate protesters, after thousands of people rallied in Canberra. Crowds of protesters marched on Parliament House on Saturday, shutting down streets around the ca Read More...
Novavax rollout to begin from next week
Date of Posting: 13-02-2022
Novavax will be made available at GP clinics, community pharmacies and state-run vaccine clinics. The rollout of the first protein-based vaccine in Australia was brought forward by one week.[subscribe] The first batches of the vaccine arrived i Read More...
Victoria to lift code brown health alert
Date of Posting: 13-02-2022
Elective surgery will scale up again in Victoria as the state lifts its code brown pandemic alert for the health system. The unprecedented alert was issued in January as hospitals and health services came under increasing pressure due to the Omicr Read More...
EMA probes jab menstrual disorders reports
Date of Posting: 13-02-2022
The European Medicines Agency's safety committee says it is reviewing reports of heavy menstrual bleeding and absence of menstruation from women who had received COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna. The assessment was in view of Read More...
COVID boosters to be required in aged care
Date of Posting: 11-02-2022
Booster COVID-19 doses will be mandatory for aged care workers across the country under new vaccine advice. States and territories agreed during Thursday's national cabinet meeting it would be up to them whether to mandate boosters for other g Read More...
Nth Qld pharmacy trial has doctors worried
Date of Posting: 11-02-2022
Giving pharmacists the power to diagnose and treat a wider range of conditions is not the answer to health shortages in regional Queensland, doctors say. A trial proposed for north Queensland would allow pharmacists to prescribe medicine for serio Read More...
Vic extends third dose mandate by a month
Date of Posting: 11-02-2022
Victoria will give key workers another four weeks to get their third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, after the state's chief health officer extended the deadline. The state recorded 16 COVID-19 deaths on Thursday, along with 9391 new cases, includ Read More...
Families name their health insurance breaking point
Last Updated: 11-02-2022
• 55% of families would consider dropping their health cover if premiums reached $4000 • 32% of families would walk away if premiums reached $3000[subscribe] • 63% of Aussies claimed less than $500 on their health cover in 2016 Read More...
Nasal COVID-19 vaccine 'game changer'
Date of Posting: 10-02-2022
Australian scientists are conducting research to determine if COVID-19 vaccines could be given with a nasal spray - an innovation they say could have "huge implications" around the world. The technology, if effective, could ease pressure Read More...
More than 400 million Covid cases globally
Date of Posting: 10-02-2022
The number of coronavirus infections detected worldwide has risen to more than 400 million since the pandemic began, according to the latest data. The Johns Hopkins University monitor recorded the latest grim milestone just over a month after 300 Read More...
Ovarian cancer patients 'not alone'
Date of Posting: 10-02-2022
Australians living with one of the deadliest cancers will have more access to support services after the federal government put up a multi-million dollar funding package. The $2 million over two years will go to the Teal Support Program which help Read More...
Virus jump warning as Tas schools return
Last Updated: 09-02-2022
Tasmania on Wednesday becomes the final jurisdiction to welcome public school students back for term one. The Australian Education Union has raised concerns over staffing levels should teachers be forced into isolation because of the virus.[subscr Read More...
WA surgery freeze as COVID-19 surge looms
Date of Posting: 09-02-2022
Western Australia has recorded 65 new COVID-19 cases as hospitals pause some elective surgeries in anticipation of a steep rise in infections. Thirteen of the cases announced on Tuesday were locally acquired, with the majority linked to an influx Read More...
Testosterone could be beneficial for women
Date of Posting: 09-02-2022
Australian researchers are challenging the notion testosterone is a "male" hormone that is bad for women. Higher testosterone may actually protect older women from cardiovascular disease, a Monash University study released on Tuesday has Read More...
WA slashes quarantine as Omicron spreads
Date of Posting: 08-02-2022
Western Australia will take another tentative step towards living with COVID-19 by halving quarantine periods for close contacts. The move to seven-day quarantine will come into effect from Tuesday and also apply to thousands of returned traveller Read More...
Lifeline text service to operate all hours
Date of Posting: 08-02-2022
Mental health charity Lifeline has announced its Crisis Text helpline will expand to operating all hours of the week amid high demand for its services. The Crisis Text service was introduced in 2019 and since then has provided support for vulnerab Read More...
Program to address Indigenous sleep health
Date of Posting: 08-02-2022
Scientists are hoping to improve sleep health among Indigenous Australians after new research found they are far more likely to experience unhealthy slumber. Sleep coaches are being deployed in northwest Queensland to work with Indigenous youngste Read More...
Junior doctors are still being bullied
Last Updated: 08-02-2022
A snapshot of Australia's trainee doctors shows more than a third have witnessed or experienced workplace mistreatment for successive years. The survey results show 35 per cent of junior doctors saw or experienced bullying, harassment or discr Read More...
Women make up half the disability population but just over a third of NDIS recipients
Last Updated: 08-02-2022
Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) provides individualised funding to nearly 500,000 Australians with disability. Despite an even male-female split among under-65s with a disability (49% female), only 37% of Read More...
Lifeline's new 24 7 Crisis Text Service opens up crisis support to hard-to-reach groups
Date of Posting: 08-02-2022
Research shows that Lifeline’s Crisis Text service is reaching entirely new groups of Australians in distress and at high risk of suicide. Since 2019, Lifeline has provided Australia’s only Crisis Text helpline, providing support to pe Read More...
Eating disorders potentially hiding autism diagnosis
Date of Posting: 08-02-2022
Young people with eating disorders may also have underlying and undiagnosed autism spectrum disorder, according to Flinders University researchers. Led by Professor Robyn Young from the College of Education, Psychology and Social Work, a new study Read More...
NSW push to increase booster jab rate
Date of Posting: 07-02-2022
NSW is pushing to increase the rate of booster vaccinations as the health minister calls for a national definition on what it means to be "fully vaccinated". NSW recorded 7893 COVID-19 cases on Sunday and 28 deaths, including two people Read More...
Omicron fall eases strain in Victoria
Date of Posting: 07-02-2022
Victoria's Omicron wave continues to ease, with the state reporting six COVID-19 related deaths and 7169 new cases. The infections figure is its lowest this year, while the fatalities were the fewest during a 24-hour reporting period since fiv Read More...
App to empower and connect parents through pregnancy and postnatal journey
Last Updated: 07-02-2022
The journey through pregnancy is an incredible and beautiful time in a couple’s life. It can also be a time of much change and upheaval, which can lead to many questions, concerns and worries.[subscribe] The Covid-19 pandemic has also mad Read More...
NSW posts 8389 virus cases, 18 deaths
Date of Posting: 06-02-2022
NSW has added 8389 new COVID-19 infections and a further 18 virus-related deaths, with some elective surgery set to resume ahead of schedule. Coronavirus patients in the state's hospitals now number 2337, which is 157 fewer than the previous 2 Read More...
Spain drops outdoor masks, US cases slip
Date of Posting: 06-02-2022
Spanish authorities are easing outdoor mask orders as COVID-19 infection numbers fall in the United States while South Korean curbs are extended for two weeks. Spain will next week lift a requirement for people to wear masks outdoors as a measure Read More...
Australia reaches 95pct vaccination target
Date of Posting: 06-02-2022
Almost all Australians are now partially protected against COVID-19, with the country reaching a 95 per cent milestone in first doses. Health Minister Greg Hunt said the achievement puts the country "right at the front of the highest global v Read More...
Ready for take-off with global vaccine doc
Date of Posting: 05-02-2022
Experts have developed a COVID-19 vaccine status document for Australians going overseas, after a domestic version was slammed for being so flawed it could be forged within minutes. Verizon Business Australia said on Friday it worked with the Aust Read More...
Vic lifts non-urgent elective surgery ban
Date of Posting: 05-02-2022
Victoria will lift its ban on non-urgent elective surgery as COVID-19 hospital patient numbers fall short of Omicron forecasts. Elective surgery is ramping up to 50 per cent of normal levels from Monday in Victorian private hospitals and day proce Read More...
Hundreds of school staff test positive
Date of Posting: 05-02-2022
Hundreds of public school workers in NSW tested positive to coronavirus this week, but the government has heralded the school return as a "major achievement". Premier Dominic Perrottet says he wants to focus on "the positive" a Read More...
