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COVID-19 pandemic did not increase the suicide rate
Date of Posting: 20-07-2021
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare says the COVID-19 pandemic did not increase the rate of people taking their own lives. The COVID-19 pandemic did not lead to more Australians taking their own lives, contrary to some predictions.[subs Read More...
Who cares for the carers through Australia's mental health and wellbeing crisis?
Date of Posting: 20-07-2021
By James Boddam-Whetham, CEO, Noggin Australia’s mental health and wellbeing crisis hits frontline workers hard[subscribe] Over the last eighteen months, Australia has experienced back-to-back crises. Black Summer and COVID-19 have pushed Read More...
Training occupational therapists in the Territory
Date of Posting: 20-07-2021
A new occupational therapy program being run at Charles Darwin University (CDU) for the first time is set to drive much-needed professionals into the Northern Territory’s allied health sector. The Occupational Therapy Program was established Read More...
World-first finding offers hope for psychosis sufferers
Date of Posting: 20-07-2021
University of Otago scientists have opened the door to improved treatment of brain dysfunction which causes psychosis. Dr Ryan Ward, of the Department of Psychology, says he and a team of researchers have been working on ways to model schizophreni Read More...
Doctors For Nutrition: Meet the charity focused on food
Last Updated: 20-07-2021
Poor nutrition is one of the top drivers of disease and early death across Australasia, however most health professionals are taught very little about nutrition. Health promotion charity Doctors For Nutrition is on a mission to fill this education Read More...
Closure of NSW construction industry will have massive impact on the economy
Date of Posting: 19-07-2021
The Business Council of Australia believes the shutdown of the NSW construction industry will have a big impact on Australia's economic recovery. Business and unions are concerned about the closure of the construction industry in NSW and the & Read More...
New study shows blood pressure fluctuation is an indicator of dementia
Date of Posting: 19-07-2021
A joint Australian and US study has found fluctuating blood pressure is an indicator of cognitive decline and dementia in older people. Fluctuations in high blood pressure in older adults, particularly in men, is associated with an increased risk Read More...
What does MRI scanning of the lumbar spine tell us, and should we be recommending them?
Last Updated: 19-07-2021
Writen by Dr. John Panagopoulos, PhD; B. App.Sci (Phty); B. Med Sci. As a clinical physiotherapist who has been treating low back pain sufferers for over 24 years, I can remember a time when MRI wasn’t around.[subscribe] Then in the early Read More...
Attracting healthcare candidates in a challenging market
Last Updated: 19-07-2021
Featuring SEEK’s Head of Healthcare, James Duncan The last 18 months have placed an added burden on our healthcare workforce, and this has presented significant resourcing challenges as the industry was already at capacity before the pandemi Read More...
Victorian women support idea of egg freezing as employee benefit
Last Updated: 19-07-2021
A Monash University study into the concept of egg freezing as an employee benefit has revealed almost half of the 656 Victorian women surveyed believe it would be appropriate for employers to have it on offer. However, while some participants saw Read More...
How technology has advanced orthotic healthcare
Last Updated: 19-07-2021
Research & Development There are thousands of biomechanical engineers, biomedical engineers, orthotists and industrial designers working in universities, private laboratories and workshops to explore new technology and refine existing concepts Read More...
Pharmacies will soon take part in the COVID-19 vaccination program
Date of Posting: 16-07-2021
Pharmacies will slowly and steadily take part in the COVID-19 vaccination program, but only as supplies of vaccines grow, says the prime minister. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has admitted supplies are not yet sufficient to bring large numbers of Read More...
Western Australia reinstates hard border to Victoria
Date of Posting: 16-07-2021
Western Australia's decision to further strengthen COVID-19 restrictions will leave the state with a hard border to all of NSW, Victoria and Queensland. Western Australia will reintroduce a hard border to Victoria, effectively blocking residen Read More...
Masks is back once again in Victoria
Date of Posting: 15-07-2021
Masks will be compulsory in all indoor settings in Victoria after the state recorded 11 new COVID-19 cases, all stemming from the NSW outbreak. Masks will once again be compulsory indoors in Victoria, as part of efforts to stem an outbreak of the Read More...
New Zealand leaders ponder route back to the world
Date of Posting: 15-07-2021
A team headed by epidemiologist Sir David Skegg will guide New Zealand's pathway back to the world, with the prime minister to release its advice next month. New Zealand's leaders are dragging their feet on a reconnection plan with the res Read More...
Greater Sydney and surrounds will be on lockdown for another two weeks
Date of Posting: 15-07-2021
Millions of people living in Greater Sydney and surrounds will be locked down for at least five weeks after NSW recorded another 97 local COVID-19 cases. The lockdown of Greater Sydney and surrounds has been extended by at least two weeks, but the Read More...
First Nations people urgently need to get vaccinated, but aren't being consulted on the rollout plan
Last Updated: 14-07-2021
This year, just five cases of COVID-19 have been recorded among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia. This good result is due to both significant government support measures and prompt and effective action by Aboriginal a Read More...
Financial support for Sydney lockdown
Date of Posting: 14-07-2021
Workers and bosses suffering during Sydney's lockdown will be able to access more payments and support after three record-breaking days of local transmission. Financial support for workers and businesses should give all Sydneysiders the peace Read More...
NSW government let residents decide if they are essential workers
Date of Posting: 14-07-2021
NSW residents are being urged to use their common sense to decide for themselves if they are essential workers as the state struggles with a COVID-19 outbreak. NSW has baulked at defining "essential work" during Sydney's COVID-19 loc Read More...
Physios take their work on the road to drive change
Last Updated: 14-07-2021
Physiotherapists Clare Austin and David Dimech improve health care accessibility Australia-wide by taking their work on the road – literally – via a self-converted mobile home bus. The adventurous duo makes up Project Physio, a mobile Read More...
Researchers show muscle relaxants are ineffective and may be unsafe for low back pain
Date of Posting: 13-07-2021
Australian researchers have found muscle relaxants are largely ineffective and potentially unsafe when treating low back pain, despite being widely prescribed. Published today in the British Medical Journal, research by Neuroscience Research Austr Read More...
Sydney could remain locked down for weeks
Date of Posting: 13-07-2021
As five million people in Greater Sydney endure a third week of lockdown, Deputy Premier John Barilaro is warning the situation could stretch out for weeks. Greater Sydney and surrounds could remain locked down for weeks as authorities battle to d Read More...
Sydney COVID-19 outbreak has breached the Victorian border
Date of Posting: 13-07-2021
Victoria has detected two new COVID-19 cases among a family of four in Melbourne's northwest who recently returned from Sydney. Sydney's COVID-19 outbreak has breached the Victorian border again, with two members of a Melbourne family test Read More...
Queensland premier orders Queenslanders home
Date of Posting: 13-07-2021
The Queensland premier says it's safe for the state to import interstate NRL teams, while telling Queenslanders in regional NSW to come home now. The Queensland premier has told residents in NSW to return home while they still can, warning Syd Read More...
'Take pride in it' - the extra, silent workload of an Aboriginal nurse
Last Updated: 13-07-2021
Despite the challenges and additional responsibility that comes with working as an Aboriginal nurse, Lesley Salem still reckons it is “the most exciting job on the face of the Earth”. Ms Salem, who currently works as a generalist nurse Read More...
Australia's ageing population and its impact on nursing
Last Updated: 12-07-2021
Thanks to rapid advances in technology and modern medical breakthroughs, Australians can anticipate a higher life expectancy. In fact, people are living longer than ever before. But with longer lives comes an ageing population, and that means a si Read More...
Young Australians are urged to get AstraZeneca
Date of Posting: 12-07-2021
Younger Australians are being urged to consider getting the the AstraZeneca vaccine as Sydney's COVID-19 situation is set to worsen. The head of Australia's vaccine task force has encouraged young people living in Sydney to get vaccinated Read More...
Doctors and nurses to train in helping rape victims
Date of Posting: 12-07-2021
In an Australia-first, healthcare and frontline workers will be trained to respond to disclosures of sexual violence in an accredited university-run course. Doctors and nurses will be trained by experts in how to respond when patients disclose sex Read More...
ACU receives $1.9M for nurse training ward
Last Updated: 09-07-2021
The Australian Catholic University (ACU) has begun construction on a $1.9 million-dollar nurse training ward in Ballarat, doubling the university’s capacity for pre-clinical training of nurses. The new nurse training ward is funded by the Vi Read More...
Australia is set to trial home quarantine
Date of Posting: 09-07-2021
Foreign Minister Marise Payne says South Australia and NSW will likely be the first states to trial home quarantine for fully vaccinated returned travellers. Australia is set to trial home quarantine for fully vaccinated overseas arrivals with NSW Read More...
Australian vaccine expert urged government to share coronavirus vaccine info
Date of Posting: 09-07-2021
Australian National University regulation expert Susan Sell has called for the federal government to waive intellectual property protections for vaccines. Australia is being urged to share complex coronavirus vaccine production methods with poorer Read More...
New Zealand leaders aghast at UK COVID-19 moves
Date of Posting: 08-07-2021
Mounting COVID-19 cases in the United Kingdom could see New Zealand slap a flight ban on the coronavirus-stricken Brits. New Zealand's leaders have expressed dismay towards the UK's handling of COVID-19, and could put the country on a no-f Read More...
Aged care providers and unions want aged care staff jabs
Date of Posting: 08-07-2021
Unions and aged care providers have formed an alliance to urge the Morrison government to speed up vaccinations for aged care workers. Aged care providers and unions have joined forces to demand the federal government lift its game on vaccinating Read More...
Midwives and the pandemic - 'you become everything to a patient'
Last Updated: 07-07-2021
Loneliness, anxiety and fear of the unknown. That’s how many mothers have felt as they prepare to give birth during the pandemic – making the support and care of a midwife more important than ever. “With the limited visitors that Read More...
Businesses in Sydney devastated about lockdown extension
Date of Posting: 07-07-2021
Businesses and workers in NSW are "devastated" that the widespread lockdown will be extended by a week in a bid to crush the latest COVID outbreak. Sydney's hospitality, entertainment and travel businesses are "devastated" Read More...
Restrictions in Sydney has been extended
Last Updated: 07-07-2021
A stay-at-home order has been extended for another week for Greater Sydney and surrounds, with schools to return to online learning next week. RESTRICTIONS IN NSW EXTENDED UNTIL MIDNIGHT ON JULY 16[subscribe] * Lockdown for Sydney and surrounds Read More...
Study calls for changes to treatment for Indigenous mental health
Date of Posting: 07-07-2021
A University of Queensland study is calling for changes to the way depression is treated in Indigenous communities in Australia. UQ Rural Clinical School researcher Dr Bushra Nasir said the research has found that current treatments for Indigenous Read More...
Life after stroke: Chad's journey to independence
Date of Posting: 07-07-2021
When Chad Bridgman was 11 years old, he was struck down by a mystery bug which caused him to suffer a stroke and paralysed him on one side of his body. It took three emergency room visits and one painful month to discover that Chad had a rare Afri Read More...
Blood test for personalised cancer treatment
Last Updated: 07-07-2021
A blood test to help guide the treatment of oesophageal, stomach and bowel cancers will be evaluated in a new Flinders University trial set to get underway. The trial is thanks to a federal government grant of almost $2 million announced yesterday Read More...
Support for mandatory vaccination of residential aged care workers
Date of Posting: 07-07-2021
The Morrison Government is helping aged care workers get vaccinated as part of an $11 million grant program. Applications are now open for aged care providers to apply for the funding following recommendations mandatory vaccinations be introduced. Read More...
