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Australians over 65 to get checked for heart valve disease
Date of Posting: 16-08-2021
About 500,000 Australians have heart valve disease, but many cases go undiagnosed. Cardiologists are asking Australians over 65 to get checked for heart valve disease next time they visit their GP.[subscribe] "We think half a million peopl Read More...
Scientists have discovered rare marsupial survives fire devastation
Date of Posting: 16-08-2021
Scientists have found a population of the silver-headed antechinus in a Queensland forest, following Australia's fires. The animal is a 'suicidal reproducer.' Scientists have discovered a surviving population of one of Australia's Read More...
Supporting people with diabetes is 'a real honour'
Last Updated: 14-08-2021
A midwife turned Credentialled Diabetes Educator (CDE) has opened up about how rewarding it is to help people with diabetes to live well and thrive. “I love meeting new people, and that’s a big part of being a diabetes educator&r Read More...
Breast Cancer Network Australia is again calling on tradies for breast cancer battle
Date of Posting: 14-08-2021
Support and advocacy organisation Breast Cancer Network Australia is again calling on tradies across the country to support its annual fundraising drive. Tradies across the nation are again being asked to 'pink up' in support of the more t Read More...
Western Australia demands proof of jab for NSW travellers
Date of Posting: 14-08-2021
Western Australia will require arrivals from NSW to provide evidence they have had at least one vaccine dose and a negative coronavirus test. Western Australia will demand arrivals from NSW prove they have had at least one dose of a coronavirus va Read More...
The future of ovarian cancer research
Last Updated: 13-08-2021
Dr Jinge Si is considered a leader in the field of Gynecology and Obstetrics in China. She has a medical degree from China Medical University and was awarded a Ph.D. by Southern Medical University in China, back in 2017. She is currently the leade Read More...
Potential impact of "long COVID" must be front of mind for all patients
Date of Posting: 13-08-2021
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) is urging patients to consider the impact of contracting COVID-19 on their long-term health when making an informed decision on getting vaccinated. “Long COVID” is a broad t Read More...
Midwives championed in new model of care for rural pregnant women
Date of Posting: 13-08-2021
Helping to bring a child into the world should be classed as one of life’s essential services, and the enormous global success of the British television series “Call the Midwife” is testament to the esteem in which they are held. Read More...
Date of Posting: 13-08-2021
A Flinders University study has highlighted the challenges and shortfalls in support for our nurses who regularly deliver end-of-life care and comfort bereaved family members in often crowded and chaotic hospital emergency departments (EDs). The s Read More...
NSW chief psychiatrist advised self-care
Date of Posting: 13-08-2021
COVID-19 lockdowns are "probably the most sustained and serious stress that many of us are going to face in our lifetime", the chief psychiatrist in NSW says. People living in lockdown should take simple steps like setting goals and aski Read More...
South Australia approves vaccine for younger adults
Date of Posting: 13-08-2021
South Australia has cleared the way for younger adults to book for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from next week, but says demand is expected to outstrip supply. All South Australians aged between 16 and 39 will be eligible to book for the Pfizer COV Read More...
Date of Posting: 12-08-2021
Australians unvaccinated against COVID-19 will most likely be prevented from entering New Zealand, even if the trans-Tasman bubble reopens. The New Zealand government has signalled it is likely to block unvaccinated Australians from travelling und Read More...
Qld not-for-profit plea on assisted dying
Date of Posting: 12-08-2021
A Qld not-for-profit healthcare provider wants the state's assisted dying laws to mirror those in SA, where faith-based facilities can decline to participate. Queensland's proposed voluntary assisted dying laws could allow outside doctors Read More...
Bed rest in hospital can be bad for you. Here's what nurses say would help get patients moving
Last Updated: 11-08-2021
If you or a loved one is unlucky enough to be in hospital, you might think the best thing to do is rest in bed as much as possible. But while rest is important, lying or sitting in bed too much can actually make many conditions worse. Read More...
Western Australia offers cash to overseas doctors, nurses
Date of Posting: 11-08-2021
Western Australia's government has unveiled a plan to address hospital staff shortages, including covering relocation costs for international recruits. Western Australia will offer international doctors and nurses $8000 relocation sweeteners i Read More...
NSW govt handling of pandemic under spotlight
Last Updated: 11-08-2021
Authorities underestimated the significance of a superspreader birthday party that seeded COVID-19 in western Sydney, an inquiry has been told. The NSW government was not aware of the extent of the COVID-19 outbreak stemming from a "superspre Read More...
Australians will soon get Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
Date of Posting: 10-08-2021
Australians will soon get a third choice of COVID-19 vaccine with the Therapeutic Goods Administration giving its provisional approval to Moderna. Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine has moved a step closer to going into Australians' arms with the Read More...
Resource sector workers re-classified for vaccine
Date of Posting: 10-08-2021
Resource sector workers in Queensland will be re-classified in the state's vaccination roll out in a move designed to protect regional communities. Queensland's resources sector has sought plans to establish a vaccination hub for FIFO work Read More...
$400 million support package for businesses hit by lockdown
Date of Posting: 06-08-2021
Another $400 million support package has been announced for businesses affected by the latest lockdown. Businesses hit by Victoria's sixth lockdown will be able to access more government support.[subscribe] The state and federal governments Read More...
Study shows Novavax jab effective against Delta
Date of Posting: 06-08-2021
Novavax has published data showing promising signs for its booster shot's effectiveness against COVID-19 variants including Delta. Vaccine manufacturer Novavax has published results showing its COVID-19 booster shot is effective against the De Read More...
Cancer treatments didn't falter in Australia during 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns
Date of Posting: 06-08-2021
Australian cancer patients kept up their pharmaceutical treatments during last year’s COVID-19 lockdowns, a big data study from UNSW Sydney shows. The findings, published today in Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific, come as a rel Read More...
Why a billion dollars won't buy Australia improved mental health
Last Updated: 06-08-2021
Despite good intentions, increased federal funding for mental health services is unlikely to have a great impact on the mental health outcomes in Australia. Recently the National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan was released with the anno Read More...
Drug and alcohol nursing - breaking down the stigma
Date of Posting: 05-08-2021
A specialist drug and alcohol nurse says he will “fight forever” to get more nurses into the crucial field, which is still dealing with the effects of deep-rooted stigma and discrimination. “If we could get people to see substanc Read More...
Mental health system should adopt an 'open every door' approach
Date of Posting: 05-08-2021
Australian Physiotherapy Association National President, Scott Willis, has urged the Select Committee on Mental Health and Suicide Prevention to adopt an ‘every door is the right door’ approach to mental health, highlighting the vital rol Read More...
Canned food producer SPC to ban unvaccinated workers from sites
Date of Posting: 05-08-2021
SPC will ban unvaccinated workers from its sites from the end of November to ensure the well being of workers and the community. Canned food producer SPC will become the first non-health-related business to ban employees from the workplace unless Read More...
Report shows older mothers on the rise in Australia
Date of Posting: 05-08-2021
An Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report has found an increasing number of women are having children later in life. More Australian women are having children later in life, with the number giving birth over 35 almost doubling in the sp Read More...
Testing and treating newborns for spinal muscular atrophy
Date of Posting: 03-08-2021
Gene therapy for spinal muscular atrophy might have a high up-front price tag. But by screening and treating infants early, the therapy can save both lives and money in the long term. Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a type of motor neurone disease, Read More...
Chronic pain might impact how the brain processes emotions
Date of Posting: 03-08-2021
Chemical ‘messengers’ called neurotransmitters help regulate our emotions – but scientists have noticed a disruption to their levels in people with chronic pain. More than three million Australians experience chronic pain: Read More...
Using AI to deliver a more precise magnetic stimulation treatment for depression
Date of Posting: 03-08-2021
A decade after Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation therapy was declared a new weapon in the fight against depression, researchers at the University of Southern Queensland are planning to use artificial intelligence to improve the procedure. Repetiti Read More...
Ignoring oral health can have serious impacts on the rest of the body
Date of Posting: 03-08-2021
Previously unknown health risks for Australians – that gum disease suffered by one in three Australian adults1 could increase the risk of serious cardiovascular events, Type 2 diabetes and adverse pregnancy outcomes – are now coming to li Read More...
The Four Cs which might be the key to increasing vaccine uptake
Date of Posting: 03-08-2021
The changing advice around the AstraZeneca vaccine and months of zero COVID cases in the Australian community has led to one of Australia’s biggest challenges: how to get enough people to get vaccinated. The federal government’s four s Read More...
Alert on Australian youth mental healthcare and youth suicide
Date of Posting: 03-08-2021
Headspace and Better Access have been challenged by Australian psychiatry researchers to integrate more seamlessly with public health systems and state and local databases to make wholescale inroads into cutting mental health problems in young people Read More...
Majority support for domestic travel passports
Date of Posting: 03-08-2021
Finance Minister Simon Birmingham says giving people more technology to prove vaccination status will boost overseas travel requirements when borders reopen. Vaccinated Australians have been armed with more technology to prove their status as a ne Read More...
A GP in Sydney refunds $250 vaccine appt fees
Date of Posting: 03-08-2021
A Sydney medical clinic that charged non-English speakers up to $250 for an appointment before their Pfizer jab is giving refunds following media reports. A GP clinic in Sydney's southwest that charged people hundreds of dollars to receive the Read More...
NSW paramedics union at breaking point
Date of Posting: 03-08-2021
The paramedics' union is demanding better PPE, greater hospital capacity and rapid antigen testing for its workers on the frontline of the pandemic. Greater Sydney's seven-week COVID-19 outbreak has left paramedics at breaking point and li Read More...
End of bulk-billed telehealth painful burden for many
Last Updated: 03-08-2021
Chronic Pain Australia has called on the government to make bulk-billed telehealth a long-term solution for chronic pain suffers during National Pain Week 2021. The announcement comes after a national pain survey found 67 per cent of respondents b Read More...
Experts approved vaccination to vulnerable children
Date of Posting: 02-08-2021
Greg Hunt says vulnerable children will be given priority access to Pfizer vaccines, with a further decision on all children expected soon. Expert approval of the vaccination of all children aged 12 to 15 for COVID-19 could be given within weeks.[ Read More...
Queensland government will offer lockdown grants to businesses
Date of Posting: 02-08-2021
The Queensland government will offer grants of up to $5000 for small and medium businesses hit by COVID-19 lockdowns and border closures. The Queensland treasurer says it could take up to two weeks for grants and support payments to get to busines Read More...
State and territory leaders to discuss vaccination modelling
Date of Posting: 30-07-2021
Modelling on the vaccination rates needed to reopen Australia will be presented to a national cabinet meeting of federal, state and territory leaders. Australia's leaders will begin charting a course to fully reopening the nation based on new Read More...
Australia cannot safely reopen until 80 percent of people vaccinated
Date of Posting: 30-07-2021
The Grattan Institute says their modelling shows Australia cannot safely reopen until the nation has 80 per cent of the population vaccinated. Reopening Australia before four in every five Australians are vaccinated risks the rampant spread of cor Read More...
