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Early detection of ovarian cancer possible but prognosis remains unchanged
Date of Posting: 17-05-2021
Researchers in the UK have established that although a method of screening can detect ovarian cancer early and before women develop symptoms, it does not translate into saving lives. The United Kingdom Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screeni Read More...
The enzyme that could help 700 million people worldwide
Date of Posting: 17-05-2021
University of South Australia researchers have identified an enzyme that may help to curb chronic kidney disease, which affects approximately 700 million people worldwide. This enzyme, NEDD4-2, is critical for kidney health, says UniSA Centre for Read More...
Nurses take the spotlight after their toughest 12 months
Date of Posting: 17-05-2021
Despite recently emerging from one of the worst health crisis’ to face the world, the number of people pursuing nursing careers with Charles Sturt University continues to rise. Staff and students pay tribute to these healthcare workers ahead Read More...
Federal Budget big on support for nursing
Date of Posting: 17-05-2021
The direct investment by the Federal Government to support nursing in aged care was welcomed by the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) as part of the 2021-22 Federal Budget. ACN welcomed the $17.7 billion investment into the aged care sector and Read More...
Australian government seals deal for Moderna vaccines
Last Updated: 13-05-2021
The federal government has secured a deal for 25 million doses of the Moderna vaccine, with the first shipment set to arrive in Australia later this year. Australia has secured 25 million doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine from the United St Read More...
Viral misinformation about COVID vaccines
Last Updated: 13-05-2021
Misleading claims about COVID-19 vaccines can negatively impact public confidence in immunisation uptake, a new UNSW Sydney study suggests. No, the COVID-19 vaccine does not contain a microchip that allows large businesses to control humanity thro Read More...
Date of Posting: 12-05-2021
New Zealand's government has rationed arrivals through a border regime known as "managed isolation and quarantine. After more than a year of holding its citizens at arm's length, New Zealand has a different message for Kiwis abroad: c Read More...
List of seven initial exposure sites for SA quarantine case
Last Updated: 12-05-2021
Victorian authorities have listed seven initial exposure sites after a Melbourne man left South Australian hotel quarantine and tested positive for COVID-19. INITIAL EXPOSURE SITES:[subscribe] Tier 1 - Anyone who has visited these sites during Read More...
How do we break the devastating cycle of intergenerational abuse?
Date of Posting: 12-05-2021
A spotlight is being shone again on the confronting topic of intergenerational abuse, with one expert calling for urgent intervention and funding to help break the cycle and protect future generations. “When a child's behaviour is Read More...
New Zealand urged to avoid bubble overreactions
Last Updated: 11-05-2021
New Zealand's quarantine-free travel suspension with NSW is over, coming offline at midnight on Sunday. New Zealand has been urged to fine-tune its approach to the trans-Tasman bubble after a border closure "overreaction" last week.[ Read More...
Australia's tourism sector pleads for border certainty
Last Updated: 11-05-2021
Question marks remain over when Australia's international border will reopen, prompting the tourism sector to call for a timeline so businesses don't shut down. Australia's tourism sector is urging the government to set a time frame fo Read More...
New mass vaccination for aged 40-49 in NSW
Last Updated: 11-05-2021
People in NSW aged 40 to 49 will be able to register to get the Pfizer vaccine at a new mass COVID-19 vaccination hub that's opened at Sydney Olympic Park. Around a million people in NSW aged between 40 and 49 could get a Pfizer COVID-19 jab a Read More...
Here's why the planned NDIS reforms are discriminatory
Last Updated: 11-05-2021
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is one of the greatest human services reforms in Australia’s history, and holds great promise in improving the lives of hundreds of thousands of people with disability. But the federal go Read More...
Patients liked telehealth during COVID-19
Date of Posting: 11-05-2021
The expansion of telehealth-supported access to health care during the COVID-19 pandemic was roundly embraced by general practice patients, according to new Flinders University research. The study – “The experience of Australian genera Read More...
Sports concussions affect men and women differently
Last Updated: 11-05-2021
News emerged last week that AFLW player Jacinda Barclay, who died last year at age 29 following a short period of mental illness, had abnormalities in her brain tissue. Barclay was the first Australian contact sportswoman to have her brain d Read More...
Cancer link to a rare form of cancer from breast implants
Last Updated: 10-05-2021
Sixteen Victorian women have developed a rare form of cancer from breast implants, prompting authorities to issue an urgent public health warning. Health authorities are warning Victorian women to be on alert for symptoms after 16 developed a rare Read More...
Majority of Australians welcome a COVID-19 vaccine passport
Last Updated: 10-05-2021
A new poll has found an overwhelming majority of Australians would welcome a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for work, travel and study. Almost three-quarters of Australians would back a COVID-19 vaccine passport, a new poll shows, as health officials we Read More...
Australia's border will stay close until 2022
Last Updated: 10-05-2021
Australia's economic recovery hinges on COVID suppression but the opposition is warning of what a sluggish vaccination rollout means for future freedom. Australia's border will stay shut until 2022 as the federal government targets COVID s Read More...
Long wait for a five-star model in aged care
Last Updated: 10-05-2021
Doctors and nurses call on the Government to implement minimum staff time recommended by the Royal Commission urgently and expedite a five-star model of care, including 24-hour registered nurse (RN) staffing in aged care. The Royal Commission&rsqu Read More...
Victoria will finally have a single QR code check-in
Date of Posting: 07-05-2021
Victoria will further ease COVID-19 restrictions for businesses and venues on May 28 as the state finally moves to a single QR code check-in service. Five Victorians are isolating after being identified as exposure site contacts in the NSW COVID-1 Read More...
New Zealand paused flights from Sydney
Last Updated: 07-05-2021
New Zealand has paused flights from Australia's biggest city after learning of two community cases of COVID-19. New Zealand has quarantined a traveller who visited Sydney exposure sites from a recent COVID-19 community case.[subscribe] A pe Read More...
APA calls for funding to prevent third and fourth degree pereneal tears
Date of Posting: 07-05-2021
More education is required during the antenatal care process around options to reduce third and fourth degree perineal tears, according to the APA, who says not enough women are offered pelvic floor assessments with a physiotherapist during pregnancy Read More...
COVID-19 restrictions is back for three days in Greater Sydney
Last Updated: 06-05-2021
COVID-19 restrictions have been reimposed for three days in Greater Sydney with the return of compulsory masks and visitors in homes limited to 20. A swathe of COVID-19 restrictions have been reimposed across the Greater Sydney area as health auth Read More...
PM Scott Morrison says India flights on track to resume May 15
Last Updated: 06-05-2021
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the situation is on track to lift the Indian travel ban on May 15 with pressure easing on the quarantine system. Australia has indicated it is on track to restart repatriation flights from India where thousands o Read More...
Pilot dementia program helping residents and carers alike
Date of Posting: 06-05-2021
With rising rates of dementia placing immense pressure on residential aged care facilities, a new pilot program is making a big difference to the lives of both residents and staff. The researchers behind Harmony in the Bush, a study led by Flinder Read More...
A mystery COVID case pops up in east Sydney
Last Updated: 05-05-2021
A case of COVID-19 has been diagnosed in a man who lives in Sydney's eastern suburbs, with authorities yet to determine how he caught the virus. A man from Sydney's eastern suburbs has been diagnosed with COVID-19 but there's no indica Read More...
South Australia wants 80 percent vaccinated by October
Last Updated: 04-05-2021
South Australia has opened another coronavirus vaccination clinic as authorities target 80 per cent of the state's population receiving their jabs by October. South Australian authorities want 80 per cent of the state's population to be va Read More...
PM Scott Morrison is refusing to budge on India travel pause
Last Updated: 04-05-2021
Prime Minister Scott Morrison is being inundated with criticism over the government's decision to temporarily ban Australians in India from returning home. Scott Morrison is refusing to back down from the India travel ban despite a torrent of Read More...
On the front line: the impact of suicide on health professionals and first responders
Date of Posting: 04-05-2021
More research is urgently needed into the impact that attending suicide events is having on paramedics and other first responders, a researcher at the University of Otago, Wellington, says. PhD student Renan Lyra, a psychologist by training, says Read More...
Antidepressant withdrawal or relapse? Doctors can't really tell
Last Updated: 04-05-2021
Doctors need more evidence to help patients stop taking antidepressants safely and effectively, a collaborative study with The University of Queensland has found. UQ Emeritus Professor of General Practice Mieke van Driel said long-term antidepress Read More...
Upstream community-led actions reduce suicide rates by up to 17%
Last Updated: 04-05-2021
Suicide deaths leave families, friends, workplaces and communities devastated. But a new study conducted by the University of Melbourne for Wesley Mission demonstrates the effectiveness of community Networks to reduce the rate of suicide by seven per Read More...
New national standard to reduce perineal trauma at birth
Date of Posting: 03-05-2021
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care has released a national Third and Fourth Degree Perineal Tears Clinical Care Standard to help reduce the risk of serious perineal trauma in childbirth. In Australia, perineal tears are Read More...
New Zealand opens to Cook Islands from May 17
Last Updated: 03-05-2021
In a fortnight's time, New Zealand will add another international destination to its quarantine-free list: the Cook Islands. New Zealand will open its borders further in a fortnight, green-lighting quarantine-free travel to and from the Cook I Read More...
Chief Medical Officer advised harsh India ban
Last Updated: 03-05-2021
Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly advised the federal government to use biosecurity laws with harsh penalties attached for people travelling from India. The nation's chief medical officer warned the federal government stranded Australians could Read More...
A new hope for bowel cancer patients
Date of Posting: 03-05-2021
A study has found chemotherapy drugs delivered via tiny nanoparticles direct to the diseased organs reduced both the size and number of cancerous bowel tumours. Bowel cancer survival rates could be improved if chemotherapy drugs were delivered via Read More...
"Excellent news": TGA approves drug for metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer
Date of Posting: 03-05-2021
Experts have welcomed the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s approval of XTANDI (enzalutamide), an oral once-daily therapy delivering significant benefits for patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer. Associate Professor Ar Read More...
A traveller tested positive for coronavirus in Brisbane Airport
Date of Posting: 30-04-2021
A passenger from Papua New Guinea who was accidentally allowed into the green zone at Brisbane Airport for two hours has tested positive for coronavirus. A man who was accidentally ushered from the quarantine red zone into the green zone at Brisba Read More...
WA still requires face masks after emerging from a COVID-19 lockdown
Last Updated: 30-04-2021
West Australians will be required to keep wearing face masks indoors for another week after emerging from a COVID-19 lockdown. West Australians will be free to flock to the footy but must wear face masks under a further easing of coronavirus rules Read More...
What's the risk if Australia opens its international borders? An epidemiologist explains
Last Updated: 30-04-2021
Coinciding with the Trans-Tasman travel bubble starting recently, over the past week there have been murmurings Australia could soon relax its borders further, through mechanisms such as home quarantine or letting in vaccinated people. Read More...
Nurse leadership roles multiply
Last Updated: 30-04-2021
The Federal Government’s Budget record boost to healthcare spending in 2020-21 will open up more management positions in the broad healthcare sector, and nurses with postgraduate degrees will be perfectly positioned to advance into those roles. Read More...
