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Aged-care worker wages set to rise by up to 28pc
Date of Posting: 15-03-2024
Aged-care staff are poised to get a wage rise of up to 28 per cent after the Fair Work Commission handed down a landmark decision for the sector. More than 100,000 indirect employees in the sector will enjoy a wage boost after the Health Services Read More...
Christie Brinkley reveals 'lucky' skin cancer detection
Date of Posting: 15-03-2024
US model and actor Christie Brinkley has revealed she underwent surgery for skin cancer. The 70-year-old described herself as "lucky" as she was diagnosed with a basal cell carcinoma while she accompanied her daughter on a check-up.[subs Read More...
Genetic key to likelihood of twins unlocked
Date of Posting: 15-03-2024
Women might be more likely to conceive twins thanks to their genetics - and the possibility could be identified through a simple saliva test. Brisbane mum Saskia Bollmann had no idea she would have twins until she fell pregnant.[subscribe] &quo Read More...
New genetic research to prevent chronic disease
Date of Posting: 14-03-2024
Researchers hope to reduce the burden of chronic disease by unlocking the genetic key to predict risks decades before symptoms develop for a person of any ethnicity. The landmark research will look at the risk factors of common diseases like diabe Read More...
Coroners add weight to calls for a drug testing trial
Date of Posting: 14-03-2024
Victorian coroners have thrown their weight behind calls for a drug testing trial in the state following the deaths of two men they believe unknowingly took synthetic substances. Coroners Ingrid Giles and Simon McGregor published fresh recommendat Read More...
Top 6 Common Types of Compensation Claims Explored
Last Updated: 12-03-2024
In Australia, it's quite usual for individuals to seek compensation following injuries incurred under various conditions. Such legal actions aim for a financial remedy to cover losses from physical injuries, illnesses, or mental health issues, of Read More...
Climate assessment details grim risks for Australia
Date of Posting: 12-03-2024
The nation's first climate risk assessment hints at a dystopian future for Australia if it fails to properly prepare for a multitude of threats. The assessment released on Tuesday is a first run at articulating the gamut of climate risks Austr Read More...
Wealthy Australians called on to pay more for aged care
Date of Posting: 12-03-2024
Wealthier Australians are being urged to pay more for aged care so the government can help older people with lesser means access residential and in-home services. The overall wealth of older Australians is expected to increase with the proportion Read More...
Healthcare Outsourcing Philippines: Cynergy BPO's Strategic Blueprint for Enhanced Patient Care
Last Updated: 12-03-2024
In an environment where the healthcare sector is being constantly reshaped by technological innovations and rigorous regulatory demands, healthcare organisations in Australia are increasingly embracing outsourcing as a crucial strategy to boost opera Read More...
Daytime activities linked to a good night's sleep
Date of Posting: 11-03-2024
Many tired people keen to get a better night's sleep focus on changing habits before bedtime but a new study shows the key to restful slumber lies in how someone spends their day. A University of South Australia study of more than 2500 childre Read More...
Funding fix needed to help dire mental health system
Date of Posting: 11-03-2024
Leading organisations warn the NSW mental health system is on the brink of collapse due to long-term underfunding and are calling on the government to invest more in the sector. Despite enjoying the largest state budget, data shows NSW has investe Read More...
Population shift prompts blood donor plea
Date of Posting: 11-03-2024
There's a fresh plea for Australians who come from a variety of backgrounds to roll up their sleeves and donate blood after a study highlighted a shift in the nation's blood types. There are four commonly known blood types - A, AB, B and O Read More...
Birthing on Country means best start in life for babies
Date of Posting: 10-03-2024
Too many First Nations mothers and babies are being traumatised and dying during childbirth, according to Indigenous health professor Yvette Roe. First Nations women are almost twice as likely to have a preterm birth and almost four times more lik Read More...
Funding to curb long wait for women's disease diagnosis
Date of Posting: 10-03-2024
Seven years and 11 general practitioners - that's how long it took Jessica Taylor to receive an endometriosis diagnosis. From the age of 14, Ms Taylor had excruciating periods to the extent she would faint at school and wake up in an ambulance Read More...
Alcohol policies need sharper focus on gender, WHO says
Last Updated: 08-03-2024
National policies on alcohol should consider gender, the World Health Organisation says, warning the industry is increasingly targeting women who face greater health risks than men from low level drinking. The Geneva-based WHO said that there was Read More...
Ramping 'major factor' in deadly 10-hour ambo wait
Date of Posting: 08-03-2024
Emergency responders "underappreciated" the risk to a vulnerable patient who died after a 10-hour ambulance wait, a review of the incident has found. Suffering intense abdominal pain and vomiting, an ambulance was called for Eddie, a 54- Read More...
Measles cases spark alerts for airport and university
Date of Posting: 08-03-2024
A measles alert has been issued for a major airport, university, several flights and shops in Victoria. Five people have been diagnosed with the highly infectious disease, including two people travelling on planes.[subscribe] Melbourne Airport& Read More...
Spinal injuries rise due to falls and road accidents
Date of Posting: 07-03-2024
Everyday more than 53 Australians arrive in hospital suffering spinal injuries. That's according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare which found more than 19,000 people presented to emergency departments for spinal injuries and o Read More...
Women's health centres welcome vital funding boost
Date of Posting: 07-03-2024
A boost to clinics for vulnerable women will help more access health care and reduce strain on public hospitals, the NSW government says. More than $34 million announced in the state budget has now been allocated to women's health centres arou Read More...
No fish, eggs during pregnancy 'may lead to obesity
Date of Posting: 07-03-2024
Expectant mums face no shortage of advice on what they should and shouldn't eat but the latest research says excluding two foods during pregnancy could do more harm than good. Mums who do not eat cooked fish or eggs have a higher risk of havin Read More...
Can telehealth be the answer for diagnosing cerebral palsy?
Date of Posting: 07-03-2024
James Cook University PhD candidate Claire Grant has embarked on a journey to discover whether children can be diagnosed with cerebral palsy via telehealth. Working as a physio in Townsville during the COVID-19 pandemic, Grant found that the rise Read More...
Painful disease striking one in three flies under radar
Date of Posting: 05-03-2024
Deborah Knight was not yet 50 when the broadcast journalist received the shock news that she had contracted a painful and debilitating illness. Like many Australians, the Sydney-based TV and radio presenter was vaguely aware of the threat of shing Read More...
Noisier world linked to increase in hearing loss
Date of Posting: 05-03-2024
With one in seven people globally expected to have tinnitus at some point, Australian researchers are raising awareness on ways to prevent deafness and hearing loss. It is estimated 1.5 billion people worldwide have measurable hearing loss in ligh Read More...
Calls for health insurance oversight after premium rise
Date of Posting: 05-03-2024
ustralia's peak medical body wants independent oversight of price hikes to private health insurance premiums, following a more than three per cent spike. The federal government has approved an average industry premium rise of 3.03 per cent fro Read More...
Australians encouraged to continue getting booster jabs
Date of Posting: 29-02-2024
All Australian adults should continue to get COVID-19 booster jabs but children in good health need not worry, the government's vaccine advisory group says. Four years after the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the nation, the virus continues to eb Read More...
'Crisis' as eating disorders cost Australia $67 billion
Date of Posting: 29-02-2024
Australia is in the midst of a "public health crisis" as the number of people with eating disorders increases, costing the country $67 billion a year. That's the verdict from charity the Butterfly Foundation, which says 1.1 million A Read More...
Vaping rates, alcohol and drug use by young women up
Date of Posting: 29-02-2024
The number of Australians smoking cigarettes continues to fall but vaping, alcohol and some illicit drugs are growing in popularity, a survey has found. E-cigarette use was most common among 18 to 24-year-olds and increased substantially from 5.3 Read More...
Vape shops could close as government eyes sales ban
Date of Posting: 28-02-2024
The sale of vapes could be banned within months with retailers coming into focus as the next battlefront in the war on vaping. The government has already banned the importation of single-use vapes and from Friday more restrictions are set to come Read More...
Baby with measles sparks six-hour emergency room alert
Date of Posting: 28-02-2024
People who attended an emergency department over a nearly six-hour window are being warned to watch for measles symptoms after a baby was confirmed to have the disease. The child was too young to have been vaccinated and recently returned from sou Read More...
COVID vaccine mandate 'unlawful' for emergency services
Date of Posting: 27-02-2024
COVID-19 vaccine mandates for Queensland police and ambulance service workers were made unlawfully, the state's Supreme Court has found. The court on Tuesday delivered its judgments in three lawsuits brought by 86 parties against Queensland Po Read More...
Hospital did not scan Indigenous man 'writhing' in pain
Date of Posting: 27-02-2024
An Indigenous man was writhing and screaming in pain at a regional NSW hospital, but doctors did not scan him and he died soon after being discharged, an inquest has been told. Ricky Hampson Jr died on August 16, 2021, from ruptured duodenal ulcer Read More...
Biomedical hub to produce keys in life-saving therapies
Date of Posting: 25-02-2024
A biomedical research facility will expand to commercial scale, bringing life-saving therapies and vaccines from the laboratory and into the clinic in a move the NSW government hopes will make the city a global research hub. The world-leading lab Read More...
Discovery of deadly opioid in US wastewater bodes ill
Date of Posting: 25-02-2024
A deadly synthetic drug more potent than heroin has been detected by Australian scientists in US wastewater for the first time. Protonitazene is a type of synthetic opioid that is extremely dangerous and even small amounts can lead to possible lif Read More...
Friable asbestos at one of five extra tainted sites
Date of Posting: 25-02-2024
Friable asbestos has been discovered at one of five more contaminated Sydney sites as the investigation into tainted mulch distributed across NSW continues. The NSW Environmental Protection Authority on Friday said friable asbestos had been confir Read More...
Most regional areas hit with 30pct palliative care cut
Date of Posting: 23-02-2024
Doctors have hit out "heartless and inhumane" delays in palliative care as new figures show reductions to promised funding exceed 30 per cent in most NSW regional areas. About $401 million has been committed to palliative care services i Read More...
In a heartbeat: smart watches helping to close the gap
Date of Posting: 23-02-2024
When Aunty Mary Waites joined a research trial aimed at helping to reduce the risk of stroke and cardiovascular disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait people, she saved her husband's life. When Aunty Mary, a Ngemba woman from Brewarrina in we Read More...
Legionnaires' disease warning for parts of Sydney uni
Date of Posting: 23-02-2024
A Legionnaires' disease warning has been issued for parts of the University of Sydney's Camperdown campus after three people were admitted to hospital. Two men in their 60s, and one woman in her 70s, were diagnosed with Legionnaires' d Read More...
Warning as deadly rates of dementia expected to soar
Date of Posting: 22-02-2024
Dementia rates could nearly double over the next three decades to become the leading cause of death among Australians. An Australian Institute of Health study commissioned by Dementia Australia predicts by 2054, without a medical breakthrough, dem Read More...
Greener grass if weed is legal but doctors more blunt
Date of Posting: 22-02-2024
Legal cannabis could puff up the impact of chronic pain and blunt the strain on the criminal justice system, an inquiry heard, but doctors took a pot shot at the proposal, saying it could also risk exacerbating self-medication. Parliamentarians go Read More...
Awards to honour healthcare workers who are a cut above
Date of Posting: 22-02-2024
Healthcare workers are set to be honoured for their service in the industry and to patients as part of new awards. The Stronger Medicare Awards will recognise individual health practitioners as well as multi-disciplinary teams and practices across Read More...
