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Nina Alvarez is a Content Producer for Healthcare Channel. Her interests include writing, particularly about the healthcare sector and the many ways it can improve to further benefit people from all walks of life.

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Children's Health, Healthcare News, Medical Science and Technology
Researchers pinpoint the cause of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Nina Alvarez May 17, 2022

On Saturday, researchers from The Children’s Hospital Westmead in Sydney released a study that confirmed not only how these infants die, but why. Sudden infant death

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abused
Aged Care, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Mental Health
Abused aged care workers call for mental health support
Nina Alvarez May 17, 2022

Aged care workers raise concern over being verbally and mentally abused after the risk of the COVID-19 virus continues to plague the sector. The aged

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variant-proof
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Medical Science and Technology
Hopes for ‘variant-proof’ COVID-19 vaccine in development
Nina Alvarez May 12, 2022

Sydney University is leading an international consortium hoping to develop a ‘variant-proof’ COVID-19 vaccine. The consortium has a $US19.3 million ($A27.7 million) grant from The

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Cure Cancer
Healthcare, Healthcare News
Cure Cancer opens early-career research grant applications for 2023
Nina Alvarez May 12, 2022

For the past 55 years, Cure Cancer has been dedicated to funding novel cancer research projects, giving talented early-career cancer researchers the opportunity to pursue

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mental health unit
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals/Clinics, Learning - Topics, Mental Health
First public specialist Mother and Baby Mental Health Unit opens at RPA
Nina Alvarez May 12, 2022

New mums requiring specialist care for a severe mental illness can now have their babies stay with them at NSW’s first public, purpose-built Mother and

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ET Australia
Aged Care, Healthcare, Healthcare News
Central Coast aged care provider partners with ET Australia
Nina Alvarez May 12, 2022

As aged care providers continue to face workforce challenges and funding constraints, not-for-profit organisation Alino Living is taking a new approach to recruitment with a

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Telstra Health
Aged Care, Healthcare, Healthcare News, IT, Science and Technology
Resident care interactions in the palm of your hand via Telstra Health
Nina Alvarez May 10, 2022

With COVID-19 and workforce shortages hitting aged care providers across Australia, the ability to streamline tasks to help free up care staff’s limited resources is

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melanoma
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Medical Science and Technology, Science and Technology
Artificial intelligence tool developed to detect melanoma
Nina Alvarez May 10, 2022

Melanoma is a type of malignant tumor responsible for more than 70 percent of all skin cancer-related deaths worldwide. For years, physicians have relied on

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Astrid
Children's Health, Featured Leader, Healthcare, Hospitals, Mental Health
Featured Leader Q&A: Astrid Tiefholz, National PIMH Connect and Care Navigator for ForWhen
Nina Alvarez May 10, 2022

New parenthood is often framed as the perfect scenario, but the realities of it are rarely so. National PIMH Connect and Care Navigator (Tasmania) for

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NPS MedicineWise
Healthcare, Healthcare News
NPS MedicineWise calls for review of medicines funding decision
Nina Alvarez May 10, 2022

NPS MedicineWise is calling for a review of the decision, announced in the Federal Budget, to change the way Quality Use of Medicines (QUM) initiatives

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medicine
Aged Care, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Medical Science and Technology
New survey looks at less known effects of medicines
Nina Alvarez May 6, 2022

A new survey released today asked people what they know about the side effects of medicine. Falls, confusion, trouble remembering and concentrating. Also dry mouth,

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Telstra
Healthcare, Healthcare News, IT, Science and Technology
Feds warn of ‘aggressive’ ransomware threat targeting healthcare
Nina Alvarez Apr 28, 2022

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Cybersecurity Program issued an alert this week to healthcare providers warning them to guard against the “exceptionally

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