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Ritchelle is a Content Producer for Healthcare Channel, Australia’s premier resource of information for healthcare.

ageism
Customer Experience, Healthcare, Healthcare News
New research finds ageism rife in Australia, but few know how to respond
Ritchelle Drilon Oct 7, 2022

Nearly half of all Australians over-50 experienced ageism in the past year, but only one in five of them took any action in response, according

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psychosocial disability
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Strategy
People with psychosocial disability face barriers to accessing NDIS support
Ritchelle Drilon Oct 7, 2022

A new research partnership between the University of Sydney and People with Disability Australia (PWDA) has found people with mental health diagnoses (psychosocial disability) living in institutional

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adhd
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Strategy
ADHD diagnosis, treatment and care improved in Australia
Ritchelle Drilon Oct 7, 2022

Australians will soon be able to count on better care and treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) right across the country with the release

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magseed
Healthcare, Healthcare News
Tiny technology ‘Magseed’ makes a big impact in cancer surgery
Ritchelle Drilon Oct 5, 2022

A tiny seed, no bigger than a grain of rice, is having a big impact on breast cancer care for patients in Murrumbidgee. Murrumbidgee Local

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job vacancies
Aged Care, Healthcare, Healthcare News
Job vacancies strengthen case to let pensioners work
Ritchelle Drilon Oct 5, 2022

The latest ABS job vacancy figures show 470,900 vacancies across all sectors but a concerning increase in health and social assistance job vacancies. National Seniors

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mental health stigma
Mental Health
94% of Australians say mental health stigma prevails
Ritchelle Drilon Oct 5, 2022

New research conducted for Mental Health Month 2022 debunks the notion that mental health stigma is a thing of the past, with 94% of Australians

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weight loss surgery
Healthcare, Healthcare News
Weight loss surgery can change the way medicines work
Ritchelle Drilon Oct 5, 2022

Around a third of Australians are obese and some require surgery to help with weight loss. However, the surgery can change the way medicines work.

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care workers
Healthcare, Healthcare News
Australia on brink of care workers crisis, study shows
Ritchelle Drilon Oct 5, 2022

Australia will have a shortage of nearly 100,000 care workers within five years if urgent action is not taken to address the labour crisis, a

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disabled people
Featured Leader
Alex Winstanley of Happy Smiles Training on empowering disabled people
Ritchelle Drilon Sep 29, 2022

Disabled people face widespread stigma based on deeply rooted negative perceptions about disability. Eliminating the discrimination that is being imposed on them is a human

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pneumonia
Children's Health, Healthcare, Healthcare News
Hope is on the horizon for children suffering from pneumonia
Ritchelle Drilon Sep 29, 2022

A drug normally used to prevent tissue rejection following organ transplants could be repurposed to help treat pneumonia in children. A team of Griffith University

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tuberculosis
Healthcare, Healthcare News
New vaccine research aims to conquer tuberculosis
Ritchelle Drilon Sep 29, 2022

The Centenary Institute and the University of Sydney, together with collaborators, have been awarded an AU$19 million contract from the National Institute of Allergy and

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halton
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News
Halton review into vaccine and treatment procurement
Ritchelle Drilon Sep 29, 2022

Professor Jane Halton AO has handed to Government her independent review of Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine and treatment procurements, making eight recommendations. The recommendations cover the

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