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couple
Aged Care, COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Couple who travelled from Victoria to Queensland under investigation, NSW on high alert
Lourdes Antenor Jun 10, 2021

A couple who travelled from Victoria through the NSW while infectious with COVID-19 have presented a “real and present danger” to the communities and places

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lockdown
COVID-19, Healthcare News, Hospitals, Public Health and Careers
Lockdown in Melbourne set to ease on Friday with one local case recorded
Lourdes Antenor Jun 9, 2021

Restrictions from Melbourne’s lockdown is set to ease on Friday with the government imposing a 25-kilometre travel bubble for Melburnian’s. This decision comes after Victoria

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blood clots
Healthcare, Healthcare News
A breakthrough in understanding the physics of blood clots
Lourdes Antenor Jun 8, 2021

Heart attacks and strokes — the leading causes of death in human beings — are fundamentally blood clots of the heart and brain. Better understanding

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Emotion
Healthcare, Healthcare News, International News
Understanding feelings and emotion: When less is more
Lourdes Antenor Jun 3, 2021

A facial expression or the sound of a voice can say a lot about a person’s emotional state; and how much they reveal depends on

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Natural Killer
Healthcare, Healthcare News, International News
SKI Scientists Learn What Fuels the natural killer cells of the Immune System
Lourdes Antenor Jun 3, 2021

Despite a name straight from a Tarantino movie, natural killer (NK) cells are your allies when it comes to fighting infections and cancer. If T

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Testosterone
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News
Low testosterone in men could mean higher risk of sever COVID infection
Lourdes Antenor Jun 3, 2021

Throughout the pandemic, doctors have seen evidence that men with COVID-19 fare worse, on average, than women with the infection. One theory is that hormonal

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Vaccinated
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News
Vaccinated Aussies could start travelling abroad in six weeks
Lourdes Antenor Jun 3, 2021

Australians who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 might be able to leave the country and return with less strict quarantine plans in a new

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Global
Healthcare News, Hospitals, International News
Global warming already responsible for one in three heat-related deaths
Lourdes Antenor Jun 1, 2021

Between 1991 and 2018, more than a third of all deaths in which heat played a role were attributable to human-induced global warming, according to

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Asthma
Children's Health, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Asthma medication use, treatment, and exacerbations
Lourdes Antenor Jun 1, 2021

How does the switch to a high-deductible health plan affect children with asthma? A new study led by researchers at the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

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victoria
Aged Care, COVID-19, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Victoria reports 5 cases of COVID-19 on day 3 of lockdown
Lourdes Antenor Jun 1, 2021

Victoria reported 5 new local cases of COVID-19 on Sunday. One of these cases was a health worker in a Melbourne aged care facility where

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proteins
Aged Care, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Proteins that predict future dementia, Alzheimer’s risk, identified
Lourdes Antenor May 27, 2021

The development of dementia, often from Alzheimer’s disease, late in life is associated with abnormal blood levels of dozens of proteins up to five years

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empathy
Healthcare News
Walking in their shoes: Using virtual reality to elicit empathy in healthcare providers
Lourdes Antenor May 27, 2021

Research has shown empathy gives healthcare workers the ability to provide appropriate supports and make fewer mistakes. This helps increase patient satisfaction and enhance patient

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