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Testosterone
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
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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Stroke
Aged Care, Healthcare, Mental Health
Obsessive compulsive disorder linked to increased ischemic stroke risk later in life
Lourdes Antenor Jun 1, 2021

Adults who have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) were more than three times as likely to have an ischemic stroke later in life compared to adults who

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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, 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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nursing
Aged Care, Hospitals, Learning - Topics, Policy
World first study reveals nurses, allied health workers more likely to take rural jobs if they study there
Lourdes Antenor Jun 1, 2021

The initial results from a world-first, 10-year study of more than 100 nursing and allied health graduates have found that the more time students spend

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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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strategy
Healthcare, Mental Health
Enhanced mental health strategy for NSW workplaces
Lourdes Antenor May 27, 2021

SafeWork NSW’s Mentally Healthy Workplaces Strategy has been relaunched, aiming to improve workplace mental health in response to significant shifts in ways of working due

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kangaroo
Healthcare News, Hospitals
Kangaroo mother care started immediately after birth critical for saving lives
Lourdes Antenor May 27, 2021

Immediate kangaroo mother care for preterm and low birthweight babies requires dedicated Mother-Newborn Intensive Care Units. Kangaroo mother care, which involves skin-to-skin contact and exclusive breastfeeding,

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pathogens
Hospitals
Switzerland launches global BioHub for pathogen storage, sharing and analysis
Lourdes Antenor May 25, 2021

The Swiss Confederation signed a Memorandum of Understanding to launch the first WHO BioHub Facility as part of the WHO BioHub System, which was announced

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THANZ
Healthcare News, Hospitals
Full statement from ATAGI and THANZ on Thrombosis with TTS and the use of AstraZeneca Vaccine
Lourdes Antenor May 25, 2021

Read this joint statement from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) and the Thrombosis and Haemostasis society of Australia and New Zealand (THANZ)

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