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 to new research launched to mark the first Ageism Awareness ...
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 settings face “significant barriers” to accessing the NDIS. Commissioned as ...
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 of a new clinical practice guideline. ADHD is the most ...
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 Health District is the first District in NSW to introduce ...
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 Australia Chief Advocate, Ian Henschke said the quarterly figures reveal ...
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 with lived experience of mental health issues saying stigma is ...
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. In Australian Prescriber, weight loss experts Dr Teresa Girolamo and ...
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 study has found. The study conducted by the National Skills ...
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 rights imperative. Healthcare Channel has reached out to Alex Winstanley, ...
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 researchers, led by Dr Larissa Dirr, Dr Benjamin Bailly and ...
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 Infectious Diseases, part of the US National Institutes of Health ...
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 need for public health campaigns around vaccine uptake, an updated ...
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