It’s become clearer than ever before that people with a life-limiting illness want to die in their own home. But is this even a possibility and how many resources for care are available for this ...
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 essential. That’s why Telstra Health has developed the new, easy ...
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 visual inspection to identify suspicious pigmented lesions (SPLs), which can ...
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 ForWhen. Astrid Tiefholz, talks to the Healthcare Channel to clear ...
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 are led and funded in Australia. NPS MedicineWise was established ...
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, constipation and trouble urinating. It is easy to think these ...
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 aggressive” Hive ransomware group. The group has been known to ...
In the lead-up to the federal election, the country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), has written to all major political parties and Independent MPs and Senators, seeking their commitment to the ...
A genetic cause of lupus – an autoimmune disease affecting at least 5 million people worldwide – has been discovered. A mutation in the TLR7 gene was identified by an international team of researchers as one of the causes of the ...
The winners in the NSW Health 2021 Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery Awards have been announced and celebrated today in a virtual awards show. The 2021 Awards, held over from November last year due to ...
Dr Vince Polito, a clinical psychologist and Senior Research Fellow at Macquarie University’s School of Psychological Sciences, is leading a clinical trial to test the effectiveness of regular, tiny doses of psychedelics on moderate depression. ...
International scientists have developed an assessment proposal aimed at clinicians and researchers to establish an individualised treatment protocol for long COVID patients. It is estimated that one out of 10 people who have suffered from ...