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A $17.7 billion reform package will provide higher quality and safer care for senior Australians
Lourdes Antenor May 13, 2021

In response to the final report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety (the Royal Commission), the Australian Government is delivering a

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black fungus
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals, International News
Rare but fatal black fungus on the rise in COVID patients in India
Lourdes Antenor May 12, 2021

As the COVID-19 cases continue to rise in India, doctors have begun to notice another alarming trend. Some COVID-19 patients who have recently been released

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movies
Mental Health
Meaningful movies help people cope with life’s difficulties
Healthcare Channel May 11, 2021

Watching meaningful movies, those that we find moving and poignant, can make us feel more prepared to deal with life’s challenges and want to be

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twins
Children's Health, Healthcare
For twins, gesture and speech go hand-in-hand in language development
Healthcare Channel May 11, 2021

Gestures — such as pointing or waving — go hand in hand with a child’s first words, and twins lag behind single children in producing

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chest
Healthcare News
Men with chest pain receive faster, more medical attention than women
Healthcare Channel May 11, 2021

Among younger adults visiting the emergency department for chest pain, women may be getting the short end of the stick. Compared with men of similar

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white matter
Healthcare, Hospitals, Learning - Topics
White matter damage is linked to worse cognitive outcome after brain injury
Healthcare Channel May 11, 2021

A new University of Iowa study challenges the idea that grey matter (the neurons that form the cerebral cortex) is more important than white matter

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bullying
Children's Health, Healthcare News
How bullying and obesity can affect girls’ and boys’ mental health
Healthcare Channel May 11, 2021

Irrespective of gender, bullying is a considerably greater risk factor than overweight for developing depressive symptoms. Depressive symptoms are more common in teenage girls than

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mothers
Children's Health, Healthcare, Healthcare News
Why we need to focus on quality care for mothers and newborns
Lourdes Antenor May 6, 2021

Quality care is a critical issue for mothers and newborn health. More women globally give birth in health facilities than ever before, but this has

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salt
Healthcare News
New benchmarks helps countries reduce salt intake and save lives
Lourdes Antenor May 6, 2021

Most people who consume double the recommended 5g of daily salt intake are putting themselves at greater risk of heart diseases and strokes that kill

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midwives
Healthcare News, Hospitals, International News
New report sounds the alarm on global shortage of 900,000 midwives
Lourdes Antenor May 6, 2021

Fully investing in midwives by 2035 would avert roughly two-thirds of maternal, newborn deaths and stillbirths, saving 4.3 million lives per year. Millions of lives

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Germany
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals, International News
Germany launches new global hub for pandemic and epidemic intelligence
Lourdes Antenor May 6, 2021

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Federal Republic of Germany will establish a new global hub for pandemic and epidemic intelligence, data, surveillance and

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infection
Healthcare, Hospitals
Infection control practices and better hand hygiene given highlight
Lourdes Antenor May 6, 2021

WHO’s latest global survey on the implementation of national infection prevention and control programmes highlights the urgent need to reduce inequalities in the availability of

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