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Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
COVID-19 update: NSW restrictions explained as lockdown is extended
Lourdes Antenor Jul 8, 2021

NSW premier, Gladys Berejiklian, has announced that the two-week lockdown restrictions for greater Sydney, Central Coast, Blue Mountains and Wollongong will be extended for an

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rights
Healthcare
WHO pledges extensive commitments towards women’s empowerment and health
Lourdes Antenor Jul 6, 2021

The World Health Organization announced multiple commitments to drive change for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in all their diversity at

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antivirals
Healthcare
Potential antivirals for COVID-19 revealed in large-scale drug analysis
Lourdes Antenor Jul 6, 2021

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and the University of Dundee have screened thousands of drug and chemical molecules and identified a range of potential

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immunotherapy
Healthcare
Immunotherapy without side effects could be a possibility
Lourdes Antenor Jul 6, 2021

In recent years, immunotherapy has revolutionised the field of cancer treatment. However, inflammatory reactions in healthy tissues frequently trigger side effects that can be serious

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hair
Learning - Topics
Turns out stress CAN turn your hair grey but it’s reversible
Healthcare Channel Jul 6, 2021

Legend has it that Marie Antoinette’s hair turned grey overnight just before her beheading in 1791. Though the legend is inaccurate — hair that has

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levels
Aged Care
Opinion: Improved COVID safety levels in Victorian residential aged care facilities
Healthcare Channel Jul 6, 2021

One of the constants in our response to the COVID-19 pandemic is that we are continuously learning and focusing our efforts to increase protection levels,

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burnout
Healthcare
Q&A: Alison Coughlan of The Health Hazard tackling workplace burnout
Lourdes Antenor Jul 2, 2021

Alison Coughlan is the author of The Health Hazard: Take control, restore wellbeing and optimise impact. Alison draws on more than 25 years’ experience in the health

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Southern
Healthcare
The Southern diet – fried foods and sugary drinks – may raise risk of sudden cardiac death
Healthcare Channel Jul 1, 2021

Regularly eating a Southern-style diet may increase the risk of sudden cardiac death, while routinely consuming a Mediterranean diet may reduce that risk, according to

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oral
Healthcare
Restoring lost oral functions with pacemaker-like devices
Lourdes Antenor Jul 1, 2021

Even the mundane act of swallowing requires a well-coordinated dance of more than 30 oral muscles. The loss of function of even one of these,

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flu
Healthcare, Healthcare News
Employed individuals more likely to contract the flu
Lourdes Antenor Jul 1, 2021

A University of Arkansas researcher and international colleagues found that employed individuals, on average, are 35.3% more likely to be infected with the flu virus.

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malaria
Healthcare
From 30 million cases to zero: China is certified malaria-free by WHO
Lourdes Antenor Jul 1, 2021

Following a 70-year effort, China has been awarded a malaria-free certification from WHO – a notable feat for a country that reported 30 million cases

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disability care
Healthcare, Hospitals
Less than 1 in 5 Australians in disability care are vaccinated against COVID
Lourdes Antenor Jul 1, 2021

New data shows that less than one in five Australians living under disability care are vaccinated against COVID-19 more than four months since the rollout

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