caregiver
Aged Care, Healthcare
My Medic Watch: How And Why You Should Choose a Caregiver
Giovanni Munoz Apr 6, 2021

How do you choose the right caregiver – either for you or a loved one? The My Medic Watch app can potentially save the life

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biodiversity
Healthcare News
Biodiversity, Climate, One Health and Nature-based Solutions
Lourdes Antenor Apr 1, 2021

Leading experts engaged in the science-policy interface of public health, biodiversity, and climate change will collaborate in an innovative initiative led by the WHO and

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Hospitals
Workplace Mental Health Summit 2021: Day 1 Key Takeaways
Lourdes Antenor Apr 1, 2021

The first day of the Workplace Mental Health Summit 2021 kicked off with Jim Kelly, Director of Health and Safe Design SafeWork NSW, and with

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HIV
Healthcare News
HIV control and prevention relies on early diagnosis and treatment
Lourdes Antenor Mar 31, 2021

New South Wales Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant released the NSW HIV Strategy 2021–2025, which aims to achieve the virtual elimination of HIV transmission

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community
Hospitals
Community Health – A Carers Perspective
Kellie Cooper-Smith Mar 30, 2021

Until recently I haven’t really given a lot of thought to community health. As the COVID-19 pandemic still continues to play a huge part in

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workplace
Mental Health
Workplace Mental Health Summit 2021 Sean Hall with Alexia Houston
Healthcare Channel Mar 30, 2021

Workplace Mental Health Summit 2021 speaker Sean hall interviews Alexia Houston, Head of Insurance and Risk at Clayton Utz. Tackling the stigma of mental health in

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falsified
COVID-19
WHO warns of falsified COVID-19 Vaccine: BNT162b2
Lourdes Antenor Mar 29, 2021

This WHO Medical Product Alert refers to falsified COVID-19 Vaccine identified as “BNT162b2” detected in Mexico in February 2021 and recently confirmed as falsified to the

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nursing
Aged Care, COVID-19
Deaths from COVID-19 have progressively declined at nursing homes
Lourdes Antenor Mar 25, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has had devastating effects in U.S. nursing homes and long-term care facilities, resulting in an estimated 1.2 million infections and 147,000 deaths

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osteoarthritis
Healthcare, International News
Total knee replacement treatment for patients with knee osteoarthritis
Lourdes Antenor Mar 25, 2021

Knee osteoarthritis is a painful condition that affects over 14 million U.S. adults, many of whom have extreme obesity, defined by body mass index (BMI)

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ageing
Aged Care, Learning - Topics
Attitudes to ageing: an overview of Australian perspectives of health support systems for the older person
Neil Jeyasingam Mar 24, 2021

Objectives: Older adults utilize health care systems to a higher frequency than younger groups, and are more vulnerable to system bias regarding ageing and expectations

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falls
Aged Care
94% of older adults prescribed drugs that raise the risk of falls
Lourdes Antenor Mar 23, 2021

Nearly every older adult was prescribed a prescription drug that increased their risk of falls in 2017, according to new University at Buffalo research. The

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water
Healthcare
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: closing the gap on NTDs
Lourdes Antenor Mar 23, 2021

On World Water Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) released its strategy on water, sanitation and hygiene as part of joint efforts by the water,

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