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Natural Killer
Healthcare, Healthcare News, International News
SKI Scientists Learn What Fuels the natural killer cells of the Immune System
Lourdes Antenor Jun 3, 2021

Despite a name straight from a Tarantino movie, natural killer (NK) cells are your allies when it comes to fighting infections and cancer. If T

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Testosterone
Healthcare, Healthcare News
Low testosterone in men could mean higher risk of sever COVID infection
Lourdes Antenor Jun 3, 2021

Throughout the pandemic, doctors have seen evidence that men with COVID-19 fare worse, on average, than women with the infection. One theory is that hormonal

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Vaccinated
Healthcare, Healthcare News
Vaccinated Aussies could start travelling abroad in six weeks
Lourdes Antenor Jun 3, 2021

Australians who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 might be able to leave the country and return with less strict quarantine plans in a new

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Arcare
Aged Care
Arcare Maidstone reports second resident to test positive for COVID
Lourdes Antenor Jun 3, 2021

A second Arcare Maidstone resident has tested positive for COVID-19. The second resident’s initial test had been previously indeterminate and further testing showed a positive

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Global
Healthcare News, Hospitals, International News
Global warming already responsible for one in three heat-related deaths
Lourdes Antenor Jun 1, 2021

Between 1991 and 2018, more than a third of all deaths in which heat played a role were attributable to human-induced global warming, according to

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Stroke
Aged Care, Healthcare, Mental Health
Obsessive compulsive disorder linked to increased ischemic stroke risk later in life
Lourdes Antenor Jun 1, 2021

Adults who have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) were more than three times as likely to have an ischemic stroke later in life compared to adults who

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Asthma
Children's Health, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Asthma medication use, treatment, and exacerbations
Lourdes Antenor Jun 1, 2021

How does the switch to a high-deductible health plan affect children with asthma? A new study led by researchers at the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

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victoria
Aged Care, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Victoria reports 5 cases of COVID-19 on day 3 of lockdown
Lourdes Antenor Jun 1, 2021

Victoria reported 5 new local cases of COVID-19 on Sunday. One of these cases was a health worker in a Melbourne aged care facility where

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nursing
Aged Care, Hospitals, Learning - Topics, Policy
World first study reveals nurses, allied health workers more likely to take rural jobs if they study there
Lourdes Antenor Jun 1, 2021

The initial results from a world-first, 10-year study of more than 100 nursing and allied health graduates have found that the more time students spend

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proteins
Aged Care, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Proteins that predict future dementia, Alzheimer’s risk, identified
Lourdes Antenor May 27, 2021

The development of dementia, often from Alzheimer’s disease, late in life is associated with abnormal blood levels of dozens of proteins up to five years

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empathy
Healthcare News
Walking in their shoes: Using virtual reality to elicit empathy in healthcare providers
Lourdes Antenor May 27, 2021

Research has shown empathy gives healthcare workers the ability to provide appropriate supports and make fewer mistakes. This helps increase patient satisfaction and enhance patient

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strategy
Healthcare, Mental Health
Enhanced mental health strategy for NSW workplaces
Lourdes Antenor May 27, 2021

SafeWork NSW’s Mentally Healthy Workplaces Strategy has been relaunched, aiming to improve workplace mental health in response to significant shifts in ways of working due

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2024 All rights reserved. © Healthcare channel powered by Akolade.