COVID -19 is a notifiable condition under the Australian National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS). This means that in all Australian states and territories, either the medical officer requesting the test and/or the laboratory performing ...
This guideline was developed by the Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA), in consultation with the Aged Care sector, and noted by the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC). The document is adapted from previous work ...
Walnuts. Quite coincidental that they look exactly how our brain does. Did you know that adding walnuts to your diet could help protect against age-related cognitive decline? Walnuts contain polyphenols and omega-3 fatty acids, which ...
The term mental health describes emotional, cognitive, and social well-being. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood. There are more than 200 types of psychological disorders, which ...
There’s nothing quite like putting your out-of-office message on and silencing your phone as you get ready to embark on that much-deserved vacation. Of course, to make your trip successful, there’s a certain level of basic ...
Bill and Glad Forward’s love story was one for the ages. The pair met when they were young children, grew up together, fell in love at the tender age of sixteen, and the rest is ...
[Alright all, I’m back with another post for the public health and health science fanatics out there. Thank you again for those who shared my first blog post from this channel! WOW, I received so ...
Sometimes we hear the bad news that affects us personally and sometimes we hear the bad news that affects communities, countries, the whole world! So how do we stay sane after bad news? It can ...
In our Healthcare Outlook for 2019 webinar, Stephen Grossbart, PhD, and Bobbi Brown, MBA, shared their predictions for the biggest trends of the year. Which predictions panned out and which didn’t? View this webinar as Stephen takes ...
What happened to me? Did life just grind me down, was I over-worked, stopped living for the moment and simply existing. Did I lose my passion, drive and have no connection to whom I ...
A few years ago, we had to wait until the we watch the evening news to find out what’s happening in the world. Most reports are even delayed by a week ore more. Even way ...
“Compassion fatigue is a preoccupation with absorbing trauma and emotional stresses of others, and this creates a secondary traumatic stress in the helper”. (Reference http://transitionalsupport.com.au/transitional-phase/compassion-fatigue-trauma/) Compassion fatigue also referred to as secondary traumatic stress (STS) ...
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