Australian doctors who are worried the system won’t be ready to provide them with the equipment they have to guard themselves and their patients during the COVID-19 pandemic are watching ways to style and produce ...
The Australian Aged Care Quality Agency’s ‘Getting to know the standards’ webinar. Source: Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission
Phase one testing for a COVID-19 vaccine is about to start in Australia, in exactly the third such trial within the world. Australian clinical trials specialist Nucleus Network will partner with US-based biotechnology company Novavax ...
Westmead Health Precinct is leading the race with the event of a cutting-edge serology test that’s key to slowing the COVID-19 pandemic. NSW Health Pathology’s Director of Public Health Pathology, Professor Dominic Dwyer, said the ...
One of Australia’s top doctors has curated 25 tips on how to avoid bringing COVID-19 home after going out of the house. It can be by doing errands, buying medicine, or getting food. The Royal Adelaide Hospital’s ...
As we age, our immune response capability becomes reduced, which in turn contributes to more infections and more cancer. As life expectancy in developed countries has increased, so too has the incidence of age-related conditions. ...
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic a new social enterprise, Frontliners has been launched to supply health workers with essential items they need during this difficult time. So far product to the value of 2 million dollars have been ...
Lack of ventilators. Almost every country across the globe is facing this challenge with COVID-19. Patients with severe cases suffer from inflammation and fluid build-up in their lungs. That’s why a ventilator is required to ...
Geriatric patients are at high risk of Drug Related Problems (DRPs) due to multi- morbidity associated polypharmacy, age related physiologic changes, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics alterations. These patients often excluded from premarketing trials that can further ...
Often, quality medical care can be found in developing nations, with lower costs and an opportunity to have a holiday at the same time. For these appealing reasons, the trend in medical travel is increasing. ...
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 ...
To nap or not to nap on a night shift – does it reduce fatigue? That is the question nurses at the Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) in Melbourne asked in trialing the effects of scheduled ...