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Dr Clare Heal, associate professor in general practice and rural medicine at James Cook University, spoke to Nursing Review about her research that revealed clean, boxed gloves are just as effective as sterile ones at reducing the risk of wound ...

Health editor Dallas Bastian spoke with professor Chris Del Mar from the centre for research in evidence-based practice at Bond University about his recent research into the public’s expectations of medical tests and treatments. A study by Del Mar and ...

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has reaffirmed his intention to pursue Medicare cost savings measures and reform, including a “price signal” to patients, despite conceding that such measures would face a tough battle in the Senate. Speaking to reporters this week, ...

In the first installment of a podcast series, professor Wendy Moyle shared her thoughts on the key challenges and issues facing gerontological nurses. Moyle, who is a registered nurse and the director of the centre for health practice innovation at ...

Senior manager at Hays Recruitment Paul Burch spoke to Aged Care Insite to share his predictions of the top 5 areas of demand for nurses in 2015. In the podcast, Burch identified regional facilities, aged care, midwifery and allied health ...

Autonomy, working hours and processes to deal with violence and bullying are the most important job characteristics for nurses and midwives, according to recent research. Professor Tony Scott, professorial research fellow at the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social ...

Nurses and doctors have welcomed a government pledge for greater consultation with the health professions following the Coalition’s backdown on its controversial plans to slash rebates for shorter GP consultations. From next week, a scheduled change to standard, time-based GP ...

Oxford University researchers have begun the first trials of an experimental preventive Ebola vaccine regimen developed by Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies. The trials come as the ongoing Ebola epidemic is affecting a growing number of countries including Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, ...

For the next 100 days Australians will be urged to march against sedentary behaviour as part of an initiative launched by Tasmanian nurse, exercise physiologist and aged care professional Peter Bradley. Bradley, who is also service manager at RDNS Home ...

Depression affects up to 15 per cent of women after birth and a predictive model could be used help prevent the health issue, according to a medical researcher and statistician. Dr Fenglian Xu, who will be undertaking research into developing a ...