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Protest outside Productivity Commission offices over aged care nurses wages. Nurses in the aged care industry yesterday demonstrated in Melbourne demanding better wages and more care for older Australians. The nurses, who marched on the Productivity Commission offices where hearings ...

New research from the Cancer Council shows one in five cases of bowel cancer are diagnosed at an advanced stage, due to a lack of screening. Australia's incidence of bowel cancer is predicted to surge by 50 per cent over ...

Stroke is a major cause of death, yet there is still no national plan. Stroke is still the second biggest cause of death in Australia and incurs crippling health care costs but continues to languish in terms of national health ...

Patients admitted to ICU after-hours or on weekends are more likely to die, new study finds. Patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) after hours and on weekends have an increased risk of mortality, according to a study published in ...

Kidney census reveals patients need to know more about dialysis. Results from a recent survey conducted by Kidney Health Australia have shown that patients facing dialysis need a greater understanding of the choices available to them. Kidney Health Australia conducted ...

Under a Labor win, NSW will have its first public mother and baby mental health unit. NSW will have its first public mother and baby mental health unit if the Labor government is re-elected. Premier Kristina Keneally said a state-wide ...

The provision of a well trained and culturally capable maternal and child health workforce is pivotal. Indigenous communities throughout Australia are set to reap far-reaching benefits from a key initiative involving Griffith University and Townsville District Health Service. One fifth ...

A drug usually in the headlines when top athletes are found out as substance cheats could soon be helping people to recover from a traumatic brain injury. Australian scientists are part of a global effort looking at whether erythropoietin - ...

A higher body-mass-index is associated with chronic diseases that increase the risk of dementia, new research has found. Dementia and obesity are two of Australia’s biggest public health problems and the relationship between them is now one step closer to ...

The NSW Coalition plans to add more than 2000 nurses and over 13-hundred beds to the state's health system if it wins the state election. Hospitals in Sydney's southwest would get 100 extra beds and 25 extra nurses under a ...