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Women diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) are 1.5 times more likely to suffer clinical depression than those without the condition – whether or not they know they have it, according to a study.– The findings suggest depression with PCOS ...

Pregnant women don’t have to wait until they give birth before getting the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, according to new advice from medical experts. The updated advice means pregnant women should be offered the Pfizer vaccine against coronavirus at any stage ...

It’s not hard to see how people working in the health care sector can develop a sense of powerlessness with the inevitable constraints, pressures and compromises we can face every day in our work. This might include a relentlessly busy ...

More than five million Australians have received the Covid-19 vaccine as the federal government announced GPs will be able to administer doses for people with disabilities and the elderly at their homes. Health and Aged Care Minister Greg Hunt said 5.9 ...

A Victorian who tested positive for coronavirus breached an urgent isolation order so they could get the Covid-19 jab, health authorities have revealed. The case – who visited the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (Jeff’s Shed) in South Wharf – was one ...

Telling people that alcohol causes cancer is an effective way to get people to cut down on booze, a new study shows. Researchers from The George Institute for Global Health looked at different ways of encouraging people to reduce their ...

Jennie Cox has always jumped on any chance to learn. At 81, she’s just completed a degree at Murdoch University and has already enrolled for a postgraduate course. A former nurse from Perth, Cox studied for a nursing degree as ...

Nursing has changed enormously since I started my nursing training as one of the last cohort of solely hospital trained nurses in the late 1980s. Although we transitioned to a degree qualified profession more than 30 years ago, there are ...

Around 7.7 million Australians get a cannula or 'drip' placed each year and the procedure can be a painful experience.  That may be about to change with a new clinical standard that aims to provide national guidance on best practice ...

A former nurse has vowed to “fight to the bitter end” to force change to Queensland’s beleaguered health system after his father died following a 26-hour wait in an emergency department. Neville Clayton died less than a week after he endured ...