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Staff at the Sydney Children’s Hospital at Randwick have broken out the happy, teary and angry emojis as a way to open up dialogue about treatment and enable younger patients and their families to communicate their feelings. A patient suggested ...

A Queensland man is in custody after he allegedly stole an ambulance that was called to treat him for chest pains. Paramedics arrived at the man's house in Browns Plains, south of Brisbane, on Sunday night and the man verbally ...

In 2004, chief executive Kim Macgowan was chatting with The District Nurses team and came across a student nurse who was sobbing. The nurse felt she had just made the last visit to one of the service’s clients. The man ...

Australians are being overdiagnosed and overtreated and it needs to change, say leading Australian clinicians, consumers and policy makers. In a statement, endorsed by the Consumers Health Forum, The Royal Australasian College of Physicians, the Royal Australian College of General ...

Evidence-based occupational therapy, exercise and carer support will be the key focuses of a new project that aims to improve post-diagnosis care for people with mild to moderate symptoms of dementia. Dr Kate Laver, from the Aged and Extended Care ...

The federal government’s budget boost to healthcare spending will create more jobs in the sector, opening positions in management and administration that will prove financially rewarding for health professionals with postgraduate degrees. The health budget is significant, accounting for about ...

When approaching a child’s long-term illness, an alarming number of families are not adhering to treatment plans, Queensland researchers have said. And some are contributing to ongoing difficulties by being too over-protective. Associate professor Alina Morawska, from the University of ...

There are challenging times ahead for the nursing workforce due to the increasing global nursing shortage and the continued marked attrition rate of newly graduated registered nurses. A recent study on the lived experience of nine male West Australian GRNs ...

The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) has joined a host of leading health organisations calling on the Australian Government to make marriage equality a reality. AHHA let its stance be known via a recently released Position Statement on Marriage ...

Malnutrition in cancer patients is often associated with loss of lean body mass and can be caused by a combination of factors such as inadequate food intake, decreased physical activity and metabolic derangements, often referred to as cancer cachexia. These ...