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Staff, older Australians sound off on participatory care model
A participatory care model out of Tasmania was the focus of recent research that delved into job satisfaction of care workers and functional decline of older people. The study evaluated a program to prevent functional decline of older, community-dwelling people, ...
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Parkinson’s blood test may detect Alzheimer’s, too: professor
Australian researchers have developed a blood test that may soon be used to detect Parkinson’s disease, as well as a range of other neurodegenerative disorders. La Trobe professor of microbiology Paul Fisher said so far, the blood test has been ...
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Choices will shape telehealth’s future: economist
Telehealth will face great difficulties if the health sector fails to think outside of the current structures. This is what Paul Frijters, professor of health economics at the University of Queensland, told Nursing Review in the lead up to his ...
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Two health groups have launched a cervical screening project aimed at women affected by female genital circumcision or cutting (FGC). It has been estimated that 130 million to 140 million people worldwide have experienced a form of FGC, PapScreen Victoria, the ...
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