National Pain Week is an annual event drawing awareness towards the impact of chronic pain on people’s lives and this year runs from July 26 to August 1st.  Around 3.4 million Australians currently suffer from the condition. More than half ...

Dr Karleen Gribble, associate professor at Western Sydney University, has spent the last year studying the different COVID-19 separation policies in maternity wards across the globe.  According to her research, the impact of changing health advice and an absence of ...

Peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) or cannula insertion is the one of the most common medical procedures in Australia, experienced by 7.7 million patients each year.1 While it is a well-practiced procedure, research reveals significant issues in the way that PIVCs ...

The trend from hospital to home-based care, accelerated during the coronavirus pandemic, looks set to continue with the first evidence in Australia that regular blood transfusions can be safely performed by nurses in residential homes and aged care facilities. The ...

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 ...

Vaccination is a tricky topic of late. The global race to find a way to get our lives back to some semblance of normality has caused concern among some as to the efficacy and safety of the vaccine options available. ...

Does the way in which a doctor describes a medical condition influence our decision making?  Researchers from the University of Sydney believe that it does, and found that in some cases the terminology used could make people up to 25 ...

A new international study has found that surgery dramatically increases the risk of death from COVID-19 and it recommends that all non-emergency surgery patients be vaccinated while awaiting surgery. The COVIDSurg Collaborative international team of researchers, led by the University ...

As Australia's COVID-19 vaccination rollout gets off to a sluggish start, other nations have made great strides in vaccinating their population. Israel is one of those nations, and since the start of its vaccination drive in December 2020, about 57 ...

New research has found that mothers from disadvantaged backgrounds show improved mental and physical wellbeing when given regular visits from maternal and child health nurses during pregnancy, and up until the child is two years old. Maternal mental health is ...