A groundbreaking study is investigating the 'overlooked issue' of midwives coping with their own birthing trauma and its impact on their professional lives.  It's estimated that one in three women who deliver a baby experience some level of trauma. But ...

An aged care nurse has called for Australians to become more open in conversations about death and dying during National Palliative Care Week. Multi-award-winning palliative care nurse, Juliane Samara, highlighted the need for a cultural shift in society about mortality ...

In light of Schizophrenia Awareness Day, groundbreaking research and a multidisciplinary approach could offer new hope for people living with the condition. Schizophrenia is a complex mental disorder that affects one in a hundred Australians.  While treatment options exist, roughly 10 per ...

People living in NSW were more likely to be satisfied with the care they received in public hospitals than those living in other states, according to a new analysis. Last week, The Bureau of Health Information released a report examining ...

Jeanette Tibbs, a community nurse working for Hepatitis Queensland in Coorparoo, has been named a finalist for HESTA's 2023 Nurse of the Year awards. Ms Tibbs was nominated for he most recent work which saw her screen over 600 marginalised ...

Australian researchers have developed a new test to enable the early diagnosis of preeclampsia, a potentially fatal pregnancy condition and one of the leading causes of maternal death worldwide. Experts from the University of Technology Sydney created the 15-minute test ...

Working one of Australia's endometriosis nurse means Nikki Campbell's hands are always full – but she wouldn't have it any other way. Endometriosis is a condition when tissue similar to the lining of your womb grows outside the uterus, which ...

A major international study has highlighted how midwives and nurses continued to go the extra mile to deliver person-centred care in birth units during the pandemic. The Murdoch Children's Research Institute study examined data from nearly 700 babies in 13 ...

Experts have sounded the alarm on the growing crisis of antibiotic-resistant superbugs that could potentially lead tens of million Australians into hospital. More than 10 million people could be killed by antimicrobial resistance (AMR) each year, costing the world economy ...

Nurses and other health professionals could be administering saliva swabs in healthcare settings to predict someone's risk of developing cancer in the near future. University of Melbourne researcher Sibel Saya kicked off an Australian-first study earlier this month that could ...