Patients may soon no longer need to fear needles and injections as a study continues to explore the possibilities of edible vaccines. The study, run by researchers from the University of Western Australia (UWA), Ondek and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, ...

The George Institute for Global Health and the Heart Foundation are calling for reforms in healthcare to try to reduce the number of repeat heart attacks. By Aileen Macalintal. They have presented a five-point plan, part of which is to ...

A diary kept by hospital staff, family and friends could help intensive-care patients prevent psychological complications. “Being admitted to ICU can be a time of significant psychological and physical stress for patients and their families,” said Bev Ewens, a PhD ...

Three nurses from Wynnum Hospital, Brisbane, are the subject of a dispute over interrupted meal breaks. Currently before the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission, the matter was lodged on behalf of the nurses by the Queensland Nurses’ Union (QNU). “They get ...

Researchers from Flinders University, in partnership with collaborators in Melbourne, believe they have developed a new drug that may stop or even reverse the progression of eye disease. Led by Professor Keryn Williams of Flinders Centre for Ophthalmology, Eye and ...

Low dose aspirin may be an effective way to prevent deadly blood clots in the leg or lungs of patients who have experienced a previous blood clot, a new study has revealed. The study, conducted by the National Health and ...

Severely agitated emergency department patients are best sedated with a combination of antipsychotic drugs, a study has found. Droperidol or olanzapine in combination with midazolam is fast and effective in sedating aggressive patients and they are less likely to require ...

A new study has revealed that patients with benign brain tumours can experience greater distress than those with malignant tumours before radiation therapy. Dr Maria Kangas, lead researcher, said that many people assume that a benign tumour would cause less ...

Most of us take what we do for granted, and sometimes we need to step back and recognise that we make a difference to the lives of the patients we serve. As I reflected on the day while driving home ...

Complex surgery for rare cancers should be consolidated into specialised units to improve survival rates, says the NSW peak cancer control agency. Data from the Cancer Institute NSW has demonstrated an association between hospitals conducting very small numbers of procedures ...