Deaths in residential aged care settings occur frequently enough to be core business. It is sometimes difficult to assess when an individual might be dying, and sometimes an acute event means that they may be transferred to hospital and die ...

Sepsis is a life-threatening and time-critical medical emergency with long-ranging consequences for patients that survive. This is the message set out in the Sepsis Clinical Care Standard (the Standard), recently released by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in ...

The monkeypox outbreak that has been recognised as affecting mainly men who have sex with men has raised concerns over possible stigmatisation of the gay community when accessing healthcare. Since the virus' numbers began to rise in May, there have ...

As the pandemic fostered the demand for telehealth, a team of researchers asked themselves whether it stood a chance in replacing real-life palliative care services. Following 130 palliative care patients, the two studies revealed that 91 per cent of patients ...

An infectious disease expert says not only will monkeypox cases continue to rise, but we're also likely facing the appearance of new contagious diseases in the future. According to Griffith University Professor Nigel McMillan, climate change, population increase and urbanisation ...

Very few researchers have endeavoured to do what Professor James McAuley and his team are about to embark on. They've started a large, world-first trial exploring whether physiotherapy in combination with a drug can treat a rare chronic condition characterised ...

Researchers are alerting hospitals and homeowners to watch out for antibiotic-resistant germs in plumbing that may pose a threat to people with lowered immune systems. The warning comes amid rising numbers of people with compromised immunities due to Covid-19 and ...

What started as a project to help provide feedback to diabetic patients who'd lost sensation in their feet became a brand-new footwear concept for healthcare workers. Monash University and Blundstone Australia put their heads together to design footwear for nurses ...

Australian student nurses and midwives could soon be using a new self-assessment tool to rate their competency in spiritual patient care. Research published in The Journal of Clinical Nursing developed the 'EPICC Spiritual Care Competency Self-Assessment Tool' for undergraduates to ...

A patient's self-reported wellbeing may better indicate their response to treatment than clinician-based data, new research has found. The study from Flinders University compared nearly 3000 patients who were receiving therapy for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive breast cancer. ...