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 ...

National Allergy Strategy is launching the first free food allergy e-training for Australian hospital staff to combat unnecessary allergic reactions in hospitals. Allergic diseases currently affect more than four million Australians and the prevalence of such diseases is on the rise. ...

Pregnant women have faced significant obstacles over the last eight months. On top of the challenges expectant mothers usually experience they have the added stress of a once-in-a-generation pandemic. Add to the mix a consistent stream of inconsistencies nationwide over ...

Nurses are required to maintain patient confidentially due to their legal, moral, ethical, employment and professional duties as they are trusted with a patient’s most intimate and personal information. This trust is often a challenge to maintain when working in ...

This article explores the relationship between physical trauma, psychological trauma and the integration of trauma informed care in a modern hospital setting. Traumatic physical injury is the leading cause of death in the first four decades of life. It accounts ...

The global COVID-19 pandemic has widespread and insidious consequences that in many instances go beyond personal health and the ramifications of which may not yet be fully known. For some the impact may be as minor as struggling to buy ...

Academics are calling for a national approach to sepsis detection, after new research discovered that an internationally recommended early detection system for sepsis proves less effective than the Australian alternative. Statistics show that Sepsis kills more than 5,000 people each ...

New research has found that opioid prescriptions for non-cancer related pain have doubled over the last 24 years. Academics from the University of Sydney, the University of Warwick UK, the University of Notre Dame, the University of New South Wales and ...