A critical shortage of O-negative blood across Australia has sparked the latest Red Cross Blood Service appeal for donors to come forward. The blood service is urging people with O-negative blood to make a donation as its reserves dip to ...

It might sound slightly counterintuitive at first, but Victorian researchers are suggesting that jumping might be key to helping reduce falls among post-menopausal women with osteoporosis. Key to this suggestion is the potential benefits of ‘neuromuscular power’. Published in Osteoporosis ...

A tool that uses facial recognition software to detect pain in the elderly and people with dementia is making its way across Australian residential aged care villages. Known as PainChek, its national rollout via Dementia Support Australia (DSA) is now underway ...

What would be your last meal? For Josino, all he wanted was lobster, but that wasn’t to be. “You know what really annoys me? If I was on death row, I could choose my last meal. Just because I’m sick, ...

Australian College of Nursing chief executive Adjunct Professor Kylie Ward has rugged up against the first frosts of Canberra’s winter this year to again participate in a sleepout for homelessness. The Vinnies CEO Sleepout aims to raise both awareness of ...

Maternal and child health nurses in Geelong will begin the first stage of industrial action on Wednesday after they rejected an annual leave offer by the city's council. Nurses from 20 maternal and child health centres across the Geelong region ...

A report by Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA) has revealed that thousands of Australians are still missing out on quality care despite the country having one of the best breast cancer survival rates in the world. The State of the ...

“The 60-year-old aged care worker in Burnie is entitled to aspire to get a better job, is entitled to get a promotion, is entitled to be able to earn more money.” This is the phrase Malcolm Turnbull uttered in Parliament ...

Marital status should be included as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), a team of international researchers has suggested. The call comes after their study revealed that marriage might protect people against heart disease and stroke, and influence who ...

Veteran nurse with the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) Fiona Dickson is well versed in working in a rural setting. However, in May this year, when the No Roads Expeditions volunteer program came up, she and her colleague decided to ...