Divides between nurses, doctors and other health professionals in hospitals do not reflect innate human behaviour and can be overcome, new research has found. The study, by Macquarie University’s Australian Institute of Health Innovation, explored the underlying reasons for the ...

Stronger toes could help keep older people on their feet, new research suggests. Researchers at Victoria University have looked at the effect toe training can have on the incidence of falls in older people. Karen Mickle, post-doctoral research fellow at ...

A study by University of Queensland researcher Dr Lennert Veerman has concluded that a five-fold increase from current World Health Organization (WHO) exercise recommendations is required to significantly help ward off heart disease and stroke, and reduce the chances of breast ...

It may seem unlikely that drones, droids and robots would have much to do with wound care, but they encompass the theme of this year’s National Science Week, which Wounds Australia (Qld) has embraced as the basis for an upcoming ...

Megan Grisman is an activist and a cancer survivor. Soon she will add midwife to that list. After being diagnosed with breast cancer at 28 and again at 33, Grisman's battles have made her determined to enter the profession and ...

People with healthier lifestyles are less likely to develop depression, a new study that followed 1200 people over five years has found. The research, published in the journal Psychological Medicine, also found there was a tendency for those with a ...

Australians with chronic conditions are more likely to skip healthcare because of cost than their counterparts in Canada, the UK, Germany and France, new research suggests. The study found 1 in 4 chronically ill Australians is avoiding healthcare because of ...

Older Australians are using sleeping tablets for longer than what’s recommended but may want to stop altogether, recent research has found. The study, published in the journal Australian Family Physician, found that patients were often unaware of the side effects ...

People vulnerable to infection, among them the elderly, infants and pregnant women, are being warned to avoid eating rockmelon due to that spherical cantaloupe being linked to a salmonella outbreak. Food Standards Australia and New Zealand issued the following interdiction: ...

A team comprising researchers from New Zealand's Victoria University of Wellington and the UK's University of Liverpool has been awarded grants totaling almost $815,000 to explore a potential treatment for Alzheimer's disease. Just over half of the money has been pledged ...