Discreet monitors keep tabs on people around the house and watch for alarming changes in behaviour patterns. An Australian research team is working on a non-intrusive home monitoring device that sends alerts to carers when loved ones are inactive for ...

One of our #WorldsGreatestShave hair spray stations set up around the ground tonight! Go blue to show your support! pic.twitter.com/PR8Hp3KCYy — Adelaide Strikers (@StrikersBBL) January 13, 2016 During the 2015–16 Big Bash League, the Adelaide Strikers raised money for the ...

People with cancer may be able to participate in journaling as part of a new research project. Wesley Medical Research (WMR) announced the project on World Cancer Day. It aims to improve cancer patient experiences. The research team, from The Wesley ...

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation has revealed it is lobbying for regulations that would require at least one (RN) onsite and available at all times at nursing homes. This is one of the major components of the ANMF's submission to the Senate Inquiry into the ...

Energy drinks might be sending people to emergency departments. New research has linked the beverages to adverse heart reactions. A University of Adelaide study reviewed patients with heart palpitations aged 13–40 attending an emergency department in South Australia, and found more than ...

Nurses, paramedics, doctors and other healthcare professionals engaged in shift or part-time work are likely to be hardest hit by the $10.70 cap on the Child Care Subsidy in the Federal Government's Jobs for Families package. That's the message from Family Day ...

An activist has called for a comprehensive approach to alcohol policies following a motion for a Senate inquiry into a national strategy for alcohol-related violence. Senator Glenn Lazarus called for the inquiry after discussing his personal experience with alcohol-fuelled violence. He said ...

Taking multiple medicines may put older Australians at risk of frailty and death, new research has found. The study, led by Monash University in collaboration with the University of Sydney, found that increases in the Drug Burden Index, which measures ...

Nurses, midwives and aged-care workers stand to lose more than $359 million a year if Sunday penalty rates are reduced to Saturday levels, a new report commissioned by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation has found. The McKell Institute report, ...

The Australian Senate is accepting submissions for an upcoming inquiry into the future of Australia’s aged-care workforce. This inquiry and subsequent report will look at the current composition of the workforce, challenges in attracting and retaining aged-care workers and how government ...