A Charles Sturt University academic has told a Legislative Council committee about the value of registered nurses in residential aged care.  Last week, nursing lecturer Dr Maree Bernoth gave evidence to the inquiry into RNs in NSW nursing homes. She said: "I'm quite perplexed ...

Head and neck cancer is the sixth most common form of the disease in the world and the prognosis for people diagnosed late is poor. A team of researchers at the University of Technology, Sydney, has been working to increase the ...

You're on the right track but put more emphasis on the consumer and affordability. That was the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association's (AHHA) reaction to the release of the Primary Health Care Advisory Group's discussion paper, Better Outcomes for People with ...

Older patients are more likely to die if they wait more than four hours to be transferred to an in-patient hospital bed after receiving emergency care than people who waited less time. That’s according to a three-year study that looked ...

Australia's cancer death rates are decreasing and the trend is predicted to continue over the next decade. But cancer is still the second most common cause of death in Australia after heart disease, with 46,470 people predicted to die from ...

More than four million Australians live with chronic pain according to a snapshot survey highlighting the far reaching impact of the condition nationally. The survey was conducted by Chronic Pain Australia as a part of National Pain Week taking place ...

The University of Canberra hosted 12 nursing students from the University of Santo Tomas College of Nursing (UST) in the Philippines, giving both student cohorts new insights into international nursing education and practice. Professor Kim Foster, head of the disciplines of ...

Public health campaigns could be making expectant mothers anxious, an Australian health scientist has warned. Dr Heather Rowe, along with professor Jane Fisher, from the Jean Hailes Research Unit at Monash University, identified links between perinatal anxiety and social and ...

Cancer patients will participate in creative workshops to determine how art can help them make the most of the limited energy they have and improve their wellbeing. The eight-week HeART Artful Wellbeing program is running from July to September, through Charles Darwin University. ...

Australian women are being warned against complacency when it comes to breast cancer amid a fall in screening rates. New figures reveal the number of women aged 50–69 attending their free mammogram every two years has been in decline since ...