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 ...
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NSW union backs marriage equality campaign
Australian Marriage Equality (AME) has welcomed support from the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) for its campaign to legalise same-sex marriage. The motion to support the fight for marriage equality was put to the union’s delegates at its 71st Annual ...
More »Shift workers urged to lighten up for bone health
Nurses, aged-care staff and other shift workers must take action on their bone health, Australian experts have warned. Ahead of Healthy Bone Action Week, which runs throughout the first week of August, Dr Belinda Beck, from Griffith University and co-founder of ...
More »Support for head, neck cancer survivors must go beyond hospital
Care doesn't end at the completion of treatment for head and neck cancer. That's one message University of Queensland school of dentistry researcher Kelsey Pateman sent out ahead of World Head and Neck Cancer Day late last month. She said it's ...
More »Peak body urges health professionals to check inhaler use
Australia’s peak body for asthma has called on health professionals to check their patients’ inhaler technique. The National Asthma Council Australia said it’s concerned that Australians are incorrectly using their inhalers, adding those most likely to do so include young ...
More »Transgender people’s needs little understood: paper
Prejudice. Harassment. Abuse. Violence. These are some of the issues driving transgender people to the margins of society, Australian researchers have said. It's there that they experience social isolation, poverty and poor health and wellbeing, explained the lead author of ...
More »Study drills down into effective, equitable dental care
About 7500 Australians will undergo dental examinations as part of a new research project that aims to assess the level of oral diseases in the Australian adult population. The $5.8 million National Study of Adult Oral Health 2016–18 will also ...
More »Report energises physical activity push
The Heart Foundation has urged Australians to move more and sit less, following the release of its new report highlighting the importance of physical activity as a factor in the prevention and management of cardiovascular disease. Former chair of the ...
More »Report card points to need for national prevention agenda
Australia is facing increased rates of obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes, as well as dangerously high levels of salt and sugar consumption in adults, a report card on the nation’s health has found. Released by Australian Health Policy Collaboration ...
More »Health policy will need broad consensus: Grattan
Though we don’t yet know the final result of the 2016 federal election, the vote as it stands will already have an impact on future health policy. Dr Stephen Duckett, health program director at the Grattan Institute, said regardless of ...
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