A hospital in Sydney’s west has launched a scheme aimed at reducing the stress and pain of osteoarthritis. Described as a ‘one-stop shop’, the Osteoarthritis Chronic Care Program (OACCP) at Auburn Hospital allows patients to see a range of different ...
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‘My heart is crying’: royal commission Darwin
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety continues this week in Darwin and will look at aspects of care in residential, home and flexible aged care as well as issues those living in rural and remote communities face. ...
More »‘I had no idea that someone could possibly do that’: nurse recalls father’s mistreatment
A nurse who suspected her father was being mistreated in an aged care home caught a care worker roughly handling him a number of times, including smothering him with a cloth. Aged care provider Japara failed to act when Noleen ...
More »Fears after two new Ebola cases in Uganda
Uganda has announced two more cases of Ebola - confirmation of the first spread of a deadly outbreak beyond the borders of Democratic Republic of Congo. The Ugandan cases showed the epidemic was entering a "truly frightening" phase and was ...
More »Wait times grow in NSW emergency wards
A record number of people are presenting to NSW emergency departments and many are waiting longer for treatment - a situation doctors say is unsustainable. The latest official data, released on Wednesday, shows there were more than 756,000 attendances at ...
More »Health workers should take Aboriginal languages seriously: article
"He chucked his guts up." Writing in the Medical Journal of Australia, Dr Robert Amery, head of linguistics at the University of Adelaide, said he’d used this term when teaching a short course in medical interpreting to a group of ...
More »Should parents give their kids alcohol to teach responsible drinking?
"Do you want a little bit? Because if you're going to drink I'd rather you do it in the house." It’s one of the more quotable lines from Amy Poehler’s cool mum character, Mrs George, in 2004 hit Mean Girls ...
More »Costly gap in osteoporosis care must be closed: peak body
The cost of older Australians’ brittle bones is rising. A new burden of disease report has revealed the total costs of osteoporosis and osteopenia in people over 50 years of age will be $3.1 billion in 2017. The Osteoporosis Australia ...
More »Laughter not the best medicine for bladder leakage
Australian women are willing to tell others about their bladder leakage but the majority simply laugh off the health issue, a new survey has found. The Continence Foundation of Australia survey of 1000 women aged 30 years or older found ...
More »AI that predicts lifespans could one day help to tailor treatments
What if a computer could tell you when you will die? The concept sounds like an elevator pitch for a science fiction novel but University of Adelaide researchers are working to bring the idea to life. Recent research, published in ...
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