Waking up at 3am in the morning and worrying is a common experience, and researchers have unpacked why we have late night sleep disturbances and how we can avoid it. Professor Greg Murray, a clinical psychologist and director of the ...
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Nurse victim of alleged terrifying sex threat while self-isolating at home
A man contracted by Victorian contact tracers has been refused bail after police allege he threatened to have an isolating nurse deported unless she had sex with him. Abdulfatah Awow, 24, of Carlton, made a bail bid in Melbourne Magistrates Court on ...
More »Why some health workers are vaccine hesitant, and how we can support them
With reports of nurses in New York burning their scrubs in protest against vaccine mandates and footage of workers protesting in Melbourne against lockdown, the divide between 'vaccine mindsets' is growing. Around 90 per cent of health workers in Australia ...
More »Melbourne nurse emotional as she spoke of patients ‘begging’ for a vaccine when it was too late
A Melbourne nurse has described patients “begging” for the coronavirus vaccine when they’re about to be put on life support as Victoria considers whether to fly in help from interstate. Royal Melbourne Hospital Intensive Care Unit nurse supervisor Michelle Spence ...
More »Images released after nurse assaulted at medical clinic
A search is underway to find a man who allegedly assaulted a nurse at a medical centre in Sydney’s Inner West last month. NSW Police were called to the Glebe Point Rd business at about 11.45am on August 27. They were told ...
More »A weekend sleep-in could help fight depression
A weekend lie in could go a long way to fighting depression, according to new research. Academics from Yonsei University in South Korea looked at the sleep of 5500 people to see if there is an association between weekend catch-up ...
More »Alzheimer’s could be diagnosed more than a decade before symptoms appear with new blood biomarker
Newly found blood biomarkers could help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease more than a decade before symptoms start to emerge. A world first study from researchers at Macquarie University identified a protein in the blood which could lead to low cost screening ...
More »Dementia Action Week kicks off with new report looking at the impacts of dementia in Australia
The first large scale government report on dementia in Australia was released today to mark the start of Dementia Action Week (September 20-26). Dementia in Australia, carried out by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), is the first report ...
More »What do nurses think of telehealth during COVID-19?
With ongoing social distancing and lockdowns, the use of telemedicine has skyrocketed across the globe, with more patients than ever reaching for the phone to meet their healthcare needs. A new survey has delved into how primary care nurses have ...
More »Home-birth midwives deny claims after death
Two midwives deny police allegations they were criminally negligent after a woman died following a home birth in a pool of water. Melody Bourne, 44, of Mullumbimby, and Gaye Demanuele, 60, of Preston, appeared for a committal hearing in Melbourne ...
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