The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a list of 12 families of bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health. The list of antibiotic-resistant “priority pathogens” was created to guide and promote research and development of new antibiotics. ...
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Giving vulnerable people a voice in conversations about death and dying
People with Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, and chronic airways disease; those from migrant groups; and Indigenous people will all have their say on death and dying as part of a new Australian research project. Led by University of Adelaide researcher Dr ...
More »Online program aims to bridge gap in cancer support
With some people who are being treated for cancer turning to the web for psychological support, Australian researchers have launched an online program that offers information, suggestions and self-help resources. The Finding My Way website has been developed by Dr ...
More »Implantable brain technology is revitalising but comes with side effects
Dr Frederic Gilbert is a philosopher and ethicist in the School of Humanities at the University of Tasmania. He has been studying the positive and negative effects of implantable brain technologies, which are used to treat conditions including Parkinson’s disease ...
More »Cultural change needed to expand healthcare in the home: forum
Some health professionals in the acute sector may be apprehensive when it comes to releasing patients into the healthcare-in-the-home system but it may be the best move for the patient. This is a key point raised by speakers at the ...
More »Providers urged to help in cervical screening push for LGBTIQ people
No matter your sexuality or gender identity, if you have a cervix then you’re at risk of cervical cancer. This is the key message of a new PapScreen Victoria campaign aimed at lesbian, gay, bisexual, same-sex attracted and transgender people, ...
More »No jab? Make an appropriate contribution to society instead: paper
Conscientious objectors to immunisation should make a commensurate contribution to society to account for the risk their decision imposes to the community, an Australian philosopher has argued. Associate professor Steve Clarke, from Charles Sturt University’s School of Humanities and Social ...
More »Self-care important to palliative care workers, not always practised
Most palliative care professionals agree that self-care is very important, however, a considerable proportion rarely engage with relevant strategies, a new study has found. The research, led by Jason Mills, a lecturer at Queensland University of Technology's School of Nursing, ...
More »Managers and student nurses at odds over smartphone use: study
“You would have to pry it from my cold dead hands.” This was one of the comments shared by the participants of a study on the views of nurse managers and student nurses concerning the use of smartphones and tablets ...
More »Midwives report high levels of burnout, severe depression
There is a high prevalence of personal and work-related burnout, depression, anxiety, and stress among Australia’s midwives, new research has found. Published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, the study gathered responses from over 1000 nurses and measured them against the ...
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