The role smart bidets may play in the future of healthcare was explored during a presentation at the recent Australian Healthcare Week 2016, held at Australian Technology Park in Sydney. Meredith Gresham, occupational therapist and a senior consultant (research and ...

Health economists have put forward a proposal for the option to pay healthcare costs through a resource-contingent loan. Similar to the way the Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS) allows students to defer payment for their education, these health loans would ...

United Nations member states and entities have heard findings on the relationship between the risk of Australian women experiencing domestic violence and the age they were when they had their first child. Professor Gita Mishra from The University of Queensland attended ...

Monash University has joined forces with beyondblue to develop a smartphone app and website that aim to keep people safe when they have suicidal thoughts. The free BeyondNow app, developed with funding from the Movember Foundation, shows people how to ...

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) has released a new resource about care and treatment for people with an eating disorder. Eating disorders: Your guide to what they are and how they are treated has been ...

Australian colleges, societies and associations have released recommendations on tests, treatments and procedures that may not be necessary and could cause harm to patients. The list of 61 recommendations forms part of Choosing Wisely Australia, a campaign that aims to ...

Exercise can be just as beneficial as drugs or surgery for many chronic conditions, researchers have said. But it's often overlooked as a treatment for conditions like hip and knee osteoarthritis, low back pain, diabetes and heart disease. "Many doctors ...

Alzheimer’s Australia representatives joined assistant minister for health and aged care Ken Wyatt at Canberra Hospital to endorse a visual bedside alert for people with cognitive impairment. The Cognitive Impairment Identifier (CII) forms part of the Dementia Care in Hospitals Program (DCHP), ...

An Australian researcher is looking to open up conversations about the link between cardiovascular disease and sexual dysfunction. Dr Leah East, a senior lecturer with Deakin University’s School of Nursing and Midwifery, aims to develop a sexual health and wellbeing ...

People who have had a heart attack now have access to a series of videos that aim to help survivors return to an active, satisfying life. The videos, developed by Heart Foundation Victoria in collaboration with nurses from its nurse ambassador ...