A Queensland RN has urged fellow nurses to not let respiratory rate checks fall by the wayside. CQUniversity doctoral researcher Tracy Flenady said that while abnormal respiratory rates are accurate, early indicators of clinical decline, previous studies indicate that this ...

Assisted dying laws for terminally ill Victorians will move another step forward, with an advisory panel's final report to be released. The panel will release its report and recommendations on Friday 21 July 2017, on track for a bill to ...

To the Netherlands where research has linked early menopause to an increased chance of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D) ... The younger a woman is when reaching menopause the greater their risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D), research suggests. ...

To the UK where a recent study shows pregnant women who have a healthy diet and participate in regular moderate exercise are less likely to have a caesarean section ... They are also less likely to gain excessive weight or ...

Learning new things, eating and drinking well, not smoking and limiting hearing loss and loneliness could prevent one-third of dementia cases, health experts say. In a wide-ranging analysis of the risk factors behind dementia, the researchers highlighted nine as particularly ...

An Australian not-for-profit health and aged care organisation has reaffirmed its willingness to provide medical support and healthcare to asylum seekers currently held in offshore detention centres on Manus Island and Nauru. St Vincent’s Health Australia (SVHA) has lent its ...

Around half of Queensland’s nurses and midwives say they have experienced workplace violence in the three months prior to a survey of state union members. This is up from around 40 per cent reported in 2001. The survey of 2397 ...

Victorians will benefit from a new state-of-the-art stroke care unit at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, with the facility planning to double the number of beds to treat the condition. With Melbourne Health set to receive an extra $69.6 million under ...

Researchers at the University of Sydney have identified a link between influenza and a deadly brain disease in Australian children, prompting calls for a universal flu vaccination program for the very young. During the past three flu seasons, 54 cases of ...

To England for the latest news from the 2017 Alzheimer's Association International Conference on how to help dementia patients ... Just a simple chat and some social interaction may be all it takes to improve the wellbeing of patients living ...