It is time to think of cancer as a chronic disease and use cancer treatment as something that manages the disease, rather than eradicate it all together. These ideas are part of a new theory put forward by Professor Paul ...

Sometimes the best ideas are so obvious no one seems to pay attention to them. Reablement is such a clever idea that it seems almost unnecessary to have a specialised word in aged care for it. Yet it may be ...

An inmate gave birth alone in her unsterile West Australian cell in circumstances the prison's inspector has described as distressing, degrading and high risk. The woman indicated to staff at Bandyup Women's Prison just over two hours before she gave ...

Being open to changing tack mid-career is something we’re told we need to get used to, and that’s exactly what Jason Honnery from the mid-north coast of NSW is about to do. Currently a patient transport officer at Macksville hospital, the ...

The overall rate of Victorians surviving cancer is increasing, despite more people in the state being diagnosed with the disease. The overall five-year survival rate rose to 68 per cent in 2012–16, from 66 per cent in 2007–11, a Cancer ...

It has been suggested that the western world has lost its 'death literacy' as we increasingly look to outsource end of life care to businesses. A new public health approach to palliative care has been put forward as a compassionate alternative ...

A Melbourne-led study will investigate whether anaesthetic gas given to patients undergoing cancer surgery can lead to a return of the disease. About 5700 patients having lung or colorectal cancer surgery will take part in the five-year international study examining cancer recurrence ...

Aged care providers should be required to report staff-to-patient ratios for their facilities each quarter, a committee investigating the move has told parliament. In a new report, the Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Sport recommended the passage of ...

Bushfires and floods have hit Australian towns this week, and those who use formula in their aftermath may be more likely to have a sick child, a new study suggests. Category 5 cyclone Yasi, which hit in the summer of ...

An app has been developed that enables smartphone users to check for anaemia simply by snapping a picture of their fingernails. The software records levels of haemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying protein in red blood cells, by measuring the paleness of the ...