The Heart Foundation has called on the Victorian Government to improve referral to and participation in cardiac rehabilitation programs, following research that showed greater uptake of the intervention would save lives and reduce costs to the health system by $86.7 ...

Women who have trouble managing on their income later in life are up to three times more likely to be frail than those on more stable incomes, a study has found. The University of Queensland research, published in The Journal ...

On the back of a Grattan Institute’s report on the cost of pathology testing, the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) has called on the Commonwealth to modernise Australia’s pathology payment system. The report, Blood Money: paying for pathology services, ...

The Australian College of Mental Health Nurses (ACMHN) has congratulated an Australian university for its work in educating specialist mental health nurses. The Australian Catholic University (ACU) is the first to achieve National Framework Accreditation for its Master of Mental ...

A new hotline and website dedicated to supporting carers has been launched by the Australian Government. Called Carer Gateway, the initiative is intended to provide support, advice and information to the 2.7 million Australians caring for friends and family in the ...

Keeping close tabs on a stroke patient's body temperature and blood sugar levels may improve recovery, a study by Australian Catholic University and the University of Tennessee has found. This research was presented at the Nursing Symposium of the American Stroke ...

UPDATE: A University of New South Wales public health expert said that, as a result of the cyclone's direct and indirect damage, Fijians are most at risk of food poisoning, dengue fever and mosquito-borne illnesses. “Many Fijians have lost absolutely ...