Medical students interested in remote health care are celebrating, following news that a new Rural Generalist Pathway will be added as a study and career option. The announcement was made by national rural health commissioner Professor Paul Worley earlier this ...

Last week’s Productivity Commission Report is evidence that Australia is home to top quality GPs that require greater investment, the AMA says. President Dr Michael Gannon said the report showed a growing demand for GPs, and a 90 per cent ...

The University of the Sunshine's Coast's first accredited international nursing placement will see students take their medical skills to rural villages in Indonesia. One of 20 students selected for the trip, midwifery and nursing student Emma Kendall, said she hoped ...

Robots don't always have the upper hand - new studies suggest that humans make better surgeons. As hospitals spend millions on robotics and new technology, studies by Leeds University and Stanford University have revealed that robots used in medical settings ...

Despite the widespread use of contraceptives, unintended pregnancies remains a significant health issue that needs to be addressed by both clinicians and patients, the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) says. Chief executive Alison Verhoeven said long acting reversible contraceptive ...

If you've ever wondered which Australian city is the healthiest place to live, the answer is Canberra. A new report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare shows that Canberra residents drink less, smoke less and use less drugs ...

The hours of care provided by mental health carers is the equivalent to the work of 173,000 fulltime mental health support workers, a new report has found. The University of Queensland report said it would cost governments $13.2 billion to ...

Hospital patients have tested out a technology-based program that allows them to self-assess and self-monitor their nutrition at the bedside. Dr Shelley Roberts, from Griffith University’s School of Nursing and Midwifery, and her colleagues trialed the usability and patient perceptions ...

Occasional users of medicines are more likely than frequent users to forget to take their medications or stop taking them early without speaking to a health professional, new research has revealed. The Be Medicinewise Week survey, conducted for NPS MedicineWise by ...

French pharmaceutical multinational Sanofi Pasteur has officially launched a new contest to help four creative, medically minded ideas people spread the protection of vaccination in Australia. The initiative is called Vaxigrants and it involves the awarding of four $25,000 grants ...