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Clinical Practice
Australia has a breast cancer problem
Researchers have found that Australia and New Zealand have the highest incidence rate of breast cancer in the world. The…
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Specialty Focus
New study finds leadership roles harder to get for female nurses
A new study by Monash University has found multiple barriers holding female nurses back from being considered, applying for, or…
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Top Stories
‘We are leaders’: celebrating International Nurses Day
A nurse educator has reflected on the profession's evolving role on International Nurses Day. Deputy head of Monash University's nursing…
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Podcasts
Influx of overseas staff ‘opportunity’ to address racism: podcast
Recruiting overseas staff to fill workforce shortages in aged care could prompt the sector to become more culturally safe, a…
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Clinical Practice
New shoe designed for nurses highlights lack of safety regulations
What started as a project to help provide feedback to diabetic patients who'd lost sensation in their feet became a…
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Specialty Focus
Landmark study finds way to predict and hopefully prevent dementia in later life
A world-first study has found that poor physical fitness and obesity in childhood may predict declined cognitive functioning and dementia…
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Specialty Focus
Reading with your senses: the blind artist bringing science to life
Melbourne-based artist and researcher Dr Erica Tandori has enabled people with low-vision or blindness to touch, feel and experience the…
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Podcasts
CBT better than meds for new mums with insomnia
Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, is more effective than medication in treating insomnia among women during pregnancy and after birth,…
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News
Emergency departments, obesity and LGBTI health: a snapshot
The latest research from the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association has provided an analysis of how different population groups interact…
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