Health
Indigenous doctors gather in Perth for AIDA conference
Thursday, September 27 2018
Hundreds of Indigenous doctors, AIDA members and students have gathered in Perth for the 2018 Australian Indigenous Doctors Association conference,......
Meningococcal: The new free jab for Australian Teens
Tuesday, September 25 2018
The Morrison government has added the Meningococcal vaccine to the National Immunisation Schedule, meaning Australian teenagers will receive immunisation to the......
Australians don’t know what to say to people with dementia
Friday, September 21 2018
In Australia, there is an estimated 436,000 people living with dementia. By 2058, this number is projected to rise to......
Opioid regulations make life harder for chronic pain patients
Friday, September 21 2018
Opioid regulations have been in place since February 2018 to protect Australians from the risk addiction and overdose. These regulations......
Disadvantaged suburbs adversely affect the future of young residents
Thursday, September 20 2018
Dropping off the Edge is a project that identifies disadvantaged suburbs and neighbourhoods in Australia. Findings of the research outline the challenges......
Kidney bias: Indigenous Australians missing out on transplants
Thursday, September 20 2018
Indigenous Australians are often missing out on a place on kidney transplant waiting lists due to a biased health system......
AMA urges PM to relocate refugee children from Nauru
Thursday, September 20 2018
The Australian Medical Association has made a bold stance by demanding that the federal Coalition Government urgently transfer asylum seeker......
Aged care sector to be examined as royal commission announced
Wednesday, September 19 2018
The aged care sector will soon be closely scrutinised as the government has this week announced another royal commission. It is......
Risky Behaviour and Back Pain, Correlation?
Tuesday, September 18 2018
What does a sore back have to do with truanting, alcohol, and mental health problems in teens? Well pain could......
Strawberry crisis spreads to all six states
Tuesday, September 18 2018
An emergence of copy-cat crimes is the cause, according to Queensland police, for the rise of contaminated strawberry products around......