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Medicinal cannabis could help break addiction
Medical cannabis may help treat cannabis addiction, according to Australian researchers. In the first study of its kind, cannabis replacement [...]
Report: People with mental illness die up to 20 years earlier
People with mental illness experience a range of health disparities and face a gap in life expectancy of about 20 [...]
Queensland Government to mandate nurse-to-resident ratios in public aged care
The Queensland Government has pledged to legislate nurse-to-resident ratios across its 16 state-owned public aged care homes to ensure elderly [...]
Maggie Beer tells Royal Commission $7 a day for meals in aged care not good enough
It would be impossible for aged care homes who spend just $7 a day on food for each resident to [...]
Australian flu vaccine set to be trialed in US
A new more effective seasonal flu vaccine developed in South Australia is to be tested in clinical trials in the [...]
Wound Awareness Week
Wounds Australia is working to make Australians ‘wound aware’ throughout Wound Awareness Week on 15-21 July. ‘Let’s Talk about Wounds’ [...]
In Practice
Going Green
Green crusader and anaesthetic nurse Darren Bradbrook has been on a sustainability campaign in the operating room at Flinders Medical [...]
The Royal Children’s Hospital’s latest Paediatric Injectable Guidelines is now available
The Royal Children's Hospital’s Paediatric Injectable Guidelines provide practitioners working in a busy paediatric setting with reliable, comprehensive and specific information [...]
Interviews
Providing palliative care in remote India
“Even though we are in two different worlds, developing and developed, the scenario and humanitarian nature of palliative care is [...]
Justice & Action
Why it’s time to eliminate rheumatic heart disease
Australia is using surgical solutions for social problems in its efforts to tackle escalating rates of rheumatic heart disease, (RHD)according [...]
Industrial manslaughter – moving towards a national regime
In Australia, only the ACT and Queensland have laws covering the crime of industrial manslaughter, whilst Victoria is considering passing [...]
The Coroner’s Court: extracting tips for improved documentation
Every jurisdiction in Australia has legislation that establishes the role and function of the Coroner and the Coroner’s court. Of [...]
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