New guidelines for early menopause diagnosis and management
Research has led to the development of a practical framework to help health professionals worldwide diagnose and manage early menopause. It comes as a Senate Inquiry currently examines issues around menopause and perimenopause for Australian women, including impact on their work. The diagnosis of early menopause is often not straightforward unless a clear medical cause, […]
Women’s Health Week 2024: Your voice, your choice
As Women’s Health Week rolls around for its 12th year, Jean Hailes for Women’s Health is shining a spotlight on some of the biggest issues in women’s health, under the banner of ‘Your voice. Your choice’. Held during the first week of September, Women’s Health Week aims to raise awareness of the health and wellbeing […]
New AI tool to help beat brain tumours
A new AI tool to more quickly and accurately classify brain tumours has been developed to enhance patient diagnosis and treatment. A new AI tool to more quickly and accurately classify brain tumours has been developed to enhance patient diagnosis and treatment. Australian National University (ANU) researchers, in collaboration with experts from the National Cancer […]
‘On notice’: Health Star Ratings set to become mandatory if industry fails to improve infant nutrition
Public health groups have welcomed government commitment to make Health Star Ratings mandatory if the food industry continues to drag its feet. After a decade of inaction, health groups have praised news that food regulators will make Health Star Ratings compulsory if the industry fails to reach 70% voluntary uptake by November next year. At […]
Rollout of nurse and midwife to patient ratios in Western Australia welcomed by ANF
After years of campaigning for safe staffing levels, nurse-to-patient ratios will be rolled out across Western Australia in October. WA’s North Metropolitan Health Service (NMHS) will begin implementing nurse and midwife to patient ratios across its general medical and general surgical wards. This first phase of the staged implementation will commence at the NMHS at […]
Unions call for more practical details on right to disconnect
Unions are seeking more practical details around the new right to disconnect laws which come into effect at the end of this month. The right to disconnect award terms are currently being developed by the Fair Work Commission and due to come into effect on 26 August 2024. The new workplace right to disconnect passed […]
Online calculator assesses personal long COVID risk
An online COVID-19 risk calculator that helps determine a person’s risk of developing long COVID is now available and may help encourage health prevention measures. “While many adults don’t see COVID-19 as a big issue now, many are concerned about getting long COVID. “The chance of suffering long COVID increases with every bout of COVID-19 […]
Link between kneecap shape and osteoarthritis
The shape of a person’s kneecap could be an indicator of whether they’re more at risk of developing osteoarthritis, research shows. Yet the reason is not well understood, according to researchers from the Australian National University (ANU), who were left surprised by the findings. The ANU team set out to explore whether kneecap shape may […]
Saving lives: Nurse and midwife to patient ratios
Australian nurses and midwives have been trailblazers in fighting for and securing nurse/midwife to patient ratios.
Government initiatives to strengthen nursing workforce in primary care
Peak nursing bodies have welcomed initiatives to bolster the workforce in primary care, including the national program to increase student nursing placements in primary care. The federal government announced $4.2 million for the National Nurse Clinical Placements Program (NNCPP) in the 2023-24 Budget. Federal Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care Ged Kearney, a RN […]