Banding together to beat loneliness
2018-11-14T10:48:16+00:00November 14th, 2018|
Loneliness affects more than half of Australians and has major impacts on health and happiness. It does not discriminate and peaks in early adulthood, in [...]
Awareness of antibiotic resistance is not enough
2018-11-14T10:48:09+00:00November 12th, 2018|
Australians are more aware of antibiotic resistance being a serious threat to their health, according to one study. This is despite other research showing that [...]
Member Alert: Your rights during the Royal Commission into aged care
2018-11-14T10:47:58+00:00November 8th, 2018|
In September, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the federal government would establish a Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety to examine the crisis [...]
Sun exposure: a double edged sword
2018-11-07T09:25:43+00:00November 5th, 2018|
New research suggests that sun exposure can protect individuals from many chronic health conditions. The research, conducted at Edinburgh University, UK, concluded that advice on [...]
Rosemary Bryant AO Research Centre on track
2018-11-07T09:25:54+00:00November 2nd, 2018|
In almost two years of operation, the Rosemary Bryant AO Research Centre has secured more than $2.7 million in funding to help it drive high [...]
Young Indigenous Australians face challenges
2018-11-01T09:44:53+00:00October 31st, 2018|
Australia’s young Indigenous population largely consider themselves happy and in good health but still face challenges including racism and mental health issues, according to a [...]
Pain management for people with dementia
2018-11-09T10:56:09+00:00October 29th, 2018|
The purpose of this article is to shed some light on the importance of pain management, to examine major barriers and make some recommendations to [...]
Thousands march at ACTU rallies across nation
2018-10-24T16:16:02+00:00October 23rd, 2018|
A sea of 150,000 trade unionists flooded the streets of Melbourne this morning as part of a series of nationwide rallies to restore workers' rights [...]
Virtual reality in nursing and midwifery
2018-10-24T13:15:33+00:00October 22nd, 2018|
University of Newcastle researchers are leading the world in ground-breaking virtual reality (VR) technology in the nursing and midwifery curriculum. The world-first technology was presented [...]