Medical cannabis may help treat cannabis addiction, according to Australian researchers. In the first study of its kind, cannabis replacement therapy involving cannabis-based medication and [...]
People with mental illness experience a range of health disparities and face a gap in life expectancy of about 20 years in a plight classed [...]
The Queensland Government has pledged to legislate nurse-to-resident ratios across its 16 state-owned public aged care homes to ensure elderly residents receive the full care [...]
It would be impossible for aged care homes who spend just $7 a day on food for each resident to be able to provide a [...]
A new more effective seasonal flu vaccine developed in South Australia is to be tested in clinical trials in the United States. The technology used [...]
Wounds Australia is working to make Australians ‘wound aware’ throughout Wound Awareness Week on 15-21 July. ‘Let’s Talk about Wounds’ is the theme of Wound [...]
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has called on Australians to return unused prescription opioids to their local pharmacy in an effort to reduce growing opioid-related [...]
Having a midwife providing continuity of care throughout pregnancy and childbirth has the most significant effect on reducing the number of planned caesareans and overall [...]
NSW nursing and midwifery delegates have been urged to take belief from the success of Victoria and Queensland in legislating public hospital nurse-to-patient ratios as [...]
