Gut Feelings: Your Mind, Your Microbes Exhibition
The fascinating world of faecal microbiota transplants and the research behind them are currently being explored in a new exhibition at Melbourne Museum. Gut Feelings: Your Mind, Your Microbes is open until February 2020. In recent years, there has been increasing interest in faecal microbiota transplants, which is taking the microbe-rich poo from a healthy […]
Pill testing at music festivals could reduce harm for first-time users the most
The introduction of pill testing at music festivals is likely to be more effective in reducing harm among people trying ecstasy for the first time than experienced users, new research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has revealed. The study also found regular ecstasy users do not have a better level of knowledge than novices regarding […]
Personal reflection on conducting nursing research in a regional emergency department
One of the initial challenges I faced with undertaking a Nursing with Honours degree was conducting scholarly research within my own workplace. I was confronted with, and surprisingly conflicted by, the anthropological concepts of Emic and Etic perspective. The thesis concept itself had its genesis in numerous Emic observations; defined as studying a culture from […]
Democracy improves health outcomes
Democracy is linked with decreases in mortality caused by cardiovascular disease and road deaths, as well as increases in government health spending. The global study published in international journal The Lancet found that democracy appears to play a bigger part in health outcomes than a country’s GDP. Democratic governance accounted for about 25% of the […]
Nursing and midwifery research makes impact
When the opportunity arose to lead the evolution of Australia’s innovative Rosemary Bryant AO Research Centre three years ago, Professor Marion Eckert grabbed it with both hands. “The most exciting part is we’re really trying to foster an enthusiasm for nurses and midwives to lead and embrace research and in particular translational research to make […]
Leaders in person-centred care through practice and research
Nurses and midwives take the spotlight with a growing acknowledgement of the importance of nurses and midwives both in Australia and globally. International Midwives’ and Nurses’ Day fall on 5 and 12 May respectively. Further, 2020 has been declared by the World Health Organization (WHO), as ‘Year of the Nurse and Midwife’ coinciding with the […]
New Hep C cases in London down by 70%
New cases of hepatitis C amongst HIV men in London have fallen by nearly 70%. Analysis of data from three clinics in London found 256 men diagnosed in 2013-2018. New infections peaked at 17 for every 1,000 people studied in 2015 and fell to six by 2018. Patients were monitored and screened every six months […]
What are your thoughts about robots in healthcare?
Nurses and midwives are invited to complete an anonymous survey on their attitudes to the use of social humanoid robots in healthcare setting. The use of robots in health care is a rapidly emerging and innovative field that holds many opportunities and challenges. A research team from Townsville Hospital and Health Service and James Cook […]
Drug could reverse antibiotic resistance
A drug that was originally designed to help Alzheimer’s and Huntington disease may actually be beneficial in combating antibiotic resistant bacteria. The University of Queensland researchers have been investigating the antibacterial properties of the drug. Professor Mark Walker from UQ’s School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences said the drug PBT2 was designed to disrupt the […]
A snapshot of Australians living in residential aged care
Over half of the 187,300 Australians living in residential aged care during 2015 had at least five to eight long-term health conditions and nearly half had dementia, according to new data released from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The statistics are among a range of findings to emerge from the ABS’ 2015 Survey of […]