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Healthcare professionals must actively engage the general population in preventing norovirus outbreaks, says nurse Naomi Cook. By Amie Larter University of NSW researchers last year discovered the highly contagious ‘Sydney 2032’ strain, which health experts predict could infect up to ...

Internet and smartphone technology is helping women who are cancer survivors maintain wellbeing. By Aileen Macalintal The Queensland University of Technology leads the Women’s Wellness After Cancer Program, which teaches self-management via internet and smartphone technology. WWACP is one of ...

Part one of a two-part article from our legal correspondent. Posthumous sperm harvesting continues to develop as an intriguing and contentious issue. By Scott Trueman Posthumous sperm retrieval (PSR) is a procedure in which spermatozoa (sperm) is extracted from a ...

The ceaseless topic of who should pay for nursing continues to be argued in the halls of power. By Louis White The dual questions of how should we fund our health services and who should pay for nursing are being ...

Believed to affect over one million Australians, the incidence of macular degeneration is on the rise. By Amie Larter Age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness and loss of vision in Australia and affects one in seven people ...

A Canadian nurse, trained in travel health, has built a career on specialist counselling about vaccines, avoiding tropical disease and illness. In 2012, 8.2 million Australians left Australia for a short-term trip. Ten years ago, this number was 3.5 million ...

Despite risk of exposure to influenza and other infectious diseases, vaccine take-up rates among health professionals remains dangerously low. By Amie Larter Despite almost constant recommendations for an annual influenza vaccination, there has been little change in the levels of ...

Over 4000 nurses have descended on Melbourne for the ICN 25th Quadrennial Congress. The six-day event started on Saturday with an opening ceremony that included a parade of nations, presentation of awards and entertainment from Deborah Tetum. The theme of ...

The career path for nurses is now branching out in many directions, giving rise to new, and challenging, opportunities. By Terry Smyth It’s an image thing. Nurses consistently rate as the most trusted profession, yet the public’s perception of a ...

A nurse responds to the article 'Anorexics force legal decision' (Nursing Review, page 36, February). My reaction is heartfelt compassion and empathy for the issue of autonomy that the author Scott Trueman so rightly identifies as a legal and medical ...