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Waking up at 3am in the morning and worrying is a common experience, and researchers have unpacked why we have late night sleep disturbances and how we can avoid it. Professor Greg Murray, a clinical psychologist and director of the ...

Women make up the absolute majority of the healthcare workforce in Australia. It is not even close. At last check, of the 366,000-odd aged care workers, nearly nine in 10 workers in aged care were female (87 per cent of ...

The pandemic has impacted many of us around the world, especially the frontline healthcare workers, myself included, as a pain physician in Melbourne. Politicians talk about revitalisation post-COVID-19 but they fail to talk about the emotional pain that the frontline ...

There are fears Victoria’s elderly may be put at risk as the state opens up, with the government refusing to mandate vaccines for those visiting aged care facilities. The decision has received widespread condemnation from the industry, with some calling it “bizarre” and ...

Researchers at the Australian National University have found that high blood pressure — albeit within the safe recommended range — could hasten brain ageing. Normal blood pressure is defined by pressure below 120/80, whereas an optimal and healthier blood pressure ...

The government has announced that COVID-19 vaccination booster shots have been approved by the regulator, with aged care residents at the head of the queue. The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has approved a booster dose of the Pfizer vaccination for ...

A 50-year-old Perth man has faced court charged with murdering a nurse just weeks before she was due to give birth to her fourth child. Janet Dweh, 36, was found dead in her home on Mataro Drive in Dayton by a family ...

A fresh legal challenge to Covid-19 vaccination mandates for health workers in NSW is “very different” to the two lawsuits knocked back last week, a court has been told. John Edward Larter, a paramedic and deputy mayor of the Snowy Valleys Council, ...

As I’ve written previously, cyber attacks on the healthcare sector are on the rise. The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) reported cyber security incidents relating to the Australian healthcare sector increased by 85 per cent in 2020. The health sector ...

Adding extra dairy into the diets of residents can drastically reduce fractures and falls in aged care, according to a new study. A two year trial — carried out by the University of Melbourne and Austin Health — tested the ...