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News
Three ways to help slow brain ageing
A combination of exercise, controlling blood pressure and some form of brain training may reduce mental decline in old age…
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Opinion
Opinion: five IT challenges impacting the healthcare industry
The healthcare industry has been faced with a flood of challenges over the past several years. These challenges run the…
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News
Obese special care lowers stillbirth risk
Obese pregnant women should be offered special care to reduce the risk of stillbirth, experts say. A new study has found…
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News
Nurse developed app Scrubit modernises surgical procedures
Beth Wozniak is a nurse in the Maitland region of mid-northern New South Wales. She is the founder of Scrubit,…
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Legal Corner
Notes on a nursing scandal
Directing another nurse to write inaccurate notes is a serious matter, as this case study illustrates. The making of nursing…
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Opinion
What is food intolerance, how is it diagnosed and what can be done about it?
Food intolerance is the name we give any adverse reaction to a food or food additive that is not caused…
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News
Risk of death not enough to prompt vaccinations for lung infection
Not enough people are protecting themselves from a potentially fatal lung disease, respiratory disease experts have said. The call coincides…
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News
Medicare levy hike to pay for NDIS
Taxpayers will split the bill for the national disability insurance scheme through a 0.5 per cent hike to the Medicare…
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Opinion
Nursing an alternate career direction: education
When I walked into the Royal Brisbane Hospital in 1982 to begin my nursing training I didn’t dream I would…
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Industry & Reform
Opinion: inexpensive hearing aids may not benefit consumers in the long run
On World Hearing Day – 3 March 2017 – while global initiatives were being rolled out to advocate for people with…
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