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A combination of exercise, controlling blood pressure and some form of brain training may reduce mental decline in old age and reduce the risk of Alzheimer's-type dementia, US experts have concluded. A new report released by the National Academies of ...

The healthcare industry has been faced with a flood of challenges over the past several years. These challenges run the gamut of cost reduction, regulatory and legislative mandates, security attacks, and process changes resulting from new technology. Several of these ...

Obese pregnant women should be offered special care to reduce the risk of stillbirth, experts say. A new study has found obese expectant mothers who went to specialist antenatal clinics were eight times less likely to have a stillbirth. Such clinics ...

Beth Wozniak is a nurse in the Maitland region of mid-northern New South Wales. She is the founder of Scrubit, a new app that modernises hospital procedures. “Since completing my nursing degree in Queensland, I’ve worked in many operating theatres ...

Directing another nurse to write inaccurate notes is a serious matter, as this case study illustrates. The making of nursing notes is an important task that nurses undertake as part of their duties. Their importance cannot be stressed enough, not ...

Food intolerance is the name we give any adverse reaction to a food or food additive that is not caused by an allergy. It is the body’s metabolic reaction to various chemicals in food or drinks, to the extent that ...

Not enough people are protecting themselves from a potentially fatal lung disease, respiratory disease experts have said. The call coincides with the release of Lung Foundation Australia research that found three quarters of Australian adults couldn't be motivated to protect ...

Taxpayers will split the bill for the national disability insurance scheme through a 0.5 per cent hike to the Medicare levy. The Turnbull government has also earmaked more than $200 million to establish an independent commission to scrutinise the quality of ...

When I walked into the Royal Brisbane Hospital in 1982 to begin my nursing training I didn’t dream I would one day be passing on my nursing knowledge to others. Like most people who sign up to become a nurse, ...

On World Hearing Day – 3 March 2017 – while global initiatives were being rolled out to advocate for people with hearing loss and to ensure that effective systems are in place to deliver this, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ...