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Staff seek more support in treating dementia, depression

Residential aged-care workers feel they need more support from employers to tackle dementia and depression among their patients. In a…

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Juvenile approach: teens need medicine tailored for them

What is the appropriate age for a teenager to take responsibility for their own medicine? It’s not a question with…

Links between mental health, culture new focus at school

Undergraduate students in healthcare need a broader understanding of mental health and how it relates to modern cultural issues,  the…

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Quality work placements changing perceptions about aged care

There is an ever-increasing need for aged-care professionals in Australia. At the same time, service providers struggle to recruit enough RNs for…

Contraception education not getting to everyone

Unplanned pregnancies in Australia are connected with various forms of disadvantage, as well as with ill-informed women and men. A recent…

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Academy of Health and Medical Sciences names first nurse fellow

Griffith University professor of nursing Claire Rickard has become the first nurse ever to be made a fellow of the Australian Academy…

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Mental Health Nurse of Year leader in crisis assessment

Canberra nurse Bill Bailey has been nominated Mental Health Nurse of the Year by the Australian College of Mental Health…

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Reminders improve vaccination rates: APNA

An efficient reminder system might be pivotal to improving the low pneumococcal vaccination rates among Australians 65 and over. A survey…

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Community nursing expert one of 100 Women of Influence

Anna Shepherd, chief executive of Regal Home Health, has been named one of this year’s winners in the 100 Women…

Heart disease and sexual dysfunction: tough subject

A Deakin University researcher is looking to lift the taboo on the sexual problems that are often an unspoken side…

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Research closes in on link between dementia, eating disorders

Eating disorders are common in patients with certain types of dementia. The underlying reason for this has long been unclear…

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AMA wants bigger say in MBS review

The federal government's proposed review of the Medicare Benefits Schedule met with sharp objections from the Australian Medical Association this…

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