A group of palliative care experts from across Australia and New Zealand are coming together to bolster the Australian response to COVID-19 and provide the best end-of-life care possible during this once in a lifetime pandemic. The Flinders Research Centre ...

While Australia works to prevent the spread of COVID-19, there are extra health considerations when it comes to older Australians and our ageing society. COVID-19 is a new virus, causing respiratory illness with flu-like symptoms such as dry cough, fever and aches ...

Delaying cognitive decline and improving brain function in older adults with the use of hearing aids has been the focus of new research. Cognitive decline is associated with hearing loss, which affects about 32 per cent of people aged over ...

New research has found that opioid prescriptions for non-cancer related pain has doubled over the last 24 years. Academics from the University of Sydney; the University of Warwick, UK; the University of Notre Dame; the University of New South Wales ...

Reducing the risk of heart attack in the early stages of a bereavement with a common medication has been the focus of new research by the University of Sydney. Professor Geoffrey Tofler, leading the study published in the American Heart Journal, said that ...

The overuse of antipsychotic medication used as chemical restraint has been, for some, a startling revelation uncovered by the aged care royal commission. It has been estimated that about 80 per cent of people in residential care with dementia are ...

People love it when new research appears in the media with claims that a few drinks a week or a nice glass of red wine is better for our health than abstinence. Some research even says that light to moderate ...

A new Australian study has found that people who live with chronic pain experience changes to their brain which can cause negative personality changes. The world first discovery found that people with chronic pain have smaller amounts of glutamate – the brain’s ...