A blood test for the diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease has been developed. The test, made by University of Melbourne researchers, has the potential to improve detections of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease to 91 per cent accuracy. Brain imaging can detect ...

A government-funded program offering workshops and online learning on palliative care and advance care planning to GPs and aged-care staff has officially launched.  Decision Assist specifically targets staff who look after elderly recipients of aged-care packages, either in the home ...

Is electric stimulation therapy a viable alternative when compression therapy is not tolerated? That’s the current focus of a La Trobe University pilot randomised controlled trial investigating whether people with venous disease would tolerate an alternate regimen and, further, would ...

Natural medicines are safer is just one of the medicine myths an Australian pharmacist and academic debunked in a public talk. With the aim of helping people use medicines safely and effectively, Andrew McLachlan, professor of pharmacy at the University of Sydney ...

Older people’s risk of falling increases when they show depressive symptoms, research has revealed. A team from Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) investigated the interactions between depressive symptoms, antidepressant use, and balance and cognitive function. The risk of falls increased by 55 ...

New research has revealed how people are coping with arthritis, the second-leading cause of disability in Australia. Franca Marine, policy and government relations manager of Arthritis Australia, said: “We felt that there was not much recognition of the fact that ...

It has been revealed that patients who undergo hip fracture surgery have a better chance of surviving beyond 30 days if they stay afterwards in hospitals that have an orthogeriatric service. The findings, published in the Medical Journal of Australia, ...

A film has been released today to help decrease  overuse of antipsychotic medication amongst people with behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia. The resource, Antipsychotics & Dementia: Managing Medications, available on Alzheimer’s Australia’s Detect Early website, is a joint effort ...