Sandy Anderson is a women's health nurse and practice nurse at the Baarlinjan Medical Clinic at Ballarat and District Aboriginal Cooperative. Last year, Sandy was awarded the ASHM/NSW STIPU/GPV Best Practice Nurse Award for Sexual Health for her work in ...

If the threshold for gestational diabetes is lowered then nurses will need more training to care for the increased number of patients, say experts. Flynn Murphy reports. Up to 50 per cent more women could be diagnosed with gestational diabetes ...

There is meant to be collaboration between doctors and nurses in maternity care but this is being hindered by unequal and disrespectful cultures and practices, writes Karen Lane. English is a funny language. Apparently it challenges newcomers because of the ...

An inquiry into a UK health service scandal has released its findings. Could such a tragedy happen here?  The Report of the Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, recently released in the UK, examines how hundreds of people died due ...

Slowing the decline of muscle mass is an important step for the health of older men. By Aileen Macalintal Hot baths and warm blankets may help prevent muscle wastage as we age. Victoria University exercise physiology expert Dr Aaron Petersen ...

Advances in DNA sequencing are having a major impact on the understanding and diagnosis of epilepsy. Leading up to today’s Purple Day for Epilepsy Awareness, geneticist Professor Jozef Gecz said advances in DNA sequencing have been a huge leap forward ...

NSW emergency department waiting times are improving. The acting chief executive of the Bureau of Health Information, Kim Browne, said the latest Hospital Quarterly report showed “improvement in the time that most patients wait for treatment in NSW emergency departments”. NSW’s ...

Being connected to a doctor or nurse via a mobile device is a boon, especially for those who want to live away from cities. By Gary Denman Pull words: Bluetooth-enabled ECG devices connected to a tablet device for example, can ...

Australians are putting on the kilos and this causes problems for pregnant women. But health workers and patients are working on it. Amie Larter reports The prevalence of obesity around the nation has more than doubled in the past 20 ...

Having nurses take over more doctors' tasks brings efficiency benefits - but also risks. By Amie Larter A limited number of public hospitals around Australia are trailing new initiatives where nurses will be performing procedures normally completed by doctors. In ...