Strategies need to be developed to improve the delivery of nutrition advice in general practices, according to a recent study. By Annie May. Nutrition-related chronic disease and weight issues are on the rise in Australia but some at-risk patients aren’t ...

Collaborative care for the management of depression, heart disease and diabetes brings positive results. By Annie May. Practice nurses can improve depression in patients with diabetes and heart disease, a recent study has found. Researchers from the Greater Green Triangle ...

Survey finds communication gap on early childhood nutrition, Annie May reports. There needs to be increased communication between healthcare professionals and parents to improve understanding about the right nutrition practices for children, a new survey has found. The international survey ...

A new global campaign led by the International Committee of the Red Cross is seeking to improve the safety of health workers abroad. Linda Belardi reports. It was dusk on an unassuming evening when Ruth Jebb, a Brisbane nurse on ...

Rising numbers of families living under financial stress to receive public education on money management. Community service provider Wesley Mission has partnered with St George Bank to launch a financial literacy program to support struggling families in NSW to manage ...

The government and its financial regulator have failed people in distress who need early access to their superannuation funds, the opposition said. Regional Development spokesman Bob Baldwin told parliament that changing responsibility for deciding on compassionate early release of super ...

Mental health profession should say sorry to indigenous Australians Since colonial settlement indigenous Australians have been the victims of misdiagnosis and disproportionate incarceration in mental health institutions. Alan Rosen tells Linda Belardi why an official apology to indigenous Australians is ...

The latest government report card on indigenous health has shown some concerning trends, Linda Belardi reports. Improvements in indigenous mortality rates have reversed in recent years, the latest government snapshot of indigenous health has revealed. The report from Australia’s state ...

The exclusion of indigenous children from parts of a national health survey is a mistake that will leave health professionals with a large information gap about Aboriginal health, an expert has said.This year’s survey began in March and involves 50,000 ...

Students continue to raise concerns over the quality of clinical placements. The dean of nursing at the University of Technology, Sydney has warned undergraduate nursing students there are penalties for student misconduct after frustrations over clinical placements escalated and resulted ...