A higher body-mass-index is associated with chronic diseases that increase the risk of dementia, new research has found. Dementia and obesity are two of Australia’s biggest public health problems and the relationship between them is now one step closer to ...

The NSW Coalition plans to add more than 2000 nurses and over 13-hundred beds to the state's health system if it wins the state election. Hospitals in Sydney's southwest would get 100 extra beds and 25 extra nurses under a ...

Removing the inconsistencies in how students are assessed will result in a better prepared workforce. Newly registered nurses will be better able to ‘hit the ward running’ in the high-pressure environment of the nation’s hospitals and care facilities with the ...

The introduction of universal high-speed broadband will make available everywhere a range of health services not currently available to much of rural and remote Australia. Universal access to high-speed broadband at a uniform retail price has the capacity to transform ...

For true reform of the health system, there must be no dominance by any one profession, says RCNA. Australian nurses are disappointed by the lack of support from the Australian Medical Association (AMA) for a health system based on interdisciplinary ...

Doctors and nurses can petition to withdraw life support. India's Supreme Court ruled that life support can be legally removed for some terminally ill patients in a ruling that will allow "passive euthanasia" for the first time. The judgement on ...

What do exotic dancing and medicine have in common? Research explores the gendering of jobs. Researchers are calling on men and women who work in the diverse fields of nursing, retail, exotic dancing, construction and medicine, to take part in ...

Labor's health policy is unveiled. NSW Premier Kristina Keneally has pledged $2.3 billion in new funding for upgraded health facilities and new medical staff, including $24 million to upgrade the emergency department at the Children's Hospital at Westmead. Keneally unveiled ...

Calls have been made to scrap the “compromised” computer system that runs emergency departments in NSW hospitals. A review has found the computer system that runs emergency departments in hospitals throughout NSW is crippled by design flaws and is compromising ...

A new study will examine the long term benefits of restorative  home care programs. Megan Stoyles reports. The Centre for Research on Ageing (CRA) at Curtin University has been given a $96,000 grant to establish the long-term outcomes of restorative ...