Researchers will look at what challenges CALD communities face in seeking help for dementia. The barriers facing Australian dementia sufferers from non-English speaking backgrounds will be the subject of a new study from The Australian National University, which seeks to ...
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Lapsed registrants update
A fast track service is now available for practitioners who have lapsed of the register. The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) is contacting health practitioners whose registration has lapsed because they did not renew their registration on time. There ...
More »Gillard back-pedalling on health reform
The GST health reform deal is now in question. Federal Labor says it is still committed to health reform but it's back-pedalling from its pledge to overhaul funding to put the nation's hospitals on a more sustainable footing. Prime Minister ...
More »NSW nurses set to make deal
Negotiations on state government nurse staffing offer are drawing to an end. At least an extra 1400 full-time equivalent nurses could begin working in NSW hospitals if a state government offer to the NSW Nurses' Association (NSWNA) is accepted. The ...
More »Slow decline in indigenous smoking
New education campaigns targeted to specific communities to reduce tobacco smoking are being developed. Fewer indigenous people are smoking today compared to eight years ago but Aborigines are still lighting up at almost three times the rate of other Australians. ...
More »Nutritional study underway
Frail, elderly people who are at risk of hospitalisation due to malnutrition could be handed a lifeline, thanks to a new study. University researchers believe a combination of nutritional supplements and low dose hormone treatment delivered to under-nourished elderly people ...
More »Sunnier outlook for MS diagnosis
The Australian love affair with the great outdoors may have contributed to lower rates of multiple sclerosis, according to new research. People who spend more time in the sun, and those with higher vitamin D levels, may be less likely ...
More »Reversing the sense of disillusionment
Annie May looks at the reasons for entering and leaving nursing. Recruitment retention strategies need to be informed by the altruistic and vocational reasons why nurses and students are drawn to nursing, regardless of generational differences, according to a recent ...
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Study spells much needed relief for kidney patients. Around a quarter of all heart attacks, strokes, and operations to open blocked arteries could be avoided in people with chronic kidney disease by using the combination of ezetimibe and simvastatin to ...
More »Shedding light on shift worker drowsiness
Can certain types of light assist in keeping shift workers alert and safe? A new research project is hoping to 'light up the night' for shift workers and evaluate the efficacy of a novel light intervention for sleepiness. The collaborative ...
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