Report finds NSW is winning the battle against cancer and heart disease. A new report which compares the NSW health system with those in 10 other countries says the state is winning the battle against cancer and heart disease. But ...

Calls made for government to listen to the health sector’s ideas on local primary health organisations, including a change of name. The government must listen to the health sector’s ideas when establishing local primary health organisations, starting with renaming the ...

Figures released show spend on dementia research has increased this decade, but Alzheimer’s Australia says it’s still not enough. Darragh O Keeffe reports. The spend on research funding into Alzheimer’s and other dementias has increased tenfold since 2000, new figures ...

An ageing population and improved screening sees rise in new cases of cancer detected. The rate of new cancers diagnosed in Australia has surged over the past quarter-century, just as advances in detection and treatment have put cancer deaths into ...

Bernard Salt warns of impending baby boomer tsunami. Australia is about to be hit by a tsunami of ageing and demanding baby boomers at the same time as residential facilities are declining to provide more beds due to low government ...

The lack of mandatory qualifications for AINs continues to be a concern for the nursing profession, writes Annie May. Patients in community care are at risk of neglect and abuse as a result of no mandatory minimum qualifications for assistants ...

Aged care nurses are more stressed, make more medication errors and are less satisfied with their jobs now than three years ago, a new report reveals. Annie May reports. Action must be taken to increase the ratio of registered nurses ...

Early detection means that there are now more prostate cancer survivors than ever. But it comes at a price. Annie May reports. When a man is diagnosed with prostate cancer the focus is most often on treating the disease and ...

Too often men’s health issues are ignored. For some it is a case of not seeing that there is a problem. Others are told it might be a problem but don’t listen. And then there are some who while knowing ...

The Nurses Memorial Centre, Melbourne, announces its 2011 scholarship recipients. The Nurses Memorial Centre, Melbourne, has continued with its drive to advance the profession with the announcement of its 2011 scholarship recipients. Provided annually to nurses and midwives who possess ...