People still aren’t hearing the message that social isolation poses a serious threat to health, researchers warn. While the issue has been shown to pose a greater health threat than smoking, poor diet and lack of exercise, a new study ...

An early career enrolled nurse who works in an inner-city Sydney hospital would have to settle down 150km away in Cessnock in the Hunter Valley just to find an affordable home to purchase. That’s according to a new study carried ...

Australian hospitals should release information on complication rates so patients can identify gaps between the best and the worst-performing and make more informed decisions, health experts have urged in a new report. The Grattan Insitute report, All complications should count: ...

Last week’s Productivity Commission Report is evidence that Australia is home to top quality GPs that require greater investment, the AMA says. President Dr Michael Gannon said the report showed a growing demand for GPs, and a 90 per cent ...

Are you an early bird or a night owl? Unpacking that question is a good starting point for shiftworkers to ensure a person-centred approach to caring for people with dementia at night, says Belinda Goodenough, knowledge translation manager at Dementia Training ...

Robots will guide the hands of stroke survivors to retrain the brain in a new research project that aims to help people overcome spatial neglect. The neuropsychological condition often occurs after damage to the right hemisphere of the brain and ...

The vast majority of women who plan to give birth in water experience an uncomplicated vaginal birth, though many who wish to birth in water do not achieve their aim. Those are some of the key findings of a study, ...

Child poisonings due to accidental exposure to medicines are down but there has been an increasing number of non-urgent presentations to emergency departments. Recent research from the University of Sydney found that hospital admissions for child poisonings from medicines have ...

Australia’s aged care industry is celebrating a win, after the federal government last week announced it would invest $400,000 to support innovAGEING. LASA chief executive Sean Rooney said he was grateful for the news that the national aged care network for ...

Former AMA President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal AO, and current Editor-in-Chief of the Medical Journal of Australia (MJA), Laureate Professor Nick Talley, were among a number of AMA members to receive Australia Day Honours this year. Haikerwal and Talley both received ...