Painaustralia has cautioned Australians against using opioids to treat chronic pain, and says the public and health professionals need better education about alternative treatments. Chief executive Carol Bennett said opioids are still widely used to treat chronic non-cancer pain in ...

It's not abnormal to feel grief when a client or patient dies. Marie-Anne Schull, from palliative care provider Karuna, offered this reassurance in an interview with Nursing Review. Her comments followed Karuna’s survey of 100 nurses that revealed nearly 70 ...

Staff at the Sydney Children’s Hospital at Randwick have broken out the happy, teary and angry emojis as a way to open up dialogue about treatment and enable younger patients and their families to communicate their feelings. A patient suggested ...

A Queensland man is in custody after he allegedly stole an ambulance that was called to treat him for chest pains. Paramedics arrived at the man's house in Browns Plains, south of Brisbane, on Sunday night and the man verbally ...

In 2004, chief executive Kim Macgowan was chatting with The District Nurses team and came across a student nurse who was sobbing. The nurse felt she had just made the last visit to one of the service’s clients. The man ...

According to Diabetes Australia 100,000 Australians have developed diabetes in the past year, so Curtin University's new MOOC Life with Diabetes will be useful in educating those with diabetes as well as carers and family members. The MOOC has five modules which ...

Australians are being overdiagnosed and overtreated and it needs to change, say leading Australian clinicians, consumers and policy makers. In a statement, endorsed by the Consumers Health Forum, The Royal Australasian College of Physicians, the Royal Australian College of General ...

Evidence-based occupational therapy, exercise and carer support will be the key focuses of a new project that aims to improve post-diagnosis care for people with mild to moderate symptoms of dementia. Dr Kate Laver, from the Aged and Extended Care ...

The federal government’s budget boost to healthcare spending will create more jobs in the sector, opening positions in management and administration that will prove financially rewarding for health professionals with postgraduate degrees. The health budget is significant, accounting for about ...

To Sweden where researchers have been looking at occupations with a possible elevated risk of rheumatoid arthritis... The findings published in Arthritis Care & Research show certain work-related factors, such as airborne agents may contribute to an increased risk of rheumatoid arthritis. ...