New diagnostic and screening technologies may be doing more harm than good in some cases. This was a key point raised during a public forum on the issue of overdiagnosis and over-treatment. Public health researchers from the University of Sydney ...

Experts have warned women against using marijuana whilst pregnant, following research that has linked its use with pre-term pregnancy. The international research, led by the University of Adelaide, looked at data from more than 5500 pregnant women from Australia, New ...

The Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation’s Victorian branch has dismissed claims by the state’s opposition health spokesperson that the union got everything it wanted out of last week’s deal to resolve enterprise agreement negotiations. ANMF's Victorian branch recommended the state ...

The Stroke Foundation has warned Australian men and women they are putting themselves at serious risk of disability or death. The call comes after the group discovered more than 41 per cent of men had been urgently referred to their doctor after free ...

Low blood pressure and abnormally rapid breathing are two main indicators that a person presenting in an emergency department is at an elevated risk of deteriorating and dying in the short term. That is a central finding of a Deakin University ...

International researchers, along with experts from Australia, have tested whether three treatment options prevent heart attacks and strokes. The team studied more than 12,000 people from 21 countries to evaluate drugs that can prevent cardiovascular diseases (CVD). They looked at treatments using ...

United Nations member states and entities have heard findings on the relationship between the risk of Australian women experiencing domestic violence and the age they were when they had their first child. Professor Gita Mishra from The University of Queensland attended ...

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) has released a new resource about care and treatment for people with an eating disorder. Eating disorders: Your guide to what they are and how they are treated has been ...

Exercise can be just as beneficial as drugs or surgery for many chronic conditions, researchers have said. But it's often overlooked as a treatment for conditions like hip and knee osteoarthritis, low back pain, diabetes and heart disease. "Many doctors ...

Alzheimer’s Australia representatives joined assistant minister for health and aged care Ken Wyatt at Canberra Hospital to endorse a visual bedside alert for people with cognitive impairment. The Cognitive Impairment Identifier (CII) forms part of the Dementia Care in Hospitals Program (DCHP), ...