The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) has called on all elected representatives to work in partnership on health and prompted cross-benchers to heed voters’ concerns on healthcare reform and funding. AHHA chief executive Alison Verhoeven said: “The message to ...

Australia is facing increased rates of obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes, as well as dangerously high levels of salt and sugar consumption in adults, a report card on the nation’s health has found. Released by Australian Health Policy Collaboration ...

A technology-enhanced approach to learning simulations improved students' engagement with manikins and helped them reflect on their values and pre-conceived notions of people from diverse backgrounds, research has found. The study aimed to address a lack of empirical research regarding how to ...

Though we don’t yet know the final result of the 2016 federal election, the vote as it stands will already have an impact on future health policy. Dr Stephen Duckett, health program director at the Grattan Institute, said regardless of ...

Australian researchers are set to begin a medical-grade cannabis therapy trial for melanoma patients after receiving $1 million in funding. The collaboration between the University of Canberra and Israel-based pharmaceutical company Cann Pharmaceutical aims to produce a novel combination therapy ...

Telling someone with high blood pressure to take a walk in a park might raise a brow or two, but recent research from Australian and UK environmental scientists suggests it may help them. The study, from the University of Queensland ...

Health professionals and community members have listed increasing government funding and implementing regulated nurse ratios as steps that should be taken to improve aged care. The calls come from the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation’s phone-in and online questionnaire in ...

People who cut carbs out of their diet or choose products with refined grains may be undermining their heart health. The Heart Foundation has prompted people to take a look at their food choices following the release of a study ...

Australian researchers are exploring whether stimulating connections in a person's brain will help prevent them from falling over when they get older. National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) early-career research fellow Dr Ann-Maree Vallence – with funding from the NHMRC, ...

The ACT Government recently announced $7.3m in funding for a new centre that will allow researchers and doctors to explore the area of personalised medicine. Minister for Health Simon Corbell said the centre, called Canberra Clinical Genomics, would give Canberrans ...