Health economists have put forward a proposal for the option to pay healthcare costs through a resource-contingent loan. Similar to the way the Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS) allows students to defer payment for their education, these health loans would ...

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 ...

Researchers from the University of Queensland have partnered with fellow academics from the University of North Carolina in the United States and Cardiff University in the United Kingdom to develop a smartphone app to survey women about postpartum depression (PPD, ...

Monash University has joined forces with beyondblue to develop a smartphone app and website that aim to keep people safe when they have suicidal thoughts. The free BeyondNow app, developed with funding from the Movember Foundation, shows people how to ...

Christine Burrows, an RN from the New South Wales Central Coast, has been awarded the Remote Area Health Corps Annette Walker Award for 2016. This award honours health professionals who exceed the requirement of their role, demonstrate resilience and inspire their team to ...