Hospital patients have tested out a technology-based program that allows them to self-assess and self-monitor their nutrition at the bedside. Dr Shelley Roberts, from Griffith University’s School of Nursing and Midwifery, and her colleagues trialed the usability and patient perceptions ...
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Occasional medicine users less likely to follow instructions: study
Occasional users of medicines are more likely than frequent users to forget to take their medications or stop taking them early without speaking to a health professional, new research has revealed. The Be Medicinewise Week survey, conducted for NPS MedicineWise by ...
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French pharmaceutical multinational Sanofi Pasteur has officially launched a new contest to help four creative, medically minded ideas people spread the protection of vaccination in Australia. The initiative is called Vaxigrants and it involves the awarding of four $25,000 grants ...
More »Bone fracture figures a public health warning: expert
Australian adults can now assess their bone fracture risk using a tool that aims to address figures showing there will be a new broken bone in Australia every 3.4 minutes. The Osteoporosis Australia data also found that more than 155,000 fractures will ...
More »Report on antimicrobial use a wake-up call: peak body
A recent report showing that the number of antimicrobials being prescribed in Australia continues to grow should be a wake-up call to community members and health professionals, NPS MedicineWise has said. Chief executive Dr Lynn Weekes said the Australian Commission ...
More »Website offers tips for a better hospital experience
A new edition of an online resource that shows older patients and their families how to stay well while in hospital has launched. "Older people in hospital" has been developed through a close collaboration between a number of experts and ...
More »Staff seek more support in treating dementia, depression
Residential aged-care workers feel they need more support from employers to tackle dementia and depression among their patients. In a study of more than 250 residential aged-care workers in Melbourne, researchers at the Institute for Health and Ageing found that ...
More »Contraception education not getting to everyone
Unplanned pregnancies in Australia are connected with various forms of disadvantage, as well as with ill-informed women and men. A recent nationwide study by Monash University showed that most unwanted or unexpected pregnancies are linked to sexual coercion, social disadvantages, rural ...
More »Child Health Nurses Wanted
Here at Starship Children’s Health in Auckland, New Zealand, we’re very excited to be expanding our service! We currently therefore have numerous opportunities in Paediatric Cardiology, CED and PICU for registered nurses keen to commence with us prior to 2016. ...
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