A study by Monash University says that work policies must be designed to target specific barriers that night shift workers face when it comes to unhealthy weight gain and metabolic health conditions. Published in Obesity Reviews, researchers investigated what gets ...

A new trial has found an antibiotic did not protect against infection and instead may have led to more infections and adverse reactions in patients. Currently, cefazolin is used as an antibiotic to prevent infection immediately after surgery. But with ...

A new study by Monash University found that vulnerable patient groups, such as those with dementia and patients over 85, are more likely to be prescribed older anti-seizure medications after an ischaemic stroke. Ischaemic strokes are the most common, making ...

As part of research into ageism's effect on older people's health, the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) held educational workshops that saw 90 per cent of its participants rethink the way they communicated with old people. Evaluations conducted both immediately ...

“How would you have gone if you had taken your mum to uni, Conor?” recent nursing graduate and mother Lorella McLatchey asks me. As I ponder this, I imagine sitting at the uni bar while my mother stares at me disapprovingly, ...

Robots don't always have the upper hand - new studies suggest that humans make better surgeons. As hospitals spend millions on robotics and new technology, studies by Leeds University and Stanford University have revealed that robots used in medical settings ...

Many GPs don’t consider ethnicity to be relevant to quality of care, according to a new study. Better identification of indigenous patients in general practices would improve their access to Medicare benefits such as health checks that could help ‘Close ...