HEALTH

Aged Care Crisis – A tragedy waiting to happen again?

The heartache caused by COVID-19 outbreaks in aged care facilities across Victoria is still fresh, with families mourning the loss of over 600 elderly residents who died during the state’s second wave. The fact that many of these deaths were preventable adds…

26 March, 2025

HEALTH·OPINION

Australia’s pandemic response: A mental health crisis that’s far from over

Five years after Covid-19 upended daily life, Australia is still grappling with the profound mental health impacts of its pandemic response. A recent Human Rights Commission report paints a stark picture of the lasting consequences, particularly for young Australians. Strict lock-downs, border closures, and…

19 March, 2025

HEALTH

Australian Patient Makes History: Survives 100 Days on Groundbreaking Total Artificial Heart

In a landmark medical breakthrough, an Australian patient has become the first person in the world to be discharged from hospital after receiving a complete total artificial heart. The 40-year-old man from New South Wales, who battled severe heart failure, underwent a…

14 March, 2025

HEALTH·HISTORY

Why we must care for both body and mind to maintain well-being

When the soul within a person is stronger than the body and under strain, it disturbs the body from within, leading to various diseases. Here’s Why we must care for both body and mind to maintain well-being. If the soul is passionately…

7 March, 2025

AUSTRALIA·HEALTH

Changes to the way paracetamol is sold come into effect from February 1

Changes in the way the common painkiller paracetamol is sold come into effect from tomorrow. From February 1, 2025, non-pharmacy retailers like supermarkets can only sell 16-tablet packs of paracetamol, rather than the 20-tablet packs that have been available. The change…

31 January, 2025

HEALTH·OPINION

When nothing can claim to be an exception – Nihilism

Nihilism will be complete when it has captured all substances when it has made its appearance everywhere and when nothing can claim to be an exception – Nihilism will have become the normal condition. Martin Heidegger. The quote captures Martin Heidegger’s ideas…

27 September, 2024

AUSTRALIA·HEALTH

AMA urging stop to ‘coercive and deceptive’ marketing of commercial foods for infants

The Australian Medical Association is calling on the government to implement best practice standards for nutrition in commercial foods for infants and young children. As part of its submission to the Department of Health and Aged Care’s public consultation, the AMA is…

20 September, 2024

COMMUNITY·HEALTH

R U OK? Day 2024

‘Ask R U OK?, Any Day’ Today, on their National Day of Action, R U OK? are calling on all Australians to ask R U OK? Any Day because life happens every day. Thousands of community groups, workplaces, schools, suicide prevention networks,…

12 September, 2024

HEALTH

No evidence linking mobile phone use to brain cancer

An Australian-led study has found no evidence linking mobile phone use to brain cancer, despite a dramatic increase in wireless technology use over recent decades. The review, conducted by 11 researchers from 10 countries and led by experts from the Australian Radiation…

4 September, 2024

HEALTH·VICTORIA

Clinicians telling women their pain is ‘psychological’, Victorian inquiry hears

Women ‘not being listened to’ are not receiving proper diagnosis in both public and private systems, health minister says Women are being told by health professionals that their pain is a psychological or personality issue. That’s according to Victoria’s health minister, who…

4 September, 2024

AUSTRALIA·HEALTH

Australia running low on HIV-prevention drug PrEP as experts warn users to plan ahead

TGA recently approved importation and supply of overseas-registered tablets to help ease the shortage Australia is experiencing a shortage of an important HIV prevention medication and sexual health organisations are urging those who rely on it to plan ahead so they don’t…

4 September, 2024

HEALTH

By 2050, over 1.31 billion people will have type 2 diabetes!

Grim predictions for the rising rates of type 2 diabetes Scientists estimate that by 2050, over 1.31 billion people worldwide will be living with diabetes! According to a study published in The Lancet, this number will increase from 529 million in 2021,…

30 August, 2024

HEALTH·WORLD

WHO reassures: Mpox is not the new COVID – We know how to control its spread

A World Health Organization (WHO) official emphasized today that Mpox, whether it’s the new or old strain of the disease, is not the new COVID-19, as health authorities have the knowledge to control its spread. “We can and must tackle Mpox together,”…

21 August, 2024

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Aged Care Crisis – A tragedy waiting to happen again?

Australia’s pandemic response: A mental health crisis that’s far from over

Australian Patient Makes History: Survives 100 Days on Groundbreaking Total Artificial Heart

Why we must care for both body and mind to maintain well-being

Changes to the way paracetamol is sold come into effect from February 1

When nothing can claim to be an exception – Nihilism

AMA urging stop to ‘coercive and deceptive’ marketing of commercial foods for infants

R U OK? Day 2024

No evidence linking mobile phone use to brain cancer

Clinicians telling women their pain is ‘psychological’, Victorian inquiry hears

Australia running low on HIV-prevention drug PrEP as experts warn users to plan ahead

By 2050, over 1.31 billion people will have type 2 diabetes!

WHO reassures: Mpox is not the new COVID – We know how to control its spread

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