Push for “no CPR” rule to allow a peaceful death
Aged care staff should not be compelled to provide Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on residents, according to a group of New Zealand academics.
University Otago
Read more28 February 2025Health
The five medical tests influencers are mis-representing
By Brooke Nickel, Joshua Zadro and Ray Moynihan
When Kim Kardashian posted on Instagram about having had a full-body MRI, she enthused that the test can be “life
Read more27 February 2025
Tropical humidity focus of new location-based tool
Australians sweltering through sticky summer nights have a new tool which will help them lower heat stress in their specific suburb.
The CSIRO has developed a new portal
Read more27 February 2025
New therapy aims to repair nerves of MS patients
A new therapy being trailed in Brisbane has the potential for multiple sclerosis (MS) patients to regain their quality of life.
Researchers at Mater Hospital Brisbane
Read more27 February 2025
Family consent for organ donation drops in 2024
The number of Australian organ donors increased last year as more than 1300 people received transplants, despite family consent dropping.
The latest Australian Donation
Read more25 February 2025
Five minutes of exercise can reduce dementia risk
As little as five minutes of exercise per day can help prevent dementia in the elderly, according to a new study.
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of
Read more25 February 2025
Fresh air inside masking nanoparticle risk
Our obsession with bringing nature’s fresh smell inside could be making the air inside our homes more polluted than outside.
Assistant Professor Nusrat Jung, from
Read more25 February 2025
More guidance needed on future medical workforce
A lack of insight into the required make-up of Australia’s future medical workforce has sparked a call for a new national planning body.
The Australian Medical
Read more25 February 2025
What the bulk billing announcements mean for patients
By Stephen Duckett
Labor has foreshadowed a major Medicare change to address the falling rate of bulk billing, with an $8.5 billion election announcement. The Government
Read more24 February 2025
Australian scientists disarm molecular cancer trigger
Australian scientists have been able to “switch off” a molecule linked to a range of cancers.
Monash University researchers, in Melbourne, said the molecule was one
Read more24 February 2025