Interest in nursing falls as demand grows
A global shortage of nurses is looming as demand for medical staff grows but fewer young people are interested in nursing careers.
An OECD study, released this week,
Read more3 June 2024Health
Mental health keeps a quarter of students home
More than a quarter of Australia’s children are missing primary school regularly due to mental health issues.
Research commissioned by not-for-profit health fund HCF,
Read more3 June 2024
Social media use may not cause depression
Young people with signs of depression tend to spend a lot of time on social media.
But new research suggestions the online activity may not be the causing the
Read more3 June 2024
Disasters take toll on young adults’ mental health
Natural disasters are impacting the mental health of young Australians, affecting 90 percent of 18 to 24-year-olds.
New Lifeline research found the majority of
Read more3 June 2024
New patch for easier skin cancer detection
A new patch could make skin cancer testing quicker and less invasive.
Researchers at Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet have developed a patch equipped with microneedles
Read more31 May 2024
Male birth control pill a step closer
Medical researchers say they have uncovered a “promising option” to create a contraceptive pill for men.
A study by the Baylor College of Medicine in Texas,
Read more27 May 2024
Microwave ovens ‘less potent than candles’
You should be more worried about getting too close to a candle, if you are concerned about the radiation emitted from your microwave oven, according to
Read more27 May 2024
COVID halted global life expectancy gains
The COVID-19 pandemic wiped our nearly a decade of global life expectancy gains.
New data from the World Health Organisation (WHO) shows the pandemic reversed a trend of
Read more27 May 2024
Mental health issues ‘transmit’ in social circles
Certain mental health disorders have been found to “transmit” within social networks formed at school.
A major study of 700,000 young people in Finland, released
Read more27 May 2024
Call to tighten super rules for medical treatments
The Federal Government is being urged to tighten rules around accessing superannuation for medical treatments to stamp out exploitation.
Private Healthcare Australia
Read more26 May 2024