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Eliminating HIV transmission is close, but we’re not...
March 22, 2024
Australia is getting close to eliminating HIV transmission, but inequities in the delivery and uptake of prevention and treatment strategies remain. HIV diagnoses in Australia have nearly halved in the last decade, with only 555 HIV diagnoses reported in the 2022 surveillance data. In areas of inner Sydney, the decline has been even more significant, with…
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Giving calories an exercise context to reduce obesity
January 31, 2020
New research suggests that saying how much consumers need to exercise to burn off calories…
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Gay and bisexual men using PrEP have lower anxiety: stu...
January 21, 2020
A new study conducted by UNSW’s Kirby Institute has found that gay and bisexual men…
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No link between night shift work and breast cancer: stu...
December 19, 2019
A British study of more than 100,000 women over ten years finds “no overall link”…
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Violence widespread but under-reported
December 10, 2019
More than a quarter of NSWNMA members were physically assaulted in a six-month period. More…
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Significant drop in asthma deaths
December 10, 2019
New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reveals a significant decrease in asthma-related…
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Nurse ‘worry’ spot on predicting patient status
December 10, 2019
Research confirms that nurses’ intuition is an accurate predictor of a patient’s declining condition. Using…
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Rheumatic heart disease doubles in four years
December 10, 2019
Half of the cases diagnosed were in the Northern Territory. The number and rate of…
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Sleep’s sweet spot
November 15, 2019
Too much or too little sleep may be bad for the heart. Six to eight…
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Just 16 minutes of sleep loss can harm work concentrati...
November 15, 2019
Researchers from the University of South Florida and Pennsylvania State University have found out that…