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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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Optimistic nurses live longer: study
October 17, 2019
There’s a good reason to be cheerful – you might live longer! A study using…
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Shift work a risk to heart disease and diabetes: study
September 25, 2019
As nurses and midwives, shift work has become the norm for most of our profession.…
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LGBTIQ+ Ageing and Tech
September 24, 2019
Adam Poulsen, a doctoral student at Charles Sturt University, is conducting face-to-face and phone interviews…
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Under-reporting of workplace discrimination rife in hea...
September 18, 2019
Widespread cultural discrimination between workers in the health sector has been exposed in a new…
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Using Diversity Monitoring to benefit nurses and midwiv...
September 18, 2019
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Census data identifies that people in Australia have over 300…
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Dementia Care Experiences and the Migrant Aged Care Wor...
September 17, 2019
Researchers at Curtin University, WA have recently published the findings of an international study examining…
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Sleeping apps can cause anxiety and insomnia
September 16, 2019
A leading sleep expert says a growing preoccupation with sleep is backfiring. A leading neurologist…
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Metabolic factors contribute to anorexia
September 16, 2019
A study finds that anorexia may not be a solely psychiatric condition. New research has…
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12 hour shifts affect sleeping patterns – but not err...
September 16, 2019
Research has found that nurses working 12 hour rotational shifts had less sleep and more…