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Health response revealed ahead of drunkenness change
The Victorian government and health groups have revealed how cases of public drunkenness will be handled within 24 hours of it being...
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Nov 2, 20232 min read
Prevention better than cure to close rural health gap
A study of 66,000 private health patients in regional Australia has mapped out the rates of chronic disease and revealed poor access to...
Flow Australia
Nov 1, 20231 min read
Geography of disease in regional Australia revealed
An analysis of 66,000 private health fund members in Queensland and NSW has revealed different health challenges across eight regions....
Flow Australia
Nov 1, 20232 min read
Health warning for 'experimental' IVF treatment add-ons
Experimental add-on treatments for would-be parents undergoing IVF could cause harm and reduce their chances of having a baby, a...
Flow Australia
Oct 31, 20231 min read
Rural Doctors Association of Australia 2023 Award winners!
ACRRM-RDAA Peter Graham ‘Cohuna’ Award Dr Mark Zagorski, Victoria As well as being a dedicated doctor to his community of Mount Beauty...
Flow Australia
Oct 31, 20232 min read
Financial boost for GPs to increase bulk billing
The bulk-billing incentive for doctors will be tripled in a targeted bid to enable more children, pensioners and healthcare card holders...
Ellis Gelios
Oct 31, 20233 min read
Peak body urges government to prop up state of health services in rural and regional Australia
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RAGCP), a peak medical body in Australia, has called on the federal government to...
Flow Australia
Oct 31, 20232 min read
Arthritis cure hope as 'Gremlin' therapy shows promise
A stem cell treatment that boosts cartilage growth in mice has researchers excited about a potential long-awaited cure for...
Flow Australia
Oct 31, 20232 min read
Bulk-billed tests catch carriers of genetic conditions
Prospective parents no longer need to fork out hundreds of dollars to find out if they carry the gene for three deadly conditions....
Flow Australia
Oct 29, 20232 min read
Sneaky salt shock prompts calls for mandatory limits
There are calls to restrict the amount of salt in certain foods as the nation's intake is way above recommended levels but poor choices...
Flow Australia
Oct 25, 20231 min read
Thousands of patients take up 60-day prescriptions
Roughly 200,000 prescriptions for 60 days of medicine have been handed out in the first month of new pharmacy rules. Health officials...
Flow Australia
Oct 11, 20231 min read
Link between light exposure and mental health
There's a warning about modern lifestyles after a study found that spending most of our time in artificial light is confusing our bodies...
Flow Australia
Oct 8, 20233 min read
Flying Doctors bring community to remote Australia
The work of the Royal Flying Doctor Service remains as vital as ever for people in rural areas as an outback Queensland base marks its...
Flow Australia
Oct 8, 20231 min read
Free shingles jab coming for millions of Australians
Australians most at risk of complications from developing shingles will be eligible to receive a free vaccine against the virus. Over-65s...
Flow Australia
Oct 3, 20233 min read
WHO backs malaria jab that will be rolled out next year
World Health Organisation head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the health agency is recommending the R21/Matrix-M vaccine to prevent...
Flow Australia
Oct 2, 20232 min read
New Milestone For Moderna Vaccine Facility
Victorians are one step closer to locally manufactured mRNA vaccines and medicines, with construction of Moderna’s mRNA vaccine...
Flow Australia
Oct 2, 20232 min read
1 in 7 Australian women aged 44–49 have endometriosis
Around 14% of women aged 44–49 are estimated to have endometriosis, the latest release from the Australian Institute of Health and...
Flow Australia
Oct 2, 20232 min read
Bid to ease access to meds for women 'looming disaster'
A parliamentary inquiry has recommended women with urinary tract infections be allowed to access medication without seeing a GP, saving...
Flow Australia
Sep 17, 20232 min read
New drug class prevents key ageing mechanism in organ transplants
ATHENS, Greece, Sept. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A novel study has shown that Senolytics, a new class of drugs, have the potential to...
Flow Australia
Sep 14, 20232 min read
Prenatal program helps Indigenous mums and bubs thrive
A unique prenatal health care program is closing the gap in maternal and infant health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...
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