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Phone call cuts hospital readmission rates
Providing support during the critical transition period after hospital discharge can reduce the risk of avoidable readmission. [ + ]
Thunderstorm asthma and the role of the hospital pharmacist
On the evening of 21 November 2016, after a wild and windy thunderstorm, the city of Melbourne was plunged into a 'thunderstorm asthma' epidemic. [ + ]
Virtual care at the cutting edge of digital health
Nurse practitioner Matiu Bush is one of the new wave of clinicians looking beyond traditional models of care to virtual care and connected care models. [ + ]
The National Aged Care Quality Indicator Program — helping combat unplanned weight loss
It is well recognised that residents of aged-care facilities are at high risk of weight loss, with the prevalence of malnutrition in the residential aged-care setting ranging from 40–70%. [ + ]
Eccentric exercise stomps on diabetes
Eccentric exercise does not involve going for a run in a silly costume. [ + ]
New technique for wee babies
This new method of collecting urine samples from very young patients is safer, gentler and quicker. [ + ]
The national shortfall in lifesaving drugs — what's the answer?
A shortage of lifesaving drugs has been plaguing the Australian hospital system. Is there a solution? [ + ]
Low-dose steroids are brain-safe for preterm bubs
A French study reveals that low doses of steroids given to preterm infants are not linked to any harmful effects on brain development at two years of age. [ + ]
Technology and innovation in Australia's aged care
Australia's aged-care workforce needs to meet the challenges of increased demand, consumer choice, a rapidly changing marketplace and the integration of new technologies. [ + ]
World Health Day 7 April — living with a black dog
The WHO campaign for World Health Day is focusing on the prevention and treatment of depression. [ + ]
Local drug action teams to find cracks in the ice
Federal money is on finding a community-based solution to ice and other drugs of addiction. [ + ]
The evidence doesn't stack up for e-cigarettes
While e-cigarettes may expose users to fewer toxic chemicals than conventional tobacco, questions remained unanswered. [ + ]
Deadly pneumonia could be knocked out by this hormone
Stimulating this hormone could prevent pneumonia bacteria from spreading by starving it to death. [ + ]
Could vitamin C sensitise cancer cells to radiation?
This successful safety study sets the stage for phase II clinical trials into the effect of high-dose vitamin C on overall lifespan and quality of life for patients undergoing radiation and chemotherapy. [ + ]
Electromagnetic fields could double the risk of ALS
Occupational exposure to extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields was associated with a heightened risk of developing ALS among the men. [ + ]
