The global study also found that more than 1 in 5 surgical site infections were resistant to antibiotics given before surgery to prevent infections. [ + ]

The Heart Foundation is encouraging health professionals to talk to heart attack survivors about sex and intimacy. [ + ]

Getting your hands dirty takes on new meaning, with scientists turning to soil to fight infections. [ + ]

The level of FASD and other brain disorders in youth in detention in Australia is among the highest for incarcerated youth globally. [ + ]

Fentanyl — alone, or in combination with stimulants — may put substance users at further risk, whether they take it knowingly or not, by causing amnesia. [ + ]

Children born to mothers who took antibiotics while pregnant have up to a 20% increased risk of being hospitalised with infection. [ + ]

A Melbourne doctor was convicted and fined after being found guilty of continuing to practise medicine while unregistered and under suspension. [ + ]

Australia has some of the best cancer-survival rates in the world, a tribute to our world-class research and treatment facilities. But childhood cancers in Australia are costly — in more ways than one. [ + ]

A new report investigating hip and knee joint replacement surgeries in Victoria finds that many patients could be successfully treated without surgery, with massive savings to healthcare and welfare systems. [ + ]

A major study has revealed that women who give birth prematurely have double the risk of dying from heart disease later in life, and recommends that obstetric history be considered during cardiovascular assessments. [ + ]

Scientists have developed a blood test that can predict Alzheimer's with 90% accuracy, years before symptoms appear. [ + ]

Australia is following other countries in curbing access to codeine medications to prevent, reduce and manage codeine addiction. Resources are available to healthcare practitioners to assist with the change. [ + ]

Aussie men are ingesting nearly twice the recommended maximum daily intake of salt, with women not far behind. [ + ]

Gail O'Brien, of the Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, has been recognised for her tireless work with an Office of the Order of Australia award. [ + ]

Don't hold your nose and close your mouth when you sneeze, doctors warn, or you might rupture the back of your throat, like one young man... [ + ]