The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) has announced four finalists for the 2024 Health Minister's Award for Nursing Trailblazers. [ + ]

Patient record options available to medical practices and hospitals frequently merge sex and gender as a single, binary concept, highlights a new review. [ + ]

In Australia, 2.7 million people live with asthma and for 45% of these people, their asthma is poorly controlled. [ + ]

Around 20,000 Australians with diabetes-related foot ulcers could benefit from a new project trialling a supervised exercise program to speed up wound healing. [ + ]

Device Technologies Group, a provider of medical solutions, has entered into an agreement to purchase the Venusys and Infinity Group of Companies. [ + ]

Scientists from RMIT University have led a study on common food aromas that may help explain why astronauts report that meals taste bland in space and struggle to eat their normal nutritional intake. [ + ]

The National Hypertension Taskforce has published a roadmap to improve Australia's blood pressure control rates from the current 32% to 70% by 2030. [ + ]

Consultmed and Personify Care have partnered to deliver an end-to-end patient pathway from the first GP visit and referral to specialist services, triage, admission, consent and enrolment into a digital pathway. [ + ]

The Network of Alcohol and other Drugs Agencies has welcomed the confirmation that the NSW Drug Summit will be held over two days in regional NSW in October and in Sydney in December. [ + ]

The Australian Medical Association is calling for the government's marketing guidelines on infant formula and toddler drinks to be scrapped and brought into line with international best practice. [ + ]

University of Queensland researchers have designed a device that uses a simple blood test to detect early-stage lung cancer. [ + ]

Aging is one of the biggest risks for dementia, a condition that affects almost half a million Australians. [ + ]

This could inform future diagnostic and mechanistic studies, according to the researchers. [ + ]

NSW has announced a 12-month trial of body-worn cameras for security staff in selected public hospitals to improve safety for staff, patients and visitors. [ + ]

SGLT2is, also called gliflozins, are a class of drug that lower blood glucose by increasing its excretion in the urine, while GLP-1RAs, such as Ozempic, work by enhancing insulin release and sensitivity. [ + ]