Textiles play a key role in healthcare design

A well-designed therapeutic environment contributes greatly to how patients and families perceive their quality of care and overall experience.

Metformin shortage worsens

The TGA has announced that all extended release Metformin products are now classified as having limited availability.

Wireless ultrasound pairs with smartphone

An ultrasound system that’s no bigger than the transducer itself, weighs only 360 grams, has a rechargeable lithium-ion battery and WiFi connectivity has been developed by Healcerion in South Korea. The SONON 300C uses a paired tablet or smartphone as the display, wirelessly transmitting the data to the smart device from where images can be analysed and shared with others.

Can earplugs cause side effects?

“Never put anything smaller than your elbow into your ear” is something we’ve been wisely cautioned against at some stage or another. But more of us are ignoring this advice, according to Dominic Peter Power, from the University of Melbourne.

International overdose day

International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) is a global event held on August 31st each year and aims to raise awareness of overdose and reduce the stigma of a drug-related death. It also acknowledges the grief felt by families and friends remembering those who have met with death or permanent injury as a result of drug overdose.

Do you have the #MissingType?

The letters A, B and O are disappearing from signs, landmarks and company logos as part of the #MissingType campaign by the Australian Red Cross blood service. #MissingType, a global initiative to encourage people to donate blood, is being supported by well known Australian brands - including Qantas, Coles, NAB, the Sydney Opera House, the TV show Neighbours and Lifesaving New South Wales.

Ethics and the Internet - Going to the source

Torrens sets career path to human services

Choosing Medicines Wisely

Telehealth in transition - The importance of telehealth cannot be overstated

Over the counter lasers can damage retinas

Laser pointers bought legally for less than $30 are a threat to eyesight – with one pointer found to be 127 times over the legal limit.

Thomas Embling psych staff walk out

Workers from Victoria's Thomas Embling psychiatric hospital are calling for more staff to deal with an increase in the number of assaults at the facility.

Consciousness after death? For a few minutes

Southampton University scientists have found evidence that awareness continues for at least several minutes after clinical death which was previously thought impossible.

Food borne illness can be a killer

Even war has rules - hospitals are not targets

Hospitals and health workers are being targeted in war, with attacks in Yemen, South Sudan and Afghanistan. In Syria alone Médecins Sans Frontières supported health structures have been attacked over 60 times since January 2015. We refuse to accept that this is the new normal. Even war has rules.