Holiday wish list for paramedics

While most of us spend the Christmas holidays relaxing and looking forward to a day of celebration, paramedics are on high alert. Medical emergencies occur throughout the year but Christmas is one of the busiest times of year for paramedics and other emergency personnel.

Could amputees feel touch again?

8 Good Reasons to Work on Christmas Day

Working on Christmas Day can be tough but there is an upside. Patients still require care, emergencies still happen and someone has to be there. So if one of those people is you this year, here are 8 positive spins on a tricky situation.

PSA building located at the seat of power

The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia is embarking on an ambitious building project to redevelop Pharmacy House, its national headquarters.

Where will you live? Would you like a choice?

Where you live should be decided by the person who knows you best ...... you.

Is multidrug resistant bacteria on the menu?

“Stop overusing antibiotics in food-animal production,” is the message from James R. Johnson, co-author of a new study showing that contaminated meat may be an important source of human exposure to Klebsiella pneumoniae.

Black lung disease found in coal miners

Black lung, a potentially fatal disease, has been diagnosed in four Queensland coal miners and unions fear it could be just the tip of the iceberg.

Alcohol harm in EDs takes a huge toll

“They are often violent and aggressive, make staff feel unsafe and negatively impact on the care of other patients,“ says Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor Diana Egerton-Warburton, lead author of research conducted by Monash University and the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) about people affected by alcohol, presenting at emergency departments.

Health Check: the low down on trans fats

When you buy commercially baked goods such as pies, pastries, cakes and biscuits, there’s a good likelihood they’ll contain one of the nastier types of fatty acids: trans fats. These unsaturated fats have been chemically altered to give them a longer shelf life and withstand repeated re-heating.

What is pain and why do we feel it?

What is pain? It might seem like an easy question. The answer depends on who you ask, according to Professor Lorimer Moseley  from the University of South Australia.

4 tips for making the medicine go down

Our ability to detect bitter and sour tastes has evolved in humans to protect us from poisoning and eating spoiled foods, scientists believe. The trouble is, bitterness is a key feature of many beneficial medicines. There are ways to make swallowing bitter medicine a little easier (see the 4 tips below).

A hospital for the future - Health City

Ebola - one year on, where are we?

One year ago, the world held its collective breath. Were we going to be able to reverse the death and suffering we were seeing on the streets of capital cities in West Africa?

Men taking a stand against domestic violence

Today is White Ribbon Day! The White Ribbon Campaign is the largest global, male-led movement to stop violence against women.  It engages and enables men and boys to lead this social change.  

Can we die from a broken heart?

Dying of a broken heart is more than a myth. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (also known as broken heart syndrome) is a condition first recognised by Japanese researchers more than 20 years ago, and it has gained a great deal of attention in Western countries in the past ten years.