Many older Australians receiving government-funded home care struggle to get the support they need to live well at home, according to new research that reveals the daily challenges faced by a growing part of the community. ...
Apr 22, 2026
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Children born before 24 weeks of gestation are linked to high societal costs throughout childhood. Costs are highest during the first year of life, but the need for support persists for many years. This is shown in a study ...
Apr 9, 2026
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Malnutrition not only negatively impacts health, but also causes poor healing and increased infection risks, lengthening hospital stays and further burdening an under-resourced system. One in three hospital patients are not ...
Mar 31, 2026
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A new paper published in Osteoporosis International describes the rigorous, user-centered development of "Build Better Bones," a multilingual website created to support self-management for people living with osteoporosis ...
Mar 16, 2026
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A new study by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai suggests that artificial intelligence (AI) could help predict which critically ill patients on ventilators are at risk of underfeeding, potentially ...
Dec 22, 2025
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Socializing could help to reverse frailty in older people, according to new research published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
Oct 23, 2025
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A new study by Associate Professor Dennis Egger (Department of Economics and Center for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford) and researchers at the University of California, Berkeley reveals that giving unconditional ...
Aug 19, 2025
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Elite athletes have shared their worries about their sports career after pregnancy.
Apr 2, 2025
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A new study published in The BMJ suggests that prehabilitation (also called prehab) may be able to reduce complications and length of hospitalization after surgery, while also improving quality of life and physical recovery.
Jan 22, 2025
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As many as half of all patients admitted to hospital and other health care facilities are malnourished. This has serious consequences for the individual in terms of unnecessary suffering, poorer quality of life and mortality. ...
Jul 12, 2024
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