Health
Australian abortion service access limited despite legal status, study finds
Abortion services and advice in Australia are limited despite being legal, a new study has found.
Dec 16, 2022
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Health
Spain MPs back Europe's first paid 'menstrual leave'
Spanish lawmakers on Thursday voted through a bill granting paid medical leave to women who suffer from severe period pain, becoming the first European country to advance such legislation.
Dec 15, 2022
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Pediatrics
World-first study reveals true cost of child abuse on South Australia's public hospital system
"Intervene before harms escalate" is the message from University of South Australia researchers as a new study reveals that South Australian public hospital costs for victims of child abuse and neglect now exceed $415 million ...
Dec 14, 2022
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Surgery
COVID-19 led to the lowest number of public elective surgeries performed in Australia in over a decade
The number of patients treated in the 2021–22 financial year from Australia's public hospital elective surgery waiting lists ('elective' meaning non-emergency) fell to the lowest level since 2010–11. This was associated ...
Dec 6, 2022
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Medical economics
Report: Australia now spends more on mental health and substance use disorders than on injuries
Between 2018–19 and 2019–20, spending on mental and substance use disorders grew to replace injuries as the fourth highest category of health spending.
Dec 2, 2022
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Medications
Overuse of in-hospital blood pressure medications
Patients in hospital for non-heart related conditions may be unnecessarily receiving blood pressure medication that has no benefit and could instead be harmful in the short term, a new review has found.
Dec 2, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study: 2020 reduction in hospitalizations and a concurrent increase in deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong
HKUMed researchers at the WHO Collaborating Center for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, LKS Faculty of Medicine at The University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) found a significant reduction in ...
Nov 28, 2022
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Health
Here's how to stay healthy as respiratory illnesses spread this holiday season
The holidays are back to their pre-pandemic glories, with the airline industry already expecting record-breaking travel days. But your loved ones aren't the only ones coming to town this season: A team of highly-contagious ...
Nov 22, 2022
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Cardiology
Study finds that risk of myocarditis after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination is increased but very low
A large study found that myocarditis after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination was rare but higher in younger males, especially after the second mRNA-1273 (Moderna) vaccine, suggesting that vaccine type, age and sex should be considered ...
Nov 21, 2022
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Pediatrics
Despite pleas from pediatric groups, Biden balks at declaring RSV a health emergency
The Biden administration on Thursday offered assistance to communities and hospitals dealing with a surge in cases of pediatric respiratory illnesses, but it did not declare a national public health emergency.
Nov 18, 2022
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