Synthetic bee silk set to take sting out of wounds
Synthetic dressings based on honeybee silk could be programmed to detect and combat infections in wounds and improve the healing process, researchers hope.
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Revelations staff at a major Melbourne hospital might have been exposed to toxic chemicals have left health workers desperately waiting for answers, a union claims.
Families are still largely in the dark about what will happen when their kids are moved off the NDIS onto state supports as a transition period gets underway.
More than 70 per cent of Canberra general practices have signed up to a system giving them access to patients’ ACT public health records with their consent.
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Lung rehab expansion to slash ACT wait times
Wait times for pulmonary rehabilitation in Canberra are expected to fall from as long as two years to about two months under an expansion of services across the ACT.
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Parton pushes for home palliative care funding
Canberra Liberals Leader Mark Parton will move a motion in the Legislative Assembly today calling for continued funding of non-clinical, home-based palliative care support after funding changes affecting Community Options.
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Canberra nurse wins national award
Canberra palliative care specialist Kate Reed-Cox has been named the 2026 Australian nurse practitioner of the year.
Canberrans are spending an average $1640.08 a year keeping fit, the highest of any Australian capital, according to new research that ranks Canberra the country's least fitness-friendly city.
Motor neuron disease is impacting people in some parts of western NSW at rates of up to seven times higher than the global average.
Pregnant women and new parents using Canberra's public maternity services will have access to more consistent care under a new 12-month trial supporting endorsed midwives.
States will lobby for more federal funding to free up desperately needed hospital beds in their health systems as ministers meet for talks.
“We’re not asking for a unicorn with a rainbow. We’re asking for a safe and efficient system. We know we can do better,” new AMA president Dr Betty Ge tells reporter DHWANI PATHAK.
The federal government has expanded the range of cancers a drug will be subsidised to treat as part of its discounted medicines scheme.
Takeaway coffee drinkers are getting more than they bargained for with their caffeine, new research shows.
Canberra Health Services (CHS) has renamed and updated its patient-facing app, dropping the ACT Health name in favour of Canberra Health Services and changing how wait times are displayed across its services.
Australian researchers believe they are on the cusp on a world-leading breakthrough that could reverse genetic heart disease.
A new report has revealed key savings that are made through intervention by exercise physiologists, with experts arguing the industry should be GST-exempt.
More than half of Australian women with endometriosis are experiencing a mental health problem, with new research revealing the hidden toll of the condition.
Motivated by personal experience, a health advocate has launched National Strength Day urging greater focus on strength in health care.
