Intensive care takes toll on nurses
Nurses in intensive care units experience high levels of burnout and post-traumatic stress disorder, largely due to the challenges of providing end of life care. The most common challenges...
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Golfing helps beat physical handicaps
Older people who get into the swing of playing golf, and take even miniature additional steps, can go a...
A nation of couch potatoes
We don’t move enough in the best of times, and researchers are concerned that being more home-bound during the...
Chasing Insta fame can also lead to shame
For Instagram’s one billion users, life can be an endless stream of stunning imagery and viral ‘stories’. But for...
Education key to tackling Australia’s high c-section rate
Australia has one of the highest rates of caesarean births in the developed world, with 34 per cent of...
No thought for food: kids confused about healthy eating
Australian teenagers are confused about healthy eating habits and they don’t know or don’t care about nutritional guidelines. That’s...
Instagram images undermine young women’s self-esteem
Many young users of Instagram report feelings of anxiety, depression, loneliness, bullying and negative self-esteem, a new study has...