Flinders Caring Futures Institute researcher Professor Stacey George has been appointed Professor in Healthy Ageing, Support and Care as part of a new collaborative venture driven by Flinders University and Adelaide Primary Health Network (PHN). [ + ]

Medicines are the most common treatments used in health care, especially for older people. But when they're not used correctly, they can cause serious and sometimes fatal outcomes. [ + ]

Faecal transplants may seem like an unlikely way to reverse the ageing process, but scientists have used evidence from mice research to achieve just that. [ + ]

Aged-care industry bodies Leading Age Services Australia (LASA) and Aged & Community Services Australia (ACSA) are officially uniting. [ + ]

New research has revealed that the commonly used method of identifying people at risk of a fall is not effective. [ + ]

Victoria's Treasurer Tim Pallas has delivered a health-focused State Budget 2022/23 with a $12bn allocation to the state's health system. [ + ]

Patients over 50 years with mild gallstone pancreatitis are recommended to have a laparoscopic cholecystectomy, yet over half of the patients with this condition did not undergo the surgery at first presentation. [ + ]

A new microscopic imaging device small enough to fit on a smartphone camera lens could potentially make mobile medical diagnosis of diseases affordable and accessible. [ + ]

Gabriella, a teenage girl from Spain, was diagnosed with severe lupus when she was seven years old. [ + ]

More than 11 countries around the world, including the US, UK, Spain, Israel, Denmark, Norway and France among other countries, have reported acute, severe hepatitis of unknown origin. [ + ]

The SHPA has released the first Australian pharmacy practice standard for surgery and perioperative medicine. [ + ]

An international study identifies why older adults are more susceptible to infectious diseases compared to younger people, paving the way for new potential therapeutic targets to rejuvenate the immune system in older adults. [ + ]

Calcium supplements are linked to a heightened risk of death among those with aortic valve stenosis, according to a new study. [ + ]

Infections after hip replacements and from orthopaedic device procedures can be complicated and lead to painful and repeat surgeries. [ + ]

Actinogen Medical has announced positive results for its lead drug Xanamem, reporting that it has demonstrated improved attention and working memory. [ + ]