FactCheck: it's true – WA has the nation's highest rate of methamphetamine use
22 February, 2017 by Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute, Curtin UniversityWestern Australia's state Labor leader Mark McGowan was quoted as saying "we have the worst rate of methamphetamine usage in the country". It's true.
What's that word? Brain changes begin years before Alzheimer's diagnosis
21 February, 2017Alzheimer's is a long game — it doesn't happen overnight. The good news is, early intervention can delay onset.
$8 million Lighthouse Hospital Project improves acute coronary care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
14 February, 2017The Minister for Indigenous Health, the Hon Ken Wyatt AM, MP recently announced $8 million to expand a project that is transforming hospital care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with acute coronary syndrome.
Heart risk for people with schizophrenia
08 February, 2017Australians with schizophrenia die 25 years earlier than others due to poor heart health.
Breakthrough in motor neurone disease research gives hope
07 February, 2017 by Florienne Loder*When a person is diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND), it's a race against time.
Inequality in Aboriginal child ICU admissions for invasive infections
01 February, 2017Intensive care unit (ICU) admission rates for life-threatening infections in Indigenous children are several times higher than those of non-Indigenous children, and twice as many Indigenous children per population succumb to these severe infections despite life support.
Death clocks — take with a pinch of salt
01 February, 2017The good news is that we are all living longer. The bad news is that we will all die … but when?
$450,000 palliative care boost for Cape York communities
18 January, 2017St Vincent's Health Australia (SVHA) has committed $450,000 to bring culturally appropriate palliative care services to five Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in the Northern Peninsula Area (NPA) of Cape York as part of an MOU with Northern Peninsula Area Family and Community Services (NPAFACS) and Apunipima Cape York Health Council (Apunipima).
Victoria's model for assisted dying laws may get up
13 December, 2016Victoria stands a chance of becoming the first Australian jurisdiction in 20 years, and the first ever Australian state, to have an assisted dying law.
Choking: the second highest cause of preventable death in aged care
13 December, 2016Alarmingly, 40% of health professionals surveyed by speech pathologist Bernadette Dutton at an aged-care forum incorrectly believed that toast was suitable for those on a 'soft' food texture diet.
Nearly a third of med students suffer depression
12 December, 2016"There's work stresses, there's the pressure to succeed, a lot of us are type-A personalities by nature, that's often what draws us to the profession, we're perfectionists." — Dr Dov Degen
Night-time heart attacks and survival in kids
08 November, 2016 by Corin Kelly
Do Nights, Weekends Affect Survival After Paediatric Cardiac Arrest in Hospital?
Promising drug for preventing pre-term births
08 November, 2016 by Corin KellyResearchers from the University of Adelaide have successfully tested a drug that is showing some early promise in efforts to prevent pre-term birth.
Putting patients at ease with smart and effective technology
02 November, 2016 by Corin KellyIf you find yourself in the emergency room as a patient, things have probably not gone your way in recent times. Chances are you would prefer to be anywhere else and so when it comes time to be admitted, the more effortless that process is, the better. This is where the Brother TD-2000 series label printers can assist in patient care, by streamlining admissions - especially when it comes to Patient ID printing. In addition to speed, it also allows for higher reliability and can improve patient safety by utilising smarter and safer patient ID techniques and barcode medical administration system integration.
Airway management is different in kids
01 November, 2016 by Corin Kelly
For paediatric patients with serious head injuries, appropriate and timely airway management is critical for improved survival and outcomes. Yet managing a child's airway can be challenging in both the pre-hospital and hospital setting, in part because many providers lack experience with paediatric patients — only about 10 percent of emergency calls involve kids and of those, just 1 percent are serious injuries. A child's smaller size and the anatomical differences between children and adults also make managing the airway more difficult.
![](https://d1v1e13ebw3o15.cloudfront.net/data/92274/wfmedia_thumb/..jpg "Hospital’s "recovery at work" collaborative approach proves a winning model")
