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Polypharmacy can trigger decline and death: Monash study
A new Monash University study has found that polypharmacy, defined as the simultaneous use of five or more medications, can trigger a decline into frailty and death. With nearly half …
Socioeconomic gap in stillbirth numbers
Women from lower socio-economic families face twice the risk of delivering a stillborn baby of their wealthier counterparts, an international study led by a Mater Research Institute-University of Queensland researcher …
Half of premature deaths are avoidable: AIHW
Of all deaths in Australia in 2012, almost 50,000—or 34%— can be considered premature, according to new data released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Premature deaths …
Palliative care hospitalisations up by over 50%
A new web report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare shows that palliative care-related hospitalisations have risen by over 50% in the last decade. The report, Palliative care …
Cancer deaths still declining: AIHW
The current downward trend in cancer death rates looks set to continue, according to a report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Cancer death rates have …
Action needed to cut prostate cancer deaths
Prostate cancer is the fourth most common cause of male deaths and more must be done improve survival rates, by detecting it early. Prostate cancer has the dubious distinction of being fourth most …
Maternal deaths low, but still too high in Indigenous women
Over the five years 2008–2012, there were 105 deaths from complications of pregnancy and childbirth in Australia, with Indigenous women dying at more than twice the non-Indigenous women rate, according …
Older women more likely to die of asthma
New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics has revealed that more than 57% of asthma deaths occurred in people aged 75 and over. In total, 389 deaths were recorded …
3000 Indigenous Australians die prematurely each year
Around 3000 Indigenous Australians die prematurely each year, resulting in almost 100,000 years of life lost, according to a report released today by Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. The …
Golden Staph cases dropping
Australia’s major public hospitals have recorded a marked fall in the rate of healthcare-associated Golden Staph bloodstream infections, the latest report from the National Health Performance Authority shows. The number …
Childhood cancer survival rates growing
Childhood cancer survival has increased in Australia by 6% over recent decades, but one in five kids affected will still die within five years, new Cancer Council figures have revealed. …
Heart disease remains top killer
The National Heart Foundation of Australia says the fact that heart disease remains the country’s single leading killer following the release of the 2013 Cause of Death Data from the …