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Addressing the social determinants of health is ultimately needed for skin infection rates in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children to be similar to their non-Aboriginal peers, according to the authors of a narrative review published in the MJA.

For more than 60,000 years, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families have lived and birthed on the country of their ancestors. In the last decade in Australia, much discussion has taken place nationally on reclaiming Birthing on Country for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. In a special edition of Women and Birth, the journal of the Australian College of Midwives, nine papers provide a snapshot of some of the innovative work that is changing the experiences for Indigenous Australian families.

A world-first trial by researchers at Monash University could change how oxygen is administered to millions of people in intensive care units across the world. The trial found ICU patients are being given unnecessary levels of oxygen that make no difference to their recovery, and in some specific groups less oxygen may actually improve recovery and survival rates.

Transferring extremely premature babies from non-tertiary neonatal care unit to a tertiary level unit in the first 48 hours after birth is associated with an increased risk of severe brain injury, finds a study published in The BMJ.

The Prince Charles Hospital (TPCH) Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre is leading the worldwide trial of a breakthrough drug that could allow patients to live decades longer, by turning the acutely fatal disease into a manageable condition.

With snake season having begun early for Queensland a new paper published in the Medical Journal of Australia brings into focus ongoing controversy surrounding the treatment for snakebite.

Pioneering research has revealed that analysing how a person walks may be a key clinical tool in helping to accurately identify the specific type of dementia a patient has - Alzheimer's disease or Lewy body dementia.

QUT researchers have applied artificial intelligence (AI) deep learning techniques to develop a more accurate and detailed method for analysing images of the back of the eye to help clinicians better detect and track eye diseases, such as glaucoma and aged-related macular degeneration.

Simple handwashing, even without soap, is more effective than using many hand disinfectants for killing influenza A virus (IAV) in typical clinical situations, new data show.

Addiction to social networking sites is affecting nurses’ performance and their ability to concentrate on their work, according to a new study, published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing. The research suggests addiction to social networking sites is “becoming commonplace” among nurses and this risks damaging patient care.