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First Nations people to guide a healthier renal future

HealthTimes - 26-10-2018

First Nations people will play a fundamental role in developing guidelines to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kidney patient outcomes, with more than $300,000

 
Diabetes a major health issue in the bush

HealthTimes - 18-10-2018

The National Rural Health Alliance has highlighted the startling figures from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) report Diabetes Indicators for the Australian

 
New report shows indigenous in NSW wait longer for surgery

AAP - 29-08-2018

Indigenous people in NSW are more likely to wait longer for non-urgent elective surgery than non-indigenous people, a new report shows. Indigenous

 
Improving medication management in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities

HealthTimes - 26-06-2018

Equitable access and effective use of medicine is critical to closing the gap in health and life expectancy between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and other Australians.

 
Health inequalities between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children and teenage mothers highlighted

AAP - 21-06-2018

The number of Aboriginal teenage mothers in NSW has dropped and the frequency of immunisation in Aboriginal children has surpassed their non-indigenous counterparts,

 
Indigenous Australians are more than twice as likely to die

AAP - 20-06-2018

Indigenous Australians are more than twice as likely to die before their fifth birthday than non-Indigenous Australians. Australia's Health

 
Traditional Aboriginal healers should work alongside doctors to help close the gap

HealthTimes - 12-06-2018

Victoria Grieves, University

 
New research shows indigenous eye health 'sadly neglected' across the world

HealthTimes - 02-05-2018

The world’s indigenous populations experience significantly higher rates of avoidable vision impairment and a striking lack of support for research to address

 
Heart screen could protect hundreds of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders from stroke

HealthTimes - 11-04-2018

Testing Aboriginal, Torres Strait Island, Māori and Pacific people for an irregular heartbeat earlier could spare hundreds of people from stroke each year, a Sydney Heart

 
Telehealth closes the gap on Indigenous health

HealthTimes - 15-03-2018

An integrated telehealth service could help close the gap for Indigenous Australians with dementia living in rural and remote communities. The University of Queensland’s

 

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