Hundreds of homes for people with disability sit empty at expense of NDIS participants and investors
At first glance, driving through the new estates on Melbourne’s western fringe, the houses look ordinary. Single-storey, brick…
Australian women making history at groundbreaking Para Ice Hockey Women’s World Championships
It’s been 25 years since Lynda Holt last represented Australia, winning silver in the women’s F55 shot put…
Health minister expects blindsided states to match $2 billion funding pledge for Thriving Kids
The federal health minister expects the states and territories to match his $2 billion funding pledge aimed at…
New nomogram offers personalized prognosis for brain abscess survival
Despite improvements in medical and surgical management strategies, brain abscess continues to cause disability and mortality in affected…
Dependence Is Normal – Matthew Loftus
Human beings don’t like to be dependent. If you’ve ever broken a bone or had some other temporary…
Attendance Allowance rules older people should know or DWP payments could stop
Nearly 1.7 million State Pensioners receive either £73.90 or £110.40 each week on the non-means tested benefit from…
The care economy doesn’t need robots and AI to ‘save’ it, thank you
After all the focus on how the care economy is smashing Australia’s productivity in recent months, the Productivity…
Toe transfer surgery outperforms replantation in hand function recovery
For patients with amputations affecting the hand, toe transfer surgery provides an alternative to replanting the amputated digits…
Alzheimer’s risk factors look different for men and women
A study of over 6000 patients shows how Alzheimer’s risk is shaped by sex and age of onset,…
Tom Dempsey, Alex Sanchez and the triumphs and trials of disabled men in mainstream sport
Even 55 years on, it’s one of those otherworldly, scarcely believable sporting moments. The New Orleans Saints were…
Teen’s ‘miracle’ recovery after traumatic injury in school rugby game
After suffering a severe brain injury during a school rugby game, 16-year-old Semisi Naiqara’s life support was turned…
Hearing loss impacts employment and income among young adults
Hearing loss is the most common form of sensory disability. Approximately 1.6 billion people around the world currently…