Remote art centres are hubs of happiness and western health systems could learn from them, an Indigenous health and well-being researcher has said. Bidjara woman Maree Meredith, the first PhD graduate of the Flinders Poche […]
Raising resilient children can be a key way to prevent drug and alcohol issues later in life, according to experts. Steven Allsop, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute at Curtin University in Western Australia, […]
The biggest ever study of health and wellbeing among Indigenous adults will be launched Thursday. Among the data to be collected by researchers is the impact of historical policy decisions such as the Stolen Generations […]
Five Aboriginal medical services and the Telethon Kids Institute in Perth will receive more than $4.6 million to target potentially deadly rheumatic heart disease in hot spots across Australia, as a new app to fight […]
Three more regions are to get on-the-spot syphilis tests in the ongoing fight against the potentially deadly outbreak in northern Australia. The quick tests are now available in East Arnhem Land and Katherine in the […]
HIV is on the rise in regional and remote areas as diagnoses rates among Indigenous Australians run at double that of the non-Indigenous community, an HIV and AIDS conference was told. Associate Professor James Ward, […]
Indigenous patients with kidney disease are missing out on transplants because they are not being put on waiting lists for the potentially life-saving surgery, new research has found. The research by experts in South Australia […]
People living in the north of Alice Springs will have access to a new clinic as primary health care service Central Australian Aboriginal Congress expands its network. The new Congress Northside Clinic in the Northside […]
The Federal Government has begun rolling out what it says is a critical new weapon in the fight against the deadly syphilis outbreak which has gripped northern Australia. Federal Indigenous Health Minister Ken Wyatt said […]
Could “medical yarn ups” be the answer to the battle of the bulge? With obesity the second highest contributor to disease among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people behind tobacco, NSW researchers have examined the […]
NATIONAL INDIGENOUS TIMES 2018
