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Dr Rosie Gibson of Massey Wellington’s Sleep/Wake Research Clinic

Having Covid dreams? You’re not alone

July 1, 2020

Many people reported having unsettling dreams surrounding family members getting sick and being separated from loved ones, or strange dreams that make little sense.

“There is a cultural problem in medicine of perfection,” says Dr Kieran Allen, a psychiatry registrar with Monash Health. Image: Shutterstock

Behind the mask, the toll on doctors of a not-so-caring profession

June 11, 2020

The images are everywhere – doctors being heroic and stoic; tearful and angry; tireless and exhausted. The COVID-19 pandemic has allowed a glimpse into the often overlooked pressures of the medical profession.

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, in 2017-18 two thirds of Australians over 18 were overweight or obese.

Australia battles with obesity

June 10, 2020

Australians are becoming larger and increasingly unhealthy, with the country’s obesity-related deaths also rising.

There are over 100 job vacancies in health departments across country Victoria with rural towns struggling to attract doctors.

Solving Australia’s rural GP shortage

June 5, 2020

There are currently over 100 job vacancies listed with the Rural Workforce Agency for GPs in Vic's regional area.

Children who need respite or foster care are facing extra pressures during the coronavirus lockdown.

Virus poses an extra threat for vulnerable children

June 5, 2020

Children who need respite or foster care are facing extra pressures during the coronavirus lockdown, while a key role played by teachers is unavailable to vulnerable children.

Swinburne researchers are looking at what happens to our health and our lives when we are cut off from face-to-face communication with the people we love.

Loneliness and the lockdown: measuring the impact of being alone

June 5, 2020

Swinburne researchers are looking at what happens to our health and our lives when we are cut off from face-to-face communication with the people we love. Millicent Spencer reports.