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• The Patient I Still Think About: voices from across the lifespan 08-09-2026

  We asked three physiotherapists to share a patient encounter that stayed with them -- one that changed how they practise. Names and identifying details have been changed. "I kept treating the knee. I should have been treating the fear."[

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• Dementia and Movement: The Role of Physiotherapy in Non-Pharmacological Care 08-09-2026

  According to Dementia Australia, there are an estimated 446,500 Australians living with dementia in 2026, a figure projected to reach 812,500 by 2054. As aged care demand grows under the Support at Home program, physiotherapists across all settings w

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• The Still Point: A Reflection on Presence in Midwifery Practice 08-09-2026

  There is a moment in every birth that no monitor captures. It comes before the pushing, sometimes before the labour is even established. It is the moment a woman looks at you and decides whether she trusts you. It does not take long. Women are rea

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• Midwifery Care for Women with Gestational Diabetes: Beyond Blood Sugar 08-09-2026

  A diagnosis of gestational diabetes lands differently for every woman. For some it is expected, even anticipated. For others it arrives as a shock mid-pregnancy, triggering anxiety, guilt, and a sudden flood of information about glucose targets, diet

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• Recognising and Responding to Fetal Growth Restriction: The Midwife's Role 08-09-2026

  Not every small baby is a baby in trouble. But some are, and the difference matters enormously. Fetal growth restriction (FGR) is one of the most significant and preventable contributors to stillbirth in Australia, yet it remains chronically underdet

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• King's cancer diagnosis difficult to keep quiet: Queen 08-09-2026

  Queen Camilla has spoken publicly for the first time about how hard it was to keep her husband King Charles' cancer diagnosis ‌initially private. Buckingham Palace revealed in February 2024 that the British monarch was undergoing treatmen

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• Good sleep in midlife could extend working life: study 08-09-2026

  People who have a healthy sleeping pattern in middle age tend to keep working for longer, a study suggests. Meanwhile, sleeping for lengthy periods of nine hours or more, or being disturbed regularly, were linked to leaving the workforce up to nin

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• Fears for injured wildlife as bird flu spreads 08-09-2026

  Injured wildlife could be left without veterinary care as clinics turn away animals while bird flu sweeps across Australia, an expert has warned. The virus is emerging as a major animal welfare test as H5 detections climb and vets pull back from t

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• Congo's Ebola death rate nears 50 per cent, 5000 cases 07-09-2026

  More than 5000 Ebola cases have been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to the World Health Organization's (WHO) Regional Office for Africa. Since May, 5021 people have been confirmed as infected with the highly con

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• Sweeping NDIS changes get the green light 07-09-2026

  Dozens of eleventh-hour amendments to a controversial bill designed to claw back runaway disability spending have passed the upper house despite outcry from advocates. Labor has been touting changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme, inc

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