How the COVIDSafe tracking app works
In this article, we look at how the COVIDSafe app works, how to download it, who has access to your information, and what issues you might run into.
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COVID-19: Underlying and pre-existing conditions
The COVID-19 virus poses a greater risk to the elderly and those with underlying and pre-existing medical conditions, particularly diseases that harm the respiratory system.
COVID-19 self-isolation: when and how to self-isolate
Self-isolation is staying in your home and socially distancing yourself. The self-isolation period for COVID-19 is typically 14 days.
Hernia: causes, symptoms, treatment
A hernia can be harmless while others require treatment. Despite it being a common and often harmless and painless malady, some hernias, if left untreated, may cause further complications.
Healthy ways to stay socially connected during isolation
During these times of social distancing and isolation, it is important to keep in touch with family and friends to maintain a healthy state of mind.
Workplace hygiene: 10 dirtiest things we touch daily at work
A faucet handle is 600 times more open to bacterial infection than a toilet seat. Every day, we come into contact with and are surrounded by hundreds of unhygeinic surfaces in the workplace.
Palliative Care
Palliative care focuses on providing quality of life for a patient and at the same time offers support and comfort to the patient’s family.
Cardiovascular Diseases
Heart disease killed 17,533 Australians in 2018 — or about 48 every day. Despite being the leading cause of death, the standardised death rate from heart disease has decreased by 22.4 per cent since 2009 according to the ABS.
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Artificial Intelligence can influence the way that healthcare is currently delivered and can be utilised to provide better services to patients, healthcare providers, medical personnel, health organisations, and governing authorities.
Boosting your immune system
Artificial intelligence (AI) is simply defined as the use of computers to perform tasks normally operated by man. Artificial intelligence is the creation of intelligent machines that work and react as humans.