Study examines sex differences in the cause of death after stroke
Women were 39% more likely to die by 1 year after a first stroke. The sex difference was due to advanced age and more severe strokes in women, according to a new study in the
Journal of Women s Health.
Among women and men with a first-ever stroke, women were approximately 7 years older. In addition, 9.3% fewer women could walk independently on admission to the hospital, suggestive of a more severe stroke.
Among those deceased by any cause, men had more deaths due to cancer (12% vs women 6%) and ischemic heart disease (8% vs women 6%) while women had more deaths attributed to stroke (50% vs men 41%) or other cardiovascular disease (16% vs men 13%).
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New Rochelle, NY, December 22, 2020 Women were 39% more likely to die by 1 year after a first stroke. The sex difference was due to advanced age and more severe strokes in women, according to a new study in the
Journal of Women s Health. Click here to read the article now.
Among women and men with a first-ever stroke, women were approximately 7 years older. In addition, 9.3% fewer women could walk independently on admission to the hospital, suggestive of a more severe stroke.
VIC Premier
The Victorian Government has today appointed two new Coroners – who together, bring extensive public health and workplace safety expertise to the Court.
Attorney-General Jaclyn Symes congratulated Katherine Lorenz and Kate Despot on their appointments to the Coroners Court where they will play a critical role as Victoria recovers from the coronavirus pandemic.
Ms Lorenz was admitted to practise law in 2003 and has specialised in commercial and public health law, as part of her executive management roles with Monash Health and the Royal Children’s Hospital.
She has developed an invaluable understanding of how the health system operates, the needs of patients and its profound impact on the community.
Written by Kate McDonald on
17 December 2020.
In September, the federal government announced a new $2 billion COVID-19 health measures package that extended the temporary MBS item numbers for telehealth for a further six months. It also included an extension to the subsidised home delivery of medicines measure, as well as continued free access to the Healthdirect video conferencing system for GPs and SMS messages for electronic prescriptions.
The special arrangement for image-based prescriptions was also extended, as was the end-date for software with fast-tracked (FT) eScript capability. Towards the end of the year, vendors such as MMEx began rolling out ffully conformant versions, and by December, Health Minister Greg Hunt was announcing that item numbers for telehealth would be kept permanently.
Plans for new aged care home
PLANNING has begun for a new aged care facility in Cheltenham.
The residential facility at Monash Health’s Kingston Centre will have the capacity for 150 beds. It is expected to cater for residents with complex needs such as dementia.
The project is budgeted to cost $134.6 million.
Disability, ageing, and carers minister Luke Donnellan said “our public sector residential aged care services play a vital role in supporting vulnerable older Victorians who need specialist care for complex physical or mental health needs.”
The centre will be operated and staffed by public health service Monash Health.