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Powerless Oxygen Supply Machines Developed by University of Melbourne
When working in underdeveloped countries, health practitioners regularly come up against the simple problem of electricity shortages in order to deliver life-saving oxygen to sick children suffering from pneumonia. [ + ]
Managing Anxiety: Smartphone Apps
Anxiety has a tendency to take over our thoughts when we most need to be focusing on other things. Whether it's giving a patient or their family our full attention, performing our tasks or enjoying time with family and friends, worry and stress has a way of making life so much more difficult than it needs to be. [ + ]
Focus on Pregnancy Health
Preventing weight gain in pregnancy While the practice of 鈥榚ating for two鈥� during pregnancy may have been dismissed as an old wives鈥� tale, the maintenance of a healthy weight through diet and exercise has remained a constant in antenatal care. [ + ]
Plants that Heal and Managing Diabetes: Informational Sessions
This week we have some interesting health research events in Sydney and Brisbane. SYDNEY Wed 10 Jun 鈥� Inspiring Science: Powerful Plants. Two talks from two very different researchers. How does broccoli help prevent cancer? And why do mangroves, seagrasses and salt marshes create vastly more carbon than land-dwelling forests? Dr Astha Singh explores the amazing anti-cancerous and antimicrobial properties of brassica plants such as broccoli. PhD candidate Jeffrey Kelleway discusses the potential for Australia鈥檚 vast coastal wetlands to be part of future climate change solutions. Where: Ultimo Community Centre, 40 William Henry Street Corner Harris Street Ultimo 2007 When: 18:00 鈥� 19:00 AEST Contact: For more information please call 02 9265 9333. [ + ]
Suicide Prevention Training for Emergency Department Staff
Queensland Emergency Department staff in public hospitals will be receiving patient suicide prevention training as part of a new tailored package rolling out over the next 12 months. It will provide welcomed improvements on the current training which requires full or half-day attendance and is generally targeted at mental health professionals. [ + ]
GPs Access Palliative Care Support through Smartphone App
GPs providing older patients with palliative care now have access to specialist medical advice for in-home and residential care settings thanks to an app designed by Flinders University's Palliative Care Program. [ + ]
Australia鈥檚 Best Nurses Awarded on Gold Coast
Winners of the 2015 Awards were announced at a gala ceremony held at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre on 15 May hosted by the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA) as part of the APNA National Conference Brave to Bold. [ + ]
Supervision: The Bionic Lens that offers Better Eyesight
You may have seen the news about the Bionic Lens offering wearers better than 20/20 vision without risk of deterioration or interference from cataracts over time. You won鈥檛 even have to bother with refilling contacts prescriptions or even leaving them in overnight - these non-degradable contact lenses are permanent and you won鈥檛 even feel them. [ + ]
3D Modelling Brings Heart Simulation to Life
French company Dassualt Systemes has announced the upcoming commercial release of the world-first 3D simulated 鈥渓iving heart鈥� model which will assist researchers and medical professionals in testing a variety of diagnostics and therapeutic treatments on the human heart in a completely safe environment. [ + ]
Innovative Plan is Welcome Change from 30 Fruitless Years of Antibiotic Research
Widespread microbial resistance 鈥� where antibiotics are no longer able to kill bacteria 鈥� is increasingly seen as an apocalyptic threat. Routine surgical procedures could become perilous and minor problems like urinary tract infections could kill.Research warns such a situation could potentially cast us back to a Victorian-style era of medicine in which tens of millions of people die annually and the global economy loses US$100 trillion (拢63 trillion) in output. [ + ]
Asthma in Pregnancy Controlled through Diet
An even greater motivation for women looking to conceive and already pregnant to consume a healthy diet for has been established: the link to asthma severity during pregnancy. [ + ]
