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If regenerative medicine is to become a reality, research efforts must now focus on the environment that stem cells need to grow and transform, a review has found. [ + ]

As the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) expands its reach, health professionals are reminded to direct patients to the online self-assessment tool, My Access Checker. [ + ]

Almost 60 per cent of Australians have a low level of individual health literacy. This is important to the safety, quality and effectiveness of health care, according to the National Statement on Health Literacy (national statement) released  by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission). [ + ]

Professor H Patrick McNeil has been appointed inaugural Executive Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Macquarie University. [ + ]

Monash University’s Centre for Human Bioethics will play a key role in how the world responds to infectious diseases - including public health emergencies of international concern such as the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa. [ + ]

 Speech Pathology Australia is highlighting the plight of more than 1.1 million Australians who have a communication or swallowing disorder that impacts on their quality of life, during Speech Pathology Week (24 - 30 August). Every Australian community – suburb or town – has its share of Australians who every day confront the challenges of having a communication or swallowing disorder and the Speech Pathology Week theme ‘Nation for Communication’ will promote the issue. [ + ]

Community and health consumer groups have rejected the Australian Medical Association’s proposal for mandatory medical co-payments as representing a first step towards the breakdown of universal access under Medicare. [ + ]

The jury is still out on the effectiveness of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) superbug control policies in hospitals, according to leading infectious disease experts in a Viewpoint published in The Lancet. [ + ]

When it comes to longevity, Australians are not equal, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) report, Mortality inequalities in Australia: 2009–2011. [ + ]

AMA President, A/Prof Brian Owler, has announced the AMA  Co-payment model, calling it a health policy, not an economic policy. [ + ]

Simulation could offer beneficial training opportunities for surgeons with many participants in multidisciplinary sessions offering positive feedback, an article in the latest Australia and New Zealand Journal of Surgery has found. [ + ]

The Australian Dental Association says patient choice will be eroded and clinical autonomy of practitioners will be undermined if private health insurers are allowed to continue to enter into preferred provider arrangements. [ + ]

Many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are missing out on health checks for which they are eligible, even though the number of health checks is rising, according to new data released  by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). [ + ]

A new Australian Government-funded training centre in Melbourne will provide places for 160 students in medicine and other health professions in a purpose-built multidisciplinary professional education centre at Epworth Rehabilitation. [ + ]

Three prominent leaders from the very different spheres of business, Indigenous affairs and health delivered a joint address to the National Press Club today, entitled A Year of Nothing - Why Australian Governments need to respond to the social determinants of health. [ + ]