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No GP Tax in Our Name Campaign
The Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) has thrown its support behind the 鈥楴o GP Tax in our name!鈥� Campaign. [ + ]
Funding Boost for National Palliative Care Program
The National Palliative Care Program has had a 25 per cent boost in funding over three years, to improve palliative care services and training. [ + ]
University of Adelaide Receives Funding Boost from NHMRC
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Palliative Care Week launches with 10 Tips to Take Control of your Death
At the launch of National Palliative Care Week, Dr Sarah Winch shared 10 tips to take control of your death, gathered from personal experience. [ + ]
黑料吃瓜群网 Emergency Departments Record Improvements in Patients Departing Within Four Hours
Australia鈥檚 major metropolitan public hospitals saw marked improvements in the percentage of patients departing emergency departments (ED) within four hours , however regional hospitals were not as faring as well according to a new National Health Performance Authority report. [ + ]
Oral Cholera Vaccine Effective During Outbreak in Guinea
An oral cholera vaccine protected individuals by 86 percent during a recent outbreak in Guinea, according to study conducted by Epicentre, the research arm of the international medical humanitarian organisation M茅decins Sans Fronti猫res (Doctors Without Borders), and the Guinean Ministry of Health published in the聽New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). [ + ]
Research Australia Awards Open
For the first time, achievements in health services research will be recognised as a category in the Research Australia Awards, now open for nominations. [ + ]
Preventing Poor Health Outcomes among Male Babies
A team from the University of Adelaide's Robinson's Research Institute has been studying the underlying genetic and developmental reasons of poor health comes among male babies. [ + ]
Medicine Shortages Information Initiative launched
The Medicine Shortages Information Initiative has been launched by Senator Fiona Nash, Assistant Minister for Health, to provide聽聽information about prescription medicine shortages in Australia. [ + ]
Oestrogen Can Help Women with Treatment-Resistent Schizophrenia
Exciting new research from the Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre (MAPrc) 聽reveals that oestrogen can help treat women with treatment-resistant schizophrenia. [ + ]
Learning to Walk Inspires New Steps in Brain Research
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National Medicinewise Awards Announced
The winners of the biennial National Medicinewise Awards have been announced. [ + ]
World Congress on Public Health to be Held in Melbourne, 2017
Members of the World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA) meeting in Geneva have unanimously supported the 15th World Congress on Public Health to be held in Melbourne, Australia in 2017, attracting more than 2000 delegates. [ + ]
Associate Professor Brian Owler elected Federal President of the AMA
Sydney neurosurgeon, Associate Professor Brian Owler, has been elected Federal President of the Australian Medical Association (AMA). [ + ]
Melanoma Rates are Falling in Young Queenslanders
Melanoma rates are falling in young Queenslanders, according to new figures published by聽Scientists from QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute and Cancer Council Queensland. [ + ]
