Articles
New Neuroscience Research Australia Building Officially Opened
Neuroscience Research Australia鈥檚 new $54 million Margarete Ainsworth Building was officially opened in Sydney today. [ + ]
New Resource to Help Health Practitioners Discuss PSA Testing with Patients
To improve health outcomes for men, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)聽has drafted a resource to help health practitioners discuss聽 Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) testing with聽patients. [ + ]
Emergency Departments Should Focus on Needs of Older People
A聽study of聽13 emergency departments across seven countries suggests聽there should be more聽focus on the needs of frail older people. [ + ]
Human Brains 鈥楧ivide and Conquer鈥� When People Navigate New Environments
University of Queensland (UQ) researchers have found human brains 鈥榙ivide and conquer' when people learn to navigate around new environments. [ + ]
Inaugural National Summit Addresses Health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Males
An inaugural national summit involving 120 Aboriginal men from across Australia is currently being held to identify ways to improve the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males in remote communities. [ + ]
Sonification is a New Step Forward in Diagnosing Epilepsy
Diagnosing epilepsy has taken a step forward with the development of a new auditory display technique known as sonification. [ + ]
New Research Shows Children鈥檚 Obesity Could Be Inherited
New research from the University of Adelaide indicates children's obesity could be inherited from the sperm of obese fathers. [ + ]
New Research Helps Unravel the Risks of Developing Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease
Australian scientists are helping to unravel the links between a person鈥檚 brain chemistry, genes and their risk of developing Alzheimer鈥檚 disease (AD). [ + ]
Heart Attack Death Rates Have Dropped but Risk Should Not Be Ignored
New statistics from the National Heart Foundation of Australia show heart attack death rates have dropped 39 per cent in the last decade. [ + ]
Funding Extended for Home and Community Care Funded Services
Funding for Commonwealth Home and Community Care (HACC) funded services has been extended for a further year to ensure older Australians continue to have access to services. [ + ]
2013 Operating theatre management conference is one of a kind
Managing operating rooms requires the coordination of human and material resources to maximise efficiency, cost effectiveness and patient safety. All this, and more, will be on the agenda of Australia鈥檚 only event for operating room and perioperative management professions, the Fifth Operating Theatre Management Conference.聽 [ + ]
New Research Will Improve Treatment for Children with Arthritis
Children聽 with arthritis could one day receive more targeted treatment thanks to potential markers for the severity of the disorder discovered by researchers at the University of Adelaide and Women's and Children's 黑料吃瓜群网. [ + ]
Free Whooping Cough Vaccine Scrapped for Mothers in New South Wales
As of Monday July 15, NSW Health will no longer provide free whooping cough vaccine to GPs for vaccination of mothers after they have given birth. [ + ]
