Industry News
Govt seeks input to Specialist Dementia Care Units
Health and aged-care professionals invited to make submissions. [ + ]
Aggressive surgery best for first-stage lung cancer
Research finds that the more aggressively early lung cancer is treated, the better the outcome. [ + ]
Health, aged care workers taking on too much work
The situation is likely to worsen as the population ages. [ + ]
Get the 'goss' on gossip
According to researchers, not all gossip is bad. [ + ]
Older, but not blinder
The risk of age-related macular degeneration seems to decrease in baby boomers and gen-Xers. [ + ]
Medtech agreement with government an opportunity for reform
A new agreement should ensure patients save money in insurance costs. [ + ]
Your coffee addiction is safe — but ditch the cake
Moderate coffee drinking "more likely to benefit health than to harm it", say experts. [ + ]
Gut instinct: tapeworm drug fights prostate cancer
Tapeworms and Giardia medications contain a substance that kills prostate and colon cancer. [ + ]
High-tech solution to floaters
Patients may soon be able to zap away annoying flecks in their vision. [ + ]
Digital pill tracks if patients have ingested their meds
The product is approved for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder, as well as for use as an add-on treatment for depression in adults. [ + ]
Flu vax to be mandatory for aged-care facility staff
Following several flu deaths in aged-care facilities this winter, the federal government is moving to mandate flu vaccinations for staff. [ + ]
Updated EMM guide: supports safer medication use in hospitals
As many as one in nine doses of medicine administered in hospitals are associated with a clinical error. [ + ]
IVF link to spontaneous preterm birth
A new study has found an approximate 80% increased risk of spontaneous preterm birth. [ + ]
The boy with genetically modified skin
A child with a lethal genetic skin disease has had a fully functional outer skin layer reconstructed from his own skin cells. [ + ]
Meningococcal B vax should be required for all children
Children under five years old, Indigenous children under 10 and all adolescents aged 15–19 are contracting the disease much more often than others. [ + ]
