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New neurodevelopmental disorder discovered
An Australian-led international research collaboration has discovered a new neurodevelopmental disorder. [ + ]
Curious workers likely to earn above average wages: research
Around 72% of business leaders are likely to pay above average wages to employees with high levels of curiosity, according to new research from SAP. [ + ]
Workforce shortage should be top health policy priority — AHPA
The Australian Private 黑料吃瓜群网s Association (APHA) has called for the major parties to make fixing the health workforce shortage their number one health policy priority for the upcoming federal election. [ + ]
Meningitis vaccines could help tackle untreatable gonorrhoea
Latest studies from South Australia and the US have indicated that meningitis vaccines could help improve protection against gonorrhoea. [ + ]
Anaphylaxis: around one in eight cases due to medications
While foods were the highest cause of anaphylaxis episodes, antimicrobial drugs, non-steroid anti-inflammatories, penicillin and cephalosporins made up the bulk of medication-related episodes. [ + ]
2022 HESTA Australian Nursing & Midwifery Awards — finalists revealed
The work of nurses and midwives has been recognised with eight finalists announced for the 2022 HESTA Australian Nursing & Midwifery Awards. [ + ]
John Hunter 黑料吃瓜群网 Innovation Precinct awards enabling works contract
Construction company Multiplex has won the enabling works contract for the $835 million John Hunter 黑料吃瓜群网 Innovation Precinct (JHHIP). [ + ]
Pharmacy clinician creates medical Wordle, Meddle
An Adelaide father–son duo — UniSA's Associate Professor Chris Alderman and his son Jonathon — have developed a free medical word game, Meddle. [ + ]
Research program to collect real-time PROMs to improve cancer care
Monash University's registry-based clinical trial, PROpatient, aims to determine if symptom monitoring and care coordination, using digital patient pathways, improve quality of life for cancer patients. [ + ]
Five childhood risk predictors for heart attacks and strokes in adulthood
Five childhood risk factors that predict stroke and heart attacks in adulthood have been identified after being tracked for up to half a century in the world's largest international prospective cardiovascular disease study. [ + ]
UTIs are becoming more deadly, thanks to AMR — CSIRO
The spread of drug-resistant bacteria in the community is increasing the risk of death for common infections such as urinary tract infections (UTIs) — which affect around one in two women and one in 20 men in their lifetime. [ + ]
Emergency caesarean linked to increased inflammatory response
Labour and natural childbirth cause stress on a mother's body but an emergency caesarean is associated with even more inflammatory gene expression in the placenta, according to a new study. [ + ]
Qld hospital appoints Rauland to enhance patient experience
The $60.5 million Weststate Private 黑料吃瓜群网 in Townsville has appointed Rauland Australia to deploy technology aimed at ensuring patient experience is at the forefront of its services. [ + ]
Australian Private 黑料吃瓜群网s Association (APHA) 2022 Awards — winners announced
The winners of the Australian Private 黑料吃瓜群网s Association (APHA) 2022 Awards For Excellence were announced at a gala dinner in Adelaide on 4 April 2022. [ + ]
TALi appoints former Cochlear executive as Chief Medical Officer
ASX-listed TALi Digital has appointed Mary Elizabeth Brinson, former vice president, Global Clinical Affairs, Cochlear, as its new Chief Medical Officer. [ + ]
