Industry News
Breast cancer: how often does overdiagnosis occur?
A new study suggests that overdiagnosis, or the finding of tumours that may never have progressed or caused harm in a woman's lifetime, occurs in about 15% of screen-detected cancers. [ + ]
Peninsula Villages' Central Coast project wins MBA award
Peninsula Villages' 114-bed ageing-in-place development, Pozieres House built by Grindley Construction, has won a 2021 Master Builders Association Excellence in Construction Award. [ + ]
COVID-19 antiviral available on the PBS
Australians at risk of progressing to severe COVID-19 disease will now be eligible to access an oral antiviral treatment through the PBS. [ + ]
New rare blood disease treatment on PBS
Ultomiris (ravulizumab) will be listed for the first time for patients with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria. [ + ]
Digital Health CRC appoints Kate Munnings as new Chair
The Digital Health CRC has appointed Kate Munnings as its new Chair following the retirement of Michael Walsh. [ + ]
Isolated, confused and depressed: the pandemic's toll on people with dementia and their carers
The COVID pandemic has had a huge impact on people living with dementia and their family carers around the world. Our study found people with dementia experienced worse symptoms after the pandemic began. [ + ]
Liver cancer: non-invasive treatment trial to begin soon
A new non-invasive treatment for inoperable early-stage liver cancer is set to be trialled across Australia this year. [ + ]
Winners announced for 2022 HESTA Impact Awards
The founder of a global exercise approach for people with Parkinson's disease and a specialist housing and healthcare medical practice team are the 2022 winners for the HESTA Impact Awards. [ + ]
Global trial to investigate fractional COVID-19 boosters
Up to 3300 healthy adults across Australia, Indonesia and Mongolia will be invited to take part in a global trial investigating the impact of administering reduced COVID-19 booster shots. [ + ]
Health remains most breached sector; human errors rise by 43%
Health care remains the most breached sector, reporting around 18% of all notified data breaches from July to December 2021. [ + ]
$22m for health research projects
Six Australian health and medical researchers are set to receive goverment funding of around $22 million. [ + ]
Music for stem cells: how soundwaves could help regrow bones
Researchers have used soundwaves to turn stem cells into bone cells, in a tissue engineering advance that could help regrow bones. [ + ]
New Alzheimer's drug — science, not desperation should guide approval: experts
Alzheimer's medication aducanumab is under review by the Therapeutic Goods Administration. [ + ]
Mechanical blood clot removal improves outcomes for stroke patients
In an international study of 1000 stroke patients, nearly half of survivors achieved good to ideal outcomes at three months after the stroke if they had received mechanical clot removal. [ + ]
Mater trials electric vehicles
Mater at Home and Mater Pathology staff are trialling electric vehicles as a part of a research program being run in partnership with Origin Energy and ARENA (Australian Renewable Energy Agency). [ + ]
