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The S-Monovette Is The Revolution In Blood Collection

The S-Monovette庐 is an innovative enclosed blood collection system that allows the user to draw blood from the patient using the syringe or vacuum method, uniting the advantages of both techniques in a single product.

World's First Low Cost Dialysis Unveiled

It鈥檚 an invention that could save millions of lives each year and transform the way kidney disease is treated around the world.

The 5 most addictive substances on earth

What are the most addictive drugs? According to Eric Bowman, from the University of St Andrews, while the question seems simple, the answer depends on whom you ask. From the points of view different researchers, the potential for a drug to be addictive can be judged in terms of the harm it causes, the street value of the drug, the extent to which the drug activates the brain鈥檚 dopamine system, how pleasurable people report the drug to be, the degree to which the drug causes withdrawal symptoms, and how easily a person trying the drug will become hooked.

Rapid response halves heart attack deaths

Detecting and treating patients before they have a cardiac arrest isn鈥檛 rocket science, but it鈥檚 a life saver.

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Cancer in 3D - the real world of cancer cells

It's now possible to take 3D images of lab-grown cancer cells to get a more realistic snapshot of how they grow, spread and respond to their environment, thanks to a new high-resolution microscope developed by US researchers.

Work Stress? 3 Ways to Beat Common Traps

Hunched over, hardly moving for hours on end, hitting the same buttons again and again in the hope of a future reward 鈥� sound familiar? It does to Selena Bartlett, from the Queensland University of Technology.

More nurses mean less death

The ART of deception - IVF clinics inflating success.

IVF patients across the country are being told their fairy tale ending is just an embryo transfer away from鈥淛oyful new mum Sonia Kruger鈥� to the 鈥渂ack-to-front love story鈥� of sperm donor romance. Loretta Houlahan, from聽Monash University聽reveals that聽for every artificially conceived bundle of joy to make the headlines, there are many everyday Australians who have not been so lucky.

3 new operating theatres to slash wait times

Tasmania's State Government has announced the opening of three new operating theatres in the state this week as part of their plan to rebuild Tasmania鈥檚 health system. With serious questions being raised about the allocation of dollars earmarked for Tasmanian health, this will be only a drop in the ocean but it is a step in the right direction.

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Growing fears about incidents of violence and aggression in public hospitals and other healthcare settings was shared by more than 140 delegates of the NSW Nurses and Midwives鈥� Association (NSWNMA) this week.

There is a little known threat in your home

They are small items, the size of a ten cent coin and they can cause big problems for small children. Lithium button batteries can be found in many items from remote controls and bathroom scales to singing greeting cards.

Taking central line infections to zero

The rate of bloodstream infections caused by central intravenous lines in hospitals can be reduced to聽almost zero, saving over $200 000 per year, if a modified central line maintenance procedure developed by聽a group of Victorian researchers is used, according to a study published in the Medical Journal of Australia.

1 in 600 People Wake During Anaesthesia

Pandit J et al. The 5th National Audit Project (NAP5) - Accidental Awareness During General Anaesthesia in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Association of Anaesthetists UK. Sept 2014.