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Close The Gap Campaign Progress
To coincide with the Prime Minister's annual report card on progress in reducing Indigenous disadvantage, the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA), member of the Close the Gap campaign, has released its 2015 Close the Gap Progress and Priorities Report. [ + ]
New Online Tool to Support Patients with Fatigue
NPS MedicineWise has produced a new online tool to support health professionals dealing with patients with fatigue. [ + ]
Drop in Organ Donations in 2014
Organ donations dropped in 2014 by three percent, taking the number from 391 donors in 2013 to 378 organ donors in 2014. [ + ]
$25 Million Investment Into Nanopatch, The Painless Vaccine
An Australian venture capital firm has announced that Vaxxas, one of its portfolio investment companies, has successfully raised $25 million to advance its clinical programs and develop a pipeline of vaccine products for major diseases using its patented Nanopatch technology. [ + ]
Using Team Building to Create Cheer for Children with Cancer
Team building activities are a good way to inspire staff, but for Horizon Foundation, it's a way to give some cheer to children with cancer. [ + ]
New Findings in Cellular Biology Studies
Scientists from Griffith University on the Gold Coast are wondering if the study of cellular biology needs to be adjusted, following research on tumour cells. [ + ]
Negative Impact Of Obesity On Fertility Is Reversable
A team at the University of Adelaide's Robinson Research Institute has discovered how damage caused from obesity passed from mother to child can be reversed, and the findings could have major implications for future fertility research. [ + ]
Australian Doctors International Deliver WHO Program in Papua New Guinea
A partnership between Australian Doctors International and a global medical technology company will see a reduction in disease in Papua New Guinea. [ + ]
Changes to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee
The Minister for Health, Sussan Ley, has announced changes to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee. [ + ]
Government Urged to Fund Dementia Prevention Program
Alzheimer's Australia is lobbying Government to extend the funding for its dementia prevention program Your Brain Matters. [ + ]
Risk of Mortality for Women and Men with Type 1 Diabetes
Australian researchers have had their research on mortality and vascular events in men and women with type 1 diabetes published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. [ + ]
The Future of Cancer - An Experts Opinion on World Cancer Day
With today being World Cancer Day, one of Australia's leading experts Professor Timothy Hughes, says cancers will become easier to treat in our lifetime. [ + ]
Revolutionary Stroke Detector To Be Tested In Hunter Region
New South Wales' Hunter Region is about to become the testing ground for Swedish firm Medfield Diagnostics' new microwave-imaging headpiece for stroke and other traumatic brain injuries. [ + ]
Government Establishes Severe Behaviour Response Teams
Severe Behaviour Response Teams will be established across Australia to provide advice to residential aged care providers needing assistance in dealing with people with severe symptoms of dementia. [ + ]
