An innovative online collaboration between healthcare services across six continents is aiming to drive the low carbon transformation in healthcare. [ + ]

Australia's sedentary culture contributes to the death of more than 7200 people each year, prompting the Australian Physiotherapy Association to launch its Australia's Biggest Killer campaign. [ + ]

There has been a rise in admissions to private hospitals in Australia according to a report Australian hospital statistics 2012–13: Private hospitals released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). [ + ]

Previously undetected steps in the process from stem cell to blood cell have just been discovered, and the process has been labeled haematopoiesis. Involved a highly complex series of events that determine the face of closely related populations of blood progenitor cells, the discovery was made during an international collaboration study, co-authored by The University of Western Australia's School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine's Head  Professor Wendy Erber. [ + ]

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Additional and reliable information on medical conditions and tests will be fully accessible after NPS MedicineWise and Lab Tests Online Australasia decided to collaborate on a new information-sharing site. [ + ]

The number of palliative care related hospital admissions rose by 52% between 2002-03 and 2011-12, according to a new report released  by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). [ + ]

A new report released by Cancer Australia shows where money for cancer research came from between between 2006 and 2011. [ + ]

The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology journal has published the results of the largest study into the field of diabetes and long working hours so far, and found that people working more than 55 hours per week in a manual or low socioeconomic job have a 30% greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes. [ + ]

Griffith University will launch a new suite of postgraduate programs aimed at reflecting the changing face of maternity care. [ + ]

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Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) has supported the legalisation of cannabis by launching a new organisation policy aimed at recognising the needs of seriously and terminally ill individuals. [ + ]

A new campaign titled 'Not Out of the Woods', to be launched on September 23, will be encouraging general practitioners to talk to their more senior patients about the risk of contracting shingles and subsequent complications, including severe pain caused by postherpetic neuralgia, which can last for years. [ + ]

The design of new cameras that can detect a variety of cancers and visualise brain activity is being inspired by Mantis shrimp eyes. [ + ]

The Deeble Institute for Health Policy Research has published its latest evidence brief, The relative effectiveness of Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHS) compared with mainstream health service. [ + ]