Articles
Change of Approach in Testing for Fatigue
With fatigue complaints constituting about 3-7% of all presentations to general practitioners, NPS MedicineWise has launched a new program titled Back to basics for fatigue: a diagnostic approach to aid health professionals in understanding the limits and appropriate uses of fatigue-related tests. [ + ]
Charity Funds Research into Alzheimer's Disease
The University of Western Australia's Centre for Health and Ageing Research will use a donation of $150,000 from the Theodore and Isabella Wearne Charitable Trust to help find better ways to treat depression in people with Alzheimer's disease. [ + ]
New Asthma Management Tool Available to Pharmacists
To help people pharmacists educate people to achieve better asthma control, NPS MedicineWise has launched new Asthma Management tool. [ + ]
Dementia Awareness – September is a Time for Reflection
Commissioner for Senior Victorians, Gerard Mansour, reflects on Dementia Awareness Month. September is Dementia Awareness Month and Sunday 21 September is World Alzheimer’s Awareness Day where organisations around the world concentrate their efforts on raising awareness about Alzheimer's and dementia. [ + ]
Nanopatch Vaccine Will Help WHO Fight Polio
World Health Organisation’s (WHO) battle against polio has a new weapon after joining up with Vaxxas, the biotechnology company responsible for developing revolutionary vaccine delivery method the Nanopatch. [ + ]
New Chronic Pain and Drug Dependence Service in Brisbane Hospital
New Brisbane service to help tackle chronic pain and pharmaceutical dependence [ + ]
Geographic Variations in Health Care Report Released
A new report, Geographic Variations in Health Care: What do we know and what can be done to improve health system performance?, examines regional variation in health care in 13 participating countries, including Australia [ + ]
The Future of Disease Epidemics
The University of Sydney's professor Eddie Holmes is encouraging Australia to take up US-style centres for disease control, after warning that the number of disease epidemics will rise in the future. [ + ]
Imagine a Healthier Future Campaign Supports the MRFF
The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Action Group has launched its Imagine a Healthier Future Campaign to encourage public investment in health and medical research. [ + ]
New Resource to Help Patients with Chronic Pain
GPs now have easy access to a useful resource to help patients with chronic pain better understand and manage their condition. [ + ]
Australian guidelines on Barrett’s Oesophagus and Oesophageal Adenocarcinoma
Cancer Council Australia has published new clinical guidelines which will help provide greater consistency in the management one of Australia’s fastest growing cancers and its known precursor, Barrett’s oesophagus. [ + ]
World Lymphoma Awareness Day Highlights Need for Earlier Diagnosis
Lymphoma Australia and medical experts are using World Lymphoma Awareness Day (15 September) to ‘put lymphoma in the limelight’ and call for all Australians to better recognise the symptoms of a cancer that takes an Australian life every six hours. [ + ]
Ebola or MERs-CoV: Do we panic with these emerging new or old infectious diseases?
[hr]Internationally, we are seeing the emergence of new and old infectious diseases. Marija Juraja asks: Is there a risk, with the penchant for travels, that these infectious diseases could land on our doorstep?[hr] [ + ]
New Hand Hygiene Initiative: Clean In, Clean Out
[hr]A study of the hand hygiene rates in some of Australia’s biggest hospitals has found patients could be routinely exposed to potentially deadly infectious bugs by doctors who are not following proper hygiene procedures, writes Narelle Shuh.[hr] [ + ]
World Association for Infectious Diseases and Immunological Disorders Unveiled
[hr]Founding of WAIDID, the World Association for Infectious Diseases and Immunological Disorders was unveiled at the Infectious Diseases World Summit in Shanghai in July.[hr] [ + ]
