Industry News
Closing the gap on eye health in Australia
The National Eye Health Survey Report has been released by the federal government. It involved completing a series of eye tests on around 5000 Australian across 30 geographical areas. [ + ]
Government announces improvements to Australian GP training
The Coalition Government has announced another component of its health workforce reform agenda, handing the Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) program selection to the two General Practice Colleges. [ + ]
Cancer treatment delivered on a silver plate(let)
Platelets can be used to deliver anticancer treatment to the site of a surgically removed tumour, reports a paper published in Nature Biomedical Engineering. [ + ]
Better broadband needed in the bush
The AMA has warned that health services in rural, regional and remote Australia could fall even further behind city services, without urgent government action to ensure all Australians have access to affordable and reliable high-speed broadband. [ + ]
Elective surgery waiting times stable nationally
A new report released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) shows how elective surgery waiting times have been performing in recent years. [ + ]
Exercise cuts impact of concussions after a knock
A study published in JAMA shows that a bit of physical exercise within seven days of a bonk to the head can help stop the symptoms of concussion. [ + ]
$483 million in grants to support Australian health and medical research projects
$483 will be shared by more than 1900 Australian researchers across four National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funding schemes. [ + ]
Catheter ablation dominates the atrial fibrillation market
Technological advancement in AF devices, increase in ageing population and a surge in the prevalence of heart diseases globally are estimated to be responsible for the increased demand for catheter ablation. [ + ]
Millions of kids could benefit from this new worm treatment strategy
This improved strategy for treating intestinal worms in adults and children could improve the health of millions of children in Southeast Asia, the Pacific and Africa. [ + ]
Victoria's model for assisted dying laws may get up
Victoria stands a chance of becoming the first Australian jurisdiction in 20 years, and the first ever Australian state, to have an assisted dying law. [ + ]
Choking: the second highest cause of preventable death in aged care
Alarmingly, 40% of health professionals surveyed by speech pathologist Bernadette Dutton at an aged-care forum incorrectly believed that toast was suitable for those on a 'soft' food texture diet. [ + ]
Nearly a third of med students suffer depression
"There's work stresses, there's the pressure to succeed, a lot of us are type-A personalities by nature, that's often what draws us to the profession, we're perfectionists." — Dr Dov Degen [ + ]
Medical research funding — is it time for a paradigm shift?
Few would quibble with the idea that medical research is among the best investments our community can make. From whatever dominant viewpoint through which you consider the world ... medical research has the ability to not only meet objectives, but produce untold human dividends for decades to come. [ + ]
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Who am I? Do I have concussion?
Concussions can be hard to diagnose, but a new technique using MEG brain scans analysed by machine learning algorithms can help detection, according to a Canadian team of researchers. [ + ]