A consortium surveyed 1300 workers over an 18-month period to better understand whether SMART work design strategies could improve employee wellbeing. [ + ]

Construction will soon commence on Charles Darwin University's Centre for Better Health Futures. [ + ]

The Australasian Institute of Digital Health is in the process of putting together the final touches for MedInfo 2023, with less than a week to go until the major digital health learning event begins on 8 July. [ + ]

Supermarket shoppers in the UK were recently given the opportunity to be tested for a common heart rhythm disorder by holding the handlebar of a modified trolley for at least 60 seconds. [ + ]

Researchers have developed a disease-specific measure designed to capture and assess the wide-ranging issues that affect patients with locally recurrent rectal cancer. [ + ]

A prototype of a 'soft smart hand exoskeleton' or 'robo-glove' gives feedback to wearers who need to relearn tasks that require manual dexterity and coordination. [ + ]

Patient navigation is strongly linked to increased and successful rates of screening, earlier medical diagnosis and cancer outcomes worldwide, according to a new study. [ + ]

A $13.7 million project to unlock digital health data on debilitating diseases could reduce hospitalisations, tackle complications and cut health costs. [ + ]

The tool identifies sperm, then leaves the embryologist to decide whether it is really present and if it is viable enough for Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection. [ + ]

The RANZCP has emphasised the importance of a "safety first" approach to protect some of the most vulnerable people in the community. [ + ]

WHO has published its first global research agenda for the world's scientists to address the most urgent human health priorities to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR). [ + ]

Criticising the populist 'war on drugs' approach as "pointless", the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has called for action to stem the number of drug-induced deaths in Australia. [ + ]

A recent study has identified Western Australia and parts of the Northern Territory and Tasmania as asthma 'hot spots', recording the highest numbers of people with difficult-to-treat asthma in Australia. [ + ]

Eleven recommendations on when, how and in what situation it may be appropriate for clinicians to reduce opioid use by placing the patient at the centre of the equation have been released. [ + ]

A major challenge for Legionella management in large hospital systems is that under unfavourable conditions, Legionella transforms into a state that cannot be detected using standard methods. [ + ]