Brain training gives tendon pain the boot

Love in the time of Zika

Love, sex and babies are the foundation of human existence. Without them the human race ceases to exist. Zika, a virus that few people had heard of a month ago, has suddenly disrupted this normal course of events.

AMA reports public hospitals under the pump

The Australian Medical Association’s (AMA) annual Public Hospital Report Card says hospitals are facing “a growing funding crisis” – with their performance virtually stagnant, even declining in certain areas – and lays the blame squarely at the feet of the federal government.

National Nursing Forum shines the light on leadership

Fallopian tube removal drops cancer by 40%

A University of Queensland gynaecological researcher and cancer surgeon is urging women facing hysterectomy  to consider removal of their fallopian tubes to reduce their risk of ovarian cancer.

Sepsis Kills program - saving lives in NSW

An early intervention program designed to improve the way emergency departments deal with patients with sepsis has been successful in speeding up the process of treating the potentially fatal condition, according to research published online by the Medical Journal of Australia.

Ethics in the country

Zika virus - what you need to know

Zika virus is a mosquito-borne virus transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. The same mosquito also transmits 3 other vector-borne diseases -- dengue, chikungunya and yellow fever – across tropical and subtropical regions around the world. The most common symptoms of Zika virus are headache, muscle and joint pain, mild fever, rash, and inflammation of the underside of the eyelid. To lower the risk of being infected with Zika virus: use insect repellent; cover as much of the body as possible with long, light-coloured clothing; empty, clean or cover containers that can hold water to remove places mosquitoes can breed; and sleep under mosquito nets. Key facts

Driving the eHealth bus with no GPS

Médecins Sans Frontières Ending TB in Resource Poor Settings

How your meal affects your mood

Your thoughts, mood and behaviour are the product of your brain – an exquisite spider’s web of neuronal connections and witch’s brew of neurochemicals according to Paul Bertrand and Trisha Jenkins, RMIT University. It is this brew that is prone to change, and when “unbalanced” can cause dramatically altered behaviour. And your diet may have more to do with how you think than you would first suspect. How your mood is made up Your mood is the product of chemicals in the brain called “neurochemicals”. This includes “neurotransmitters”, which are small molecules nerve cells (neurons) use to communicate with each other. One important neurotransmitter involved in mood is serotonin.

Babies primed for food allergies from birth

A study of more than 1000 Victorian babies has shown those with hyperactive immune cells at birth, detected in their cord blood, were more likely to develop food allergies in their first year of life.

Predicting Patient Admissions

What if you knew who would walk into your hospital today- when and why? Dave Piggott, Executive Director of Health IQ, investigates how the partnership between Austin Health, CSIRO and Health IQ works to provide Austin Health these answers.

Shifting Focus from Cost to Value

Why most cancer isn't due to bad luck

Sarah Allinson, Lancaster University, reports on a study published in Science in early 2015 reported that most cancers aren’t preventable and are simply a case of “bad luck”. A year on, however, and a study published in Nature has come to the opposite conclusion: that external factors such as tobacco, sunlight and human papilloma virus play a greater part in whether or not a person gets cancer.