Timing is Key for Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment
14 October, 2014 by Petrina SmithResearchers at the University of Adelaide have discovered two potential treatments for traumatic brain injury that are most effective when given at different stages after the injury has occurred.
Technology Trial Starts to Help Rehabilitation Patients
10 October, 2014 by Petrina SmithResearchers have started the world’s biggest technology trial looking at whether computer games, iPad apps and interactive can can aid in rehabilitation from falls, strokes and brain injuries.
Doctors launch a No Advertising Please campaign
10 October, 2014 by Petrina SmithIn a bid to ban pharmaceutical company representatives from “educational” visits to their practices, Australian doctors have established a No Advertising Please campaign.
National Centre for Excellence in Youth Mental Health
09 October, 2014 by Petrina SmithAustralia's first National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health has been established to help find new and innovative treatments to better the lives of young people.
Health Professionals Well Represented in Australian of the Year Awards
08 October, 2014 by Petrina SmithQueensland and Victoria have announced their finalists in the 2015 Australian of the Year Awards, with health professionals, lobbyists and philanthropists well represented.
Health Gap for Disadvantaged Australians is 'Disturbing'
04 October, 2014 by Petrina SmithThe gap in quality of health between the most advantaged and most disadvantaged Australians persists, according to new national figures released today by University of Adelaide public health researchers.
National President of Alzheimer's Australia Outlines Priorities
02 October, 2014 by Petrina SmithImproving the quality of residential care remains a central priority for Alzheimer’s Australia National President Graeme Samuel AC.
Australian and New Zealand Sepsis Patients Get World-Best Treatment
02 October, 2014 by Petrina SmithAustralian and New Zealand patients with sepsis can be confident they are getting the best treatment in the world.
Australia Urged to Send Medical Personnel to Fight Ebola
01 October, 2014 by Petrina SmithThe international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières is urging Australia to send trained emergency medical personnel to fight Ebola in West Africa.
Latest BreastScreen Australia Monitoring Report Released
01 October, 2014 by Petrina SmithMore than 1.4 million women aged 50-69 had a screening mammogram through BreastScreen Australia in 2011 and 2012, according to the BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2011-2012, released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
CDC Confirms First Cast of Ebola in United States
01 October, 2014 by Petrina SmithThe Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed the first case of Ebola to be diagnosed in the United States.
No Causal Link Between Vitamin D Levels and Diabetes
01 October, 2014 by Sophie BlackshawA large genetic study, published today in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal, has concluded there is no evidence of a causal link between a person’s vitamin D levels, and whether they develop type 2 diabetes.
Study Reports Major Declines in Death in People with Metastatic Melanoma
01 October, 2014 by Petrina SmithA world-first study published in the New England Journal of Medicine heralds the efficacy of a targeted combination drug therapy after reporting major declines in the risk of disease progression and death in people with metastatic melanoma.
Social Networking for Green Healthcare
30 September, 2014 by Sophie BlackshawAn innovative online collaboration between healthcare services across six continents is aiming to drive the low carbon transformation in healthcare.
