Artificial super stool: a game changer for gut conditions
03 May, 2021Collaborative research aims to create a new generation of microbial therapies that can replace donor-derived faecal microbiota transplantation.
Bionics Challenge to accelerate life-changing innovations
19 April, 2021Bionics Queensland is inviting entries to the Bionics Challenge 2021, a Queensland-led competition designed to unleash life-changing bionic discoveries.
Advanced digital diagnostics feature at new Westmead facility
15 April, 2021Westmead Health Precinct's Central Acute Services Building features cutting-edge, digital imaging-enabled operating theatres and expanded imaging services.
Can artificial intelligence help reduce the rate of bowel cancer?
30 March, 2021 by Andrew Currie, CEO of Cura Day Hospitals GroupIt sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie. Computers scrubbing in on medical procedures? But the future is, in fact, now.
Virtual collaboration room provides immersive transplant training
19 March, 2021The X2O Collaboration Room is an immersive virtual training environment for global clinical users of the life-saving Organ Care System technology.
Exoskeleton technology comes to Australia
15 March, 2021Royal Rehab has entered into an agreement with United States robotic company Ekso Bionics to bring advanced exoskeleton technology to Australia.
Portable oxygen machine aiming to save one million lives
25 February, 2021SentOx is a low-cost oxygen concentrator designed for treating COVID-19 patients in less-developed countries, such as Indonesia, India and South Africa.
UV Angel comes to Australia and New Zealand
18 February, 2021Businesses and aged-care facilities in Australia and New Zealand will be able to operate with improved safety, following a collaboration between HPA and US company UV Angel.
New evidence that scalp cooling protects hair from chemotherapy
10 February, 2021Groundbreaking UK research has provided biological evidence that scalp cooling physically protects hair follicles from chemotherapy drugs.
Breakthrough surgical robotic system breaks out in Australia
09 February, 2021Macquarie University Hospital is reported to be the first facility in Australia to adopt breakthrough, minimally invasive robotic surgical technology.
UNSW team prints 'bones' with living cells
31 January, 2021UNSW Sydney scientists have developed a ceramic-based ink that may allow surgeons in the future to 3D print bone parts complete with living cells.
Medtech start-up brings sustainable disinfection solution to Australia
16 December, 2020An innovative, sustainable disinfection technology that uses UV-C light to disinfect ultrasound probes and cables is now available in Australia.
New technique stimulates relief for chronic pain sufferers
10 November, 2020A multicentre randomised controlled trial has demonstrated the importance of a new spinal cord stimulation technique in providing back pain relief compared with conventional therapy.
Implanted device brings movement hope to paralysis patients
05 November, 2020Thanks to the implantation of a tiny device, patients with upper limb paralysis are now able to text, email and shop online.
Mobile lifting robot transfers and rehabilitates patients
07 October, 2020The PTR Robot is reported to be the first mobile, intelligent robot solution that can flexibly move around in the healthcare and nursing sectors.
