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Rewriting workplace diversity
Gender diversity might be a hot topic for HR executives, but the concern is not filtering through the organisation, new research from the Hay Group has found. [ + ]
Australia behind in dealing with workplace injuries
Workplace related injuries are costing the Australian economy an estimated $60.6bn each year, The Konekt Market Report has found. [ + ]
Regulating medicinal cannabis in Australia
From farm to pharmacy Nola Ries, University of Newcastle [ + ]
National primary health care conference 2015
Primary health care professionals gathering in Canberra to discuss future of Australian health system [ + ]
Faecal transplants for healthy guts
Why poo transplants are nothing to be sniffed at Tim Spector, King's College London [ + ]
Toolkit to support patients with breast cancer and palliative needs
Women with a life limiting breast cancer diagnosis will have access to a toolkit to help them understand and access palliative care thanks to an international grant awarded to Palliative Care Australia (PCA) and Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA) earlier this month. [ + ]
How to identify someone with a rare disease
Charles van Heyningen, Royal College of Pathologists [ + ]
Making a fuss over medical research
The $20 billion Medical Research Future Fund is now one step closer to implementation, with legislation passing Senate after amendments from the LNP. [ + ]
Probiotics for mental health
A group of men who took probiotic capsules daily for a month felt less stressed and performed better on memory tests, according to a study presented to the Society for Neuroscience meeting in Chicago over the weekend. [ + ]
It stays with you
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Non-invasive neuroimaging techniques
For many years scientists have been trying to find a way to measure the pressure in a patient’s brain without having to drill a hole in the person’s skull. Although this remains the most reliable way to measure pressure in the brain, it is invasive, expensive and comes with the risk of infection and bleeding. [ + ]
Liquid marbles allow for spinal cord regeneration
More than 12,000 Australians live with spinal cord paralysis and there is at least one new occurrence every day. But a development in spinal cell transplantation repair has been discovered through the merging of neurobiology and microfluidic engineering - using floating 3D marbles, cells cultured directly on the injury site. [ + ]
The ethics of whistleblowing
Two Australian doctors have taken to the pages of the prestigious journal, the BMJ to make their international colleagues aware of the extraordinary assault on medical ethics contained in the recently enacted Border Force Act 2015. I have also received an email on behalf on the President of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians Laureate Professor Nick Talley to all members of the College and its Chapters and Faculties calling the Act “unacceptable to physicians”. They join the AMA and other peak health organisations in publicly warning the Government about trying to prevent doctors advocating for vulnerable patients. [ + ]
