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New Electron Microscope Enhances Research Opportunities
A unique $5 million electron microscope unveiled at Monash University's Clayton campus will strengthen Australia’s research on some of the world's most prevalent diseases. [ + ]
Palliative Care Funding Available to Aged Care Facilities
Federal Government will fund aged care facilities throughout Australia to form collaborative ties with palliative care services through the Decision Assist Linkages project. [ + ]
Victoria's Chief Health Officer to Retire
Victoria’s Chief Health Officer, Dr Rosemary Lester, will retire from her position on 27 February 2015. [ + ]
Physiotherapists Direct Specialist Referral In The Spotlight
The Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) is calling on all parties to guarantee support for legislative change to enable physiotherapists to refer direct to specialists with a Medicare rebate if elected this weekend. [ + ]
Reports Indicate Decline In New Ebola Cases
Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has reported that there has been a downward trend in new cases of Ebola, with just over 50 patients in eight management centres in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. [ + ]
Cannabis Use Among Prescribed Opioids is Common, says New Study
Despite the fact that cannabis use is illegal in Australia, use of cannabis among chronic pain patients using prescribed opioids is common, according to a study led by researchers at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. [ + ]
Survey Highlights Areas of Importance in Dementia Research
Prevention, improved diagnoses, and better care have been highlighted as the top priorities for future dementia research. [ + ]
Research Connections Announces First Recipients
The first recipients to benefit from the new Australian government program Research Connections have been announced. [ + ]
Insight into Genetic Variants that Alter Brain Development
Almost 3000 scientists from 193 institutes have shared results from analyses of genetic data to provide insight into the causes of variability in human brain development. [ + ]
Twitter Media Being Used to Predict Heart Disease
Interesting research published in the Journal Psychological Science shows that Twitter can be used to indicate a community's psychological well being and even predict rates of heart disease. [ + ]
Médecins Sans Frontières Lobbies Pharmaceutical Companies
Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) is urging the Australian Government to join the call for pharmaceutical companies to slash the price of the pneumococcal vaccine in developing countries. [ + ]
Rodents May Help Find Cure for Alzheimer’s Disease
A Chilean rodent species may provide a natural model for Alzheimer’s disease, an international research team, including scientists from the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) at UNSW, has found. [ + ]
