In response to the increased availability and reduced costs of genetic tests for the public, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has recommended that Australians use caution when ordering tests, and a number of new publications are emphasising this with accompanying resources. [ + ]

Statistics revealing the differences in age and the number of men in nursing have been released by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. [ + ]

University of Adelaide researchers have begun conducting modelling of a variety of naturally-occurring molecules found in consumables like turmeric, green tea and ginger to hopefully treat or prevent Alzheimer's disease in the future. [ + ]

he mortality rate for Aboriginal infants in their first year of life has not changed since the late nineties and remains double that of deaths among non-Aboriginal babies, research has found. [ + ]

Researchers from the University of Sydney's Charles Perkins Centre (CPC) have developed a new theory regarding the worldwide obesity epidemic. [ + ]

Research from Auckland University presented at the World Cancer Congress in Melbourne recently revealed that 750 New Zealanders who die from cancer annually might have survived if they lived in Australia. [ + ]

Cancer Council Australia, Cancer Research UK, the Union for International Cancer Control, the US National Cancer Institute have formally united to create the International Consortium for Action and Research on Tobacco. [ + ]

The Western Australian State Government has announced Clinical Research Fellowship grants of $1.08 million for 2015. [ + ]

Hervey Bay's St Stephen's Private Hospital, the first fully integrated digital hospital in Australia, is being officially opened today by Minister for Health the Honourable Peter Dutton MP. [ + ]

Obesity and extreme obesity have the potential to reduce life expectancy by up to 8 years and deprive adults of as much as 19 years of healthy life as a result of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, new research published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology suggests. [ + ]

The launch of the American Cancer Society's Cancer Atlas highlights the soaring rates of obesity will be a major contributor to the expected 50 per cent increase in cancer cases to 21.7 million by 2030. [ + ]

Physiotherapists have been recognised as credentialled diabetes educators by the Australian Diabetes Educators Association. [ + ]

The Victorian Government has appointed Jill Hennessy as Minister for Health and Martin Foley to the role of Minister for Mental Health. [ + ]

Director of The University of Western Australia's Centre for the Built Environment and Health, Professor Fiona Bull, was this week presented with her MBE in London by HRH Prince William. [ + ]

Leading Age Services Australia (LASA) has responded to the Aged Care Accommodation Round (ACAR) saying for every winner of a place there were 16 losers. [ + ]