A new smartphone app developed by CSIRO is giving  heart attack patients a better chance at completing life-saving rehabilitation. [ + ]

The international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières is urging Australia to send trained emergency medical personnel to fight Ebola in West Africa. [ + ]

More 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). [ + ]

The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed the first case of Ebola to be diagnosed in the United States. [ + ]

A 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. [ + ]

A 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. [ + ]

Health professionals are advised that Emerge Health, in consultation with the TGA, is recalling all unexpired doses of Meningitec meningococcal serogroup C conjugate vaccine suspension for injection, single dose syringe, due to the potential for particulate contamination. [ + ]

An innovative online collaboration between healthcare services across six continents is aiming to drive the low carbon transformation in healthcare. [ + ]

Australia's sedentary culture contributes to the death of more than 7200 people each year, prompting the Australian Physiotherapy Association to launch its Australia's Biggest Killer campaign. [ + ]

There has been a rise in admissions to private hospitals in Australia according to a report Australian hospital statistics 2012–13: Private hospitals released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). [ + ]

Previously undetected steps in the process from stem cell to blood cell have just been discovered, and the process has been labeled haematopoiesis. Involved a highly complex series of events that determine the face of closely related populations of blood progenitor cells, the discovery was made during an international collaboration study, co-authored by The University of Western Australia's School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine's Head  Professor Wendy Erber. [ + ]

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Additional and reliable information on medical conditions and tests will be fully accessible after NPS MedicineWise and Lab Tests Online Australasia decided to collaborate on a new information-sharing site. [ + ]

The number of palliative care related hospital admissions rose by 52% between 2002-03 and 2011-12, according to a new report released  by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). [ + ]

A new report released by Cancer Australia shows where money for cancer research came from between between 2006 and 2011. [ + ]