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Victorian Inquiry into Community Pharmacy Announced
In a first for State-based politics in Victorian Government, the Victorian Legislative council has passed a motion to inquire into the role and opportunities for community pharmacy in primary and preventative care in Victoria. [ + ]
AMA Calls on Australian Government to Make Representations to Support Turkish Doctors
The AMA has written to Prime Minister Tony Abbott asking the Australian Government to call on Turkish authorities to immediately drop legal action against Turkish doctors who provided emergency medical care to people injured during protests in Istanbul in May. AMA President, A/Prof Brian Owler, said the AMA has learned that the doctors, who are members of the Turkish Medical Association (TMA), face a court case commencing tomorrow, 12 June. [ + ]
ARU has Appointed Dr Ryan Kohler as its First Concussion Specialist
[caption id="attachment_8214" align="alignright" width="132"] Dr Ryan Kohler[/caption] [ + ]
Promising New Approach Reduces Side Effects for Leukaemia Patients
[caption id="attachment_8158" align="alignright" width="200"] South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute Ltd[/caption] [ + ]
Basic Preventive Care For Heart Conditions is Lacking, According to New Study
[caption id="attachment_8150" align="alignright" width="64"] Associate Professor Julie Redfern, The George Institute for Global Health[/caption] [ + ]
GAD65 Linked to Type 1 Diabetes
Researchers are a step closer to establishing the link between a protein with a split personality, called GAD65, and type 1 diabetes. [ + ]
Queen's Birthday 2014 Honours List
More than 700 Australians have been recognised across 32 categories in the 2014 Queen's Birthday honours list. [ + ]
Best Practice Awards in Nursing Announced
Nine nurse leaders have been acknowledged for their outstanding work in primary health care at the 2014 Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA) Best Practice Awards in Nursing. [ + ]
St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital Showcases Bronchial Thermoplasty to International Physicians
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Scientists Discover Bacteria Survival Methods
Scientists have discovered bacteria survival methods where bacteria can reshape their DNA when dehydrated by changing from the regular double helix, known as B-DNA to the more compact A-DNA form. [ + ]
Participants Required for Study on PSA Testing
The University of Sydney's School of Public Health is seeking people to participate in a "community jury" to independently asses the process of Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) testing in Australia. [ + ]
Students Placements the Key to Shortage of Remote Dental Practitioners
One of the keys to solving extreme shortages of dental practitioners in remote Australia is proving to be short-stay (three to four weeks) placements for final-year dental students, according to a recent report into a 10-year program in WA. [ + ]
Women Unaware of Heart Disease Risks
Despite 9000 women a year dying of heart disease in Australia, most women remain unaware of the most important risk factors – high blood pressure and cholesterol. [ + ]
