Articles
Bullies and Victims Face Increased Risk of Developing Mental Health Problems
[caption id="attachment_6318" align="alignright" width="200"] Clinical Research Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Dr James Scott . Photo supplied by University of Queensland[/caption] [ + ]
University Debunks Theory that Sixth Sense Exists
New research led by the University of Melbourne has helped debunk the common belief that a sixth sense, also known as extrasensory perception (ESP), exists. [ + ]
Research Aimed at Improving Cancer Services to Indigenous People
A national group of researchers has been awarded a grant of $2.5million to improve cancer services to Indigenous people throughout Australia. [ + ]
Industry Q&A with Professor John Skerritt
[caption id="attachment_6159" align="alignright" width="133"] Professor John SkerrittNational Manager of the Therapeutic Goods Administration[/caption] [ + ]
Australia’s National Endoscopic Training Initiative
Australia is leading the world in gastrointestinal endoscopy training, certification and quality monitoring, ensuring enhanced access to quality, affordable services for all patients, explains David Hewett. [ + ]
Planning for an uncertain future
Forming a clear picture of what’s changing the landscape of healthcare facilities, and discovering the best ways to plan for an uncertain future was the theme of a roundtable discussion between some of the health design industry’s key players. Alex Holderness reports. [ + ]
Higher Risk of Birth Problems Using Assisted Reproductive Therapies
A University of Adelaide study has shown the risk of serious complications such as stillbirth, preterm birth, low birth weight and neonatal death is approximately twice as high for babies conceived by assisted reproductive therapies compared with naturally conceived babies. [ + ]
Promising Strategy for Treating Cancers by Blocking MYC
[caption id="attachment_6291" align="alignright" width="200"] Dr Gemma Kelly (left), Dr Marco Herold (centre) and Professor Andreas Strasser have discovered a promising new target for treating many cancers. Picture from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research[/caption] [ + ]
Applications Now Open for Scholarship to attend National Medicines Symposium
Applications are now open for the Asia-Pacific Scholarship for a passionate individual working in quality use of medicines in the Asia Pacific region (outside of Australia) to attend the eighth biennial National Medicines Symposium (NMS), Australia’s preeminent quality use of medicines forum. [ + ]
Burden of chronic liver disease in Australia – It’s time to act
Staggering statistics have recently highlighted the impact of chronic liver disease globally on the health of individuals and communities and in the global arena, writes Associate Professor Amany Zekry. [ + ]
Does ethics have a role in recruitment
Contemporary recruitment procedures are carefully designed so as to avoid unlawful discrimination. This results in precisely crafted job criteria and scrupulously even-handed treatment of applicants. This careful attention to fairness could be said to express the ethical value and principle of justice and, accordingly, to this extent recruitment processes do provide a role for ethics. [ + ]
NSQHS standards implementation review
In this final article in the series from the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission), we review the progress of implementation of the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards since their introduction into health service organisations on 1 January 2013. [ + ]
Rate of Golden Staph Cases in Public Hospitals has Dropped
The national rate of 'golden staph', cases in public hospitals dropped between 2010-11 and 2012-13, according to a report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). [ + ]
