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Young drunkorexic women drop food for booze
A new study shows female university students are saving their calories for binge drinking. [ + ]
Public education needed to stop superbugs
The OUTBREAK project will use artificial intelligence to predict superbug outbreaks and model the best way to manage them before they reach the healthcare system. [ + ]
Work health and safety during a pandemic: the issue of vaccination for businesses
What role, if any, do businesses have to play if a vaccine is created for SARS-CoV-2? [ + ]
How legacy operating systems and firmware could endanger patients
Healthcare organisations will have to consider the interoperability between emerging technologies and legacy systems to ensure a seamless integration. [ + ]
Repurposing existing drugs for COVID-19
Repurposing existing medicines offers more rapid hope of tackling COVID-19 than developing and manufacturing a vaccine, argue an international team of scientists. [ + ]
Healthcare managers needed to lead in complex times
The immediate COVID-19 crisis will pass — but the need for management expertise will not pass with it. [ + ]
How robots could deliver urgent triage in our hospitals
As the urgency of maintaining population health becomes a pressing reality, governments and regions seek innovative solutions to the impending crisis in the health system. [ + ]
Health systems struggle to keep up with hackers
Australian health systems are struggling to keep pace with the adoption of technology by cyber attackers, research from UNSW shows. [ + ]
HESTA announces 2020 Nursing & Midwifery Awards winners
HESTA has announced the winners of the 2020 HESTA Australian Nursing & Midwifery Awards, celebrating leadership and professional excellence to improve patient outcomes. [ + ]
Pop-up hospital may be answer to future pandemic needs
An SA company has launched a portable isolation hospital for widespread medical emergency hotspots to treat patients with respiratory illnesses in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. [ + ]
Smart patch tracks body's response to diet
A wearable is being developed by Melbourne-based Nutromics to measure key dietary biomarkers and help wearers track how their bodies respond to different foods. [ + ]
Robots give surgeons superhuman stability and precision
Although they are not yet operating autonomously, robots are nevertheless commonly used in the operating theatre today. [ + ]
Point-of-care ultrasound: levelling the healthcare playing field
Med tech company Butterfly Network is on a mission to democratise health care for the 4.7 billion people around the world who lack access to medical imaging. [ + ]
AI's role in modern-day health care
With the impacts of COVID-19 being felt across the globe, the global healthcare sector has turned to technology to aid and accelerate innovation in the hope of combatting the pandemic. [ + ]
COVID-19 exposes inequality in New York City
In New York City, low-income and minority communities shoulder a disproportionate burden of COVID-19, with higher rates of hospitalisation and death. [ + ]
