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What's that word? Brain changes begin years before Alzheimer's diagnosis
Alzheimer's is a long game — it doesn't happen overnight. The good news is, early intervention can delay onset. [ + ]
3 companies to receive seed funds to develop medical devices for children
The Philadelphia Pediatric Medical Device Consortium (PPDC) has announced seed grants to three companies developing medical devices for children. [ + ]
Contaminated machines used in cardiac surgery cause infection in patients
Melbourne researchers have used cutting-edge genomics technology to show a strain of a bacteria can be transmitted to patients from machines commonly used to regulate body temperature during cardiac surgery. [ + ]
$8 million Lighthouse Hospital Project improves acute coronary care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
The Minister for Indigenous Health, the Hon Ken Wyatt AM, MP recently announced $8 million to expand a project that is transforming hospital care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with acute coronary syndrome. [ + ]
New patient monitoring technology targets readmissions
A mobile patient monitoring system — which was last week selected as only one of 25 digital health and medical technologies in the world to be fast-tracked into the lucrative US market — is set to be released in Australia. [ + ]
New national standard promotes better care for hip fracture patients
Patients with hip fracture should receive surgery within 48 hours of arriving at hospital and start moving around the day after surgery, if possible, according to a new care standard launched by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. [ + ]
Moderate-to-late premature babies face higher rates of developmental problems
Moderate-to-late premature babies face much higher rates of developmental and behavioural delays than previously thought, an Australian-first longitudinal study by the Royal Women’s Hospital has found. [ + ]
Heart risk for people with schizophrenia
Australians with schizophrenia die 25 years earlier than others due to poor heart health. [ + ]
The future of stem cells: tackling hype versus hope
For many people suffering from disabling conditions, such as Parkinson's disease, spinal injury and paralysis, multiple sclerosis, macular degeneration, heart disease, renal failure and even cancer, announcements in the press around breakthroughs in stem cell research undoubtedly bring hope. [ + ]
Gates Foundation $36.9 million international grant to fight typhoid
Typhoid fever, a bacterial infection that causes high fever and other disabling symptoms, remains a serious global problem in the developing world: it kills almost a quarter of a million people annually and infects about 21 million. [ + ]
'We can. I can' tackle oral cancer
Three Australians are diagnosed with oral cancer every day. [ + ]
Breakthrough in motor neurone disease research gives hope
When a person is diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND), it's a race against time. [ + ]
Locked-in patients communicate through brain-computer interface
A computer interface that can decipher the thoughts of people who are unable to communicate could revolutionise the lives of those living with completely locked-in syndrome, according to a new paper published 31 January 2017 in PLOS Biology. [ + ]
Inequality in Aboriginal child ICU admissions for invasive infections
Intensive care unit (ICU) admission rates for life-threatening infections in Indigenous children are several times higher than those of non-Indigenous children, and twice as many Indigenous children per population succumb to these severe infections despite life support. [ + ]
Death clocks — take with a pinch of salt
The good news is that we are all living longer. The bad news is that we will all die … but when? [ + ]
