ARU has Appointed Dr Ryan Kohler as its First Concussion Specialist

[caption id="attachment_8214" align="alignright" width="132"] Dr Ryan Kohler[/caption]

Peter Klinken Appointed New Chief Scientist of WA

Research Proves TUBB5 Essential For aHealth Functioning Brain

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.

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.

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.

Phantom Superbug in Middle East Could Spread Worldwide

A phantom superbug  in the Middle East is cloaking itself in genetic material to avoid detection and placing the population at increased risk of deadly infections.

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan to be Developed by End of Year

An implementation plan for the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan will be developed by the end of the year.

Let's Ensure Zero Road Deaths on Fatality Free Friday

Today is Fatality Free Friday.

University of Adelaide Receives Funding Boost from NHMRC

[caption id="attachment_7894" align="alignleft" width="148"] Professor Mike Brooks[/caption]

Palliative Care Week launches with 10 Tips to Take Control of your Death

At the launch of National Palliative Care Week, Dr Sarah Winch shared 10 tips to take control of your death, gathered from personal experience.

Oral Cholera Vaccine Effective During Outbreak in Guinea

An oral cholera vaccine protected individuals by 86 percent during a recent outbreak in Guinea, according to study conducted by Epicentre, the research arm of the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), and the Guinean Ministry of Health published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).