Allied Health & Aging

Pharmacy Program Enables Home Checks for Kidney Disease

29 May, 2014 by Petrina Smith

Kidney Health Australia has released a new report on kidney disease in Australia, and  announced a pharmacy program to help those at increased risk identify the disease early.


Oral Cholera Vaccine Effective During Outbreak in Guinea

29 May, 2014 by Petrina Smith

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).


Research Australia Awards Open

29 May, 2014 by Petrina Smith

For the first time, achievements in health services research will be recognised as a category in the Research Australia Awards, now open for nominations.


Preventing Poor Health Outcomes among Male Babies

27 May, 2014 by Petrina Smith

A team from the University of Adelaide's Robinson's Research Institute has been studying the underlying genetic and developmental reasons of poor health comes among male babies.


Survey Shows Medical Professionals Are Main Source of Palliative Care Information

27 May, 2014 by Petrina Smith

Medical professionals remain the source for Australians and their loved ones to access information about palliative care, according to a new Palliative Care Australia survey.


Oestrogen Can Help Women with Treatment-Resistent Schizophrenia

26 May, 2014 by Petrina Smith

Exciting new research from the Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre (MAPrc)  reveals that oestrogen can help treat women with treatment-resistant schizophrenia.


Learning to Walk Inspires New Steps in Brain Research

26 May, 2014 by Petrina Smith

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World Congress on Public Health to be Held in Melbourne, 2017

26 May, 2014 by Petrina Smith

Members of the World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA) meeting in Geneva have unanimously supported the 15th World Congress on Public Health to be held in Melbourne, Australia in 2017, attracting more than 2000 delegates.


Associate Professor Brian Owler elected Federal President of the AMA

26 May, 2014 by Petrina Smith

Sydney neurosurgeon, Associate Professor Brian Owler, has been elected Federal President of the Australian Medical Association (AMA).


Melanoma Rates are Falling in Young Queenslanders

22 May, 2014 by Petrina Smith

Melanoma rates are falling in young Queenslanders, according to new figures published by Scientists from QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute and Cancer Council Queensland.


Quality Use of Medicines is Not an Outdated Concept

22 May, 2014 by Petrina Smith

A panel of representatives from across the health and medicines sector has agreed at the opening plenary session of  the National Medicines Symposium (NMS) 2014 that quality use of medicines is not an outdated concept.


Nominations Open for 2015 WA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards

21 May, 2014 by Petrina Smith

Nominations are now open for the 2015 WA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards which acknowledge and celebrate exceptional nurses and midwives working in Western Australia’s public, private and non-government organisations.


Aged Care Providers Now Required To Publish Maximum Accommodation Prices

21 May, 2014 by Petrina Smith

Residential aged care providers are now required to publish the maximum accommodation prices they will charge from 1 July, making it easier for consumers to make informed choices.


Aboriginal and Torrest Strait Islander Health Leaders Call for Co-payment to be Scrapped

21 May, 2014 by Petrina Smith

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Leaders from across Australia say the co-payment is against the principles of health equity outlined in the Statement of Intent to Close the Gap in Indigenous Health Outcomes.


Electronic Health Record Review Releases its Recomendations

21 May, 2014 by Petrina Smith

CHF also supports several other review recommendations, including:


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