Is 2015 Shaping Up to be Our Worst Flu Season?

This year’s flu season is being hyped to be the worst yet, according to numerous reports distributed throughout medical and public media.

Busselton Health Campus Celebrates Opening

Busselton in Western Australia has just celebrated the opening of the city's comprehensive new health campus.

Consultation Process Launched to Discuss NDIS Standards

Public consultation has been launched by the COAG Disability Reform Council to discuss quality and safeguards for the NDIS.

Real-time Prescription Monitoring Welcomed

With more Victorians dying each year from prescription drug overdoses than on the state's roads, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) Victorian Branch has welcomed the Victorian Coalition’s pledge to develop a real-time prescription monitoring service.

Laundering microfibre cleaning cloths

Stents In Trial For Superficial Femoral Artery Disease

The Journal of Endovascular Therapy has established that the use of stents has improved management and outcomes of coronary artery disease, and clinical trials are now attempting to prove the same will be true for superficial femoral artery disease.

Emergency Department Nurses are a Special Breed

Cell Discovery Brings Blood Disorder Cure Closer

A cure for a range of blood disorders and immune diseases is in sight, according to scientists who have unravelled the mystery of stem cell generation.

Older Australians Taking NSAIDs for Too Long

Research by the University of Sydney has found that older Australians are taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for too long and without sufficient precautions to minimise harmful side-effects.

Australian-first Translational Pharmaceutical Science Laboratory to be Built in Melbourne

[caption id="attachment_7936" align="alignright" width="162"] Dr Michelle McIntosh will use the new facility for her Inhaled Oxytocin project. Image from Monash University[/caption] A landmark grant will be used to build a world-class and Australian-first translational pharmaceutical science laboratory at the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences in Melbourne. Directly supporting capacity building, skills growth and education development, the new Translational Research Lab has been made possible by a $1.2 million grant from the Helen Macherson Smith Trust (HMSTrust), $1.1 million of in-kind contributions from industry partners PerkinElmer and Shimadzu and a further $350,000 contribution from the McCallMcBain Foundation to build state of the art facilities at the precinct.

Signs of the times - Infection prevention messaging

Student Applied Mathematics to Improve Liver Imaging Methods

Third year medical undergraduate Charles Baker has applied his background in mathematics to the field of nuclear medicine to improve liver imaging methods, which may improve diagnosis time and possibly save patients undergoing unnecessary surgery.

Dedicated Paediatric Intensive Care Unit for Townsville Hospital

Health services for children in North Queensland will be expanded following the announcement  that a dedicated Paediatric Intensive Care Unit will be built at Townsville Hospital.

Gold Coast University Hospital in final fit-out phase

At a cost of $1.76 billion the Gold Coast University Hospital is nearing completion, due to open to the public in September this year. Currently, contractors and staff are involved in the final fit out of furniture, fittings, IT and medical equipment. Gold Coast Health Executive Director Strategic Development Mr Michael Allsopp talks to AHHB about this stage of the project and proudly boasts the hospital will have the highest level of information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure and connectivity of any hospital currently under construction or operating in Australia.

Taking the heat off - Radiology peaks in emergency care

When the summer heat is over, at the emergency department of the highly reputed Clínica Sagrado Corazón, Seville, the staff is ready to take the healthcare heat: Agfa HealthCare’s DX-D 300 Direct Radiography (DR) system can handle the workload peaks flawlessly, offering both staff and patients unprecedented comfort and diagnostic quality.