Drugs for delirium don't work and may cause harm
07 December, 2016What are we to do for people experiencing delirium, who are robbed of their mental awareness and ability to communicate?
Fluke Biomedical Advantage Training online training centre
02 December, 2016
Fluke Biomedical has launched Advantage Training, an online centre aimed at providing accessible training to the biomedical engineering community. The training centre features a curriculum that covers the full spectrum of medical device preventive maintenance and quality assurance for biomedical and diagnostic imaging equipment.
Early or no dinner to fight obesity
08 November, 2016 by Corin Kelly
The first human test of early time-restricted feeding found that this meal-timing strategy reduced swings in hunger and altered fat and carbohydrate burning patterns, which may help with losing weight. In early time-restricted feeding (eTRF), people eat their last meal by the mid-afternoon and don't eat again until breakfast the next morning. The findings were unveiled during an oral presentation today at The Obesity Society Annual Meeting at ObesityWeek 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Imagining age services - no borders, no boundaries at LASA National Congress 2016
02 August, 2016 by ahhb
Book Your Team's Training Before The EOFY And Save
29 June, 2016 by AHHBWith EOFY in sight, it is essential to make the most of your training budget. AHRI is offering $200 off HR and management in-house training courses and toolkits purchased prior to 30 June 2016.
Could virtual games become part of pain management?
29 April, 2016 by Corin KellyThe next time you habitually search your bathroom cabinet for some pain medication, you may want to consider virtual games first. According to Edmund Keogh, from the University of Bath, research has shown that psychology plays an important part in how we experience both acute and chronic pain – and that painful sensations can be manipulated by what we think and feel.
Infant feeding - finally some clarity
11 March, 2016 by Corin KellyWith so much confusing and conflicting information about infant feeding, LEAPS (Learning, Eating, Active, Play, Sleep), a free program led by QUT in partnership with NAQ Nutrition, provides some welcome clarity.
Condoms and gloves thin as human hair
10 February, 2016 by Corin KellyFibres from the Australian native spinifex grass are being used to improve latex that could be used to make condoms as thin as a human hair without any loss in strength.
