Archived News for Health Sector Professionals - July, 2013
The island of Fiji will soon have its own mental health facility to combat a reported rise in depression and anxiety in the Pacific.
Victoria getting in on opium game
It is a little known fact that Tasmania makes a roaring trade growing opium; now demand for the lucrative crop has pushed companies to look at expanding onto the mainland.
New tool to spot ADHD
Authorities have given the go-ahead to a remarkable new technology, which uses an advanced scanning technique to identify attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Not a drop of funds in WA
A Western Australian community is still waiting to find out when the Government plans to fix its contaminated drinking water.
Water result; CSG stopped in Illawarra
In a big win for people power, water safety and environmentalism, 16 planned coal seam gas wells will not be built after the Planning Assessment Commission disapproved the projects.
Brits wait for smoke stats from Australia
The British Government is waiting to see whether plain packaging on cigarettes in Australia has worked before similar legislation is introduced in the UK.
Foundation finds fewer fatal infarctions
Fewer Australians are dying of heart attacks, the latest Heart Foundation report has found.
Indian plan to feed 800 million
India is introducing the world’s largest subsidised food plan next month; it will offer life-saving grains to around 810 million people.
Issues already in DisabilityCare for Indigenous
As the DisabilityCare program is rolled out nationwide some kinks have yet to be worked out in the provision of help to Indigenous communities.
Report says a million are on the margin
A new Productivity Commission report says over one million Australians live in deep or very deep social exclusion, and that economic growth in the country has not helped the disadvantaged.
Breast cancer beat-down in Melbourne lab
Melbourne researchers may have found a new treatment for breast cancer after positive results emerged from a leukaemia drug trial.
Scientists map the brain's earliest work
Australian researchers in collaboration with a team from the US have mapped and observed some mind-blowing changes that occur as young brains develop.
Study probes oral sex benefits
Psychologists have delved deep into the art of cunnilingus to decipher its true evolutionary purpose.
Two men seem HIV free after bone therapy
Scientists are proceeding cautiously, but it appears two patients may have been cleared of HIV after bone marrow transplants for lymphoma.
Smoking sought for new casino high-rollers
The owners of a planned casino in Sydney have applied for their entire high-rollers’ floor to allow smoking, a move with has drawn criticism from workers’ rights and anti-smoking groups.
Victoria bows out of national asbestos plan
The Victorian government is refusing to sign up to a national plan to rid public buildings of asbestos; calling the scheme an “ineffective Labor policy”.
ER rates down after ban on knock-off drugs
A meeting of state fair trading ministers, Commonwealth representatives, authorities and experts has decided to extend a ban on synthetic drugs in Australia.
Helping pays off in ABS stats
The latest ABS salary statistics have been released and it seems medicine is the industry to go for to get the highest pay cheque.
Lasers listen to blood cell's lament
Lasers may be able to detect diseases in individual blood cells, with new research suggesting the technique could be used in a number of ways.
Live liver grown in lab
An important proof-of-concept test has been successful in a Japanese lab, one which could lead to vast improvements in donor organ availability.
Forum for findings in science of the mind
A forum has been announced that will explore some groundbreaking ideas in neuroscience and education.