Archived News for Health Sector Professionals - August, 2014
Tasmania wants to get into hemp, with vocal backing from numerous councils and MPs.
Science cuts strike at vital tasks
Government cuts to the CSIRO’s infectious disease research could not have come at a worse time, staff say.
Ebola evinces trial treatments
The World Health Organisation says it is ethically acceptable to use unproven drugs and vaccines to fight Africa's Ebola outbreak, but there are already arguments over who should receive the short supply.
New neuron-holder gives life for months
Bio-engineers have created a brain-like tissue that shares some functions with our own grey matter, and they kept it alive in a lab for over two months.
Study sees PMS as evolutionary match-breaker
Australian scientists have sought answers to an age-old question – what is premenstrual syndrome (PMS) about?
Google boss plugs good points for robot cars
The man pushing to get humans out of the driver’s seat says computers will be better behind the wheel.
Big grants to advance ideas for aging issues
The NHMRC will fund five teams looking at different elements of dementia.
Lives and livelihoods saved with new subsidy
The Federal Government has begun subsidising Avastin for women with stage 3 and 4 ovarian cancer.
Measles mounting attack on anti-vax backing
Hysteria, misinformation and vicious power of the internet are taking a toll on health.
Mental health makes for dangerous work
Mental health nursing is one of the most dangerous professions in the country, with alarming stats showing a high rate of assault.
New loo to lower the lid on illness
A life-saving solar-powered toilet has been developed for a UN-backed project to improve global sanitation.
Uni probes amid claims of missing health money
Extra GST money allocated for Tasmania’s health system has not been spent they way it was meant.
Aboriginal gaps must be leapt by all
Senator Nova Peris says all Australians need to push for constitutional recognition of Aboriginal people.
Health change looks for heads willing to roll
Public sector nurses will be paid to quit and sign on with a private employer, reports say.
BHP could fight to avoid cancer bill
Mining giant BHP Billiton has been ordered to pay the biggest asbestos exposure settlement in Australian history, but it may not play ball.
Blood drug may have put data under the rug
A scandal is emerging around the anticoagulant drug dabigatran, marketed as Pradaxa.
Damning data cover-up shows silent human rights
Groups representing virtually all of the Australian medical community say that the health issues affecting asylum seeker children are out of hand.
New link helps hunt neuroblastoma
Australian scientists have discovered a gene linked to the cause of the most common form of childhood cancer, neuroblastoma.
Nuclear nods for good source of green
Australian nuclear is being boosted this week with the re-animation of Queensland’s uranium industry, and some encouraging words from a former Prime Minister.
Rally to respond as Ebola reaches new ground
A state of emergency has now been declared in Sierra Leone as the death toll from the African Ebola outbreak tops 800.