Archived News for Health Sector Professionals - February, 2018
Experts say a crisis is occurring in Tasmanian emergency departments.
Stem cell scaffold tested
Australian biomedical engineers have produced a new basis to grow human muscle.
'Retard' targeted in online push
Disability advocates have launched a campaign to get people to stop using the word “retard”.
Early success in stem cell cancer plan
US researchers are developing a stem cell-based multi-cancer vaccine.
Health award for water campaign
Victoria has rewarded Ballarat’s attempt to reduce the consumption of soft drinks with a campaign promoting water.
Merck has eyes on Viralytics
A US pharmaceutical giant is looking to buy an Australian research firm and its promising cancer drug.
Expensive med test fails
Administrators have apologised after a crucial online trainee doctor exam crashed.
Study plots schizophrenic genes
Schizophrenia may have evolved as an “unwanted side effect” of the development of the complex human brain.
Alcohol aggression mapped
Brain scans have been used to help understand why people often become aggressive and violent after drinking alcohol.
State boosts health safety
The Victorian Government has put up $7 million to help keep frontline health workers safe.
Asthma study finds pregnant effect
Women with asthma who only use short-acting asthma relievers take longer to become pregnant than other women ...
HBF and HCF consider merger
WA health insurer HBF is planning to merge with a not-for-profit health fund on the east coast.
Health data used for flu alarm
Australian computer scientists are working on a flu forecasting tool ...
New flu jabs offered
The Federal Government is providing two new “enhanced” flu vaccines for free to people aged over 65.
New plan for young heart disease
The Federal Government is funding research on a new national plan for congenital/childhood heart disease.
Drug push questioned
Experts say drug companies are aggressively targeting GPs with expensive educational events ...
Detained kids show high rate of impairment
New research has found 9 out of 10 kids at a juvenile detention centre have at least one form of severe brain impairment.