Archived News for Health Sector Professionals
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.
Screens match eye defects for glasses-free focus
Researchers have developed a new display that can correct for vision defects, removing the need for prescription glasses or contact lenses for viewing.
Soaring health risk linked to flying workers
High-flying businesspeople and fly-in, fly-out workers are being blamed for a spike in HIV infections across Western Australia.
Scientific teeth to bite at fluoride fears
As fears about water fluoridation continue in several Australian regions, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) says it will end the debate once and for all.
AIDS efforts bolstered by week of good talk
An event marking the state of global AIDS research has ended over the weekend, with renewed optimism that more and more lives will be saved.
Fish oil to face fact-based review
Fish oil supplements, a darling of the alternative health world, will be put through the scientific rigors for a new research project.
Mobiles help midwives bring comfort in new lives
Researchers say new media technologies including smart phone apps and online services are an effective way to improve the health of new mothers and their babies.
Vitality vaults after six intense seconds
As exercising trends toward the shorter and more intense, a new study could have the elderly going wild for a few seconds per day.