Archived News for Health Sector Professionals
Hospitals and their staff could be hit hard by planned changes to the fringe benefits tax, with reports the health sector could lose up to $200 million in the fallout.
Plain packs make smokers butt out
A new study has linked plain packaging on cigarettes to lower smoking appeal, greater support for the policy and a higher urgency to quit among adult smokers.
Uni's converge on super-powered cloud
The Australian National University has announced a new effort to make the incredible data-processing abilities of a supercomputer available to laboratories and researchers on every scale.
Watermelon praised for easy recovery
New studies are suggesting nature may have already provided the perfect workout-recovery drink – delicious watermelon.
What's in a name? $200,000
Reports are suggesting the Federal Government should have thought slightly longer about its newly-unveiled disability insurance scheme, confidential documents have allegedly revealed the agency rolling out the reforms were not at all happy with the name ‘DisabilityCare’.
'Public' hospital, privately run
In a bold offer to the private sector the Queensland Government says it will entirely outsource the daily operation of a Sunshine Coast hospital.
Denying malaria its vitamins
Researchers may have developed a technique to stop malaria parasites from using vitamin B1 as a pathway to proliferation.
Dioxin dangers go unchecked
A recent investigation has uncovered high dioxin levels in household and agricultural pesticides.
Eat less - live longer, maybe
A Chinese study has come to a surprising conclusion, finding fasting and calorie-restricted diets may actually increase lifespan
eHealth hits 500k
Half a million people have signed on to the personally-controlled electronic health record (PCEHR) system eHealth, according to the Federal Health Department.
Novel knife can smell cancer
British medical researchers have developed a surgical knife which senses what it is cutting through, and can tell whether tissue is cancerous.
Sweet sweat from novel machine
A new technology has leapt straight from science fiction to reality, allowing human sweat to be turned into clean drinking water.
Mental health plans for Fiji
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.