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Mixed response to Coalition's co-payment backflip 12/10/2014

PM Tony Abbott has dismissed the dumping of the $7 GP co-payment plan in favour of an exclusive $5 one as a policy backdown, telling reporters it was about making the system "work". ...

Lifeless hearts restarted and transplanted successfully 10/29/2014

In a world first, an Australian specialist performed two successful heart transplants using organs that had stopped beating, been re-animated inside a novel carrier box, and then ...

Govt's $538m medical research fund provides critical boost 10/22/2014

Funding worth more than $538 million to help researchers find cures, treatments and medical devices of the future has been announced by the federal government.

One-in-ten UK antibiotic prescriptions 'fail' 9/25/2014

Over a 22-year period more than one in ten of all antibiotic treatments in a primary care setting have failed. This rate has increased and continues to rise, according to a new study ...

Guidance system an improvement to minimally invasive surgery 9/18/2014

Researchers have devised a computerised process that could make minimally invasive surgery more accurate and streamlined using equipment already common in the operating room.

Contracting Hep B from your local clinic – how at risk are you? 9/3/2014

Better find out soon or you might meet the same fate as 32-year-old Arnold Zakaria, who developed swellings in his throat glands and armpits after being treated for a dental cavity. ...

Implant eases surgery complications for glaucoma patients 9/1/2014

In March this year, an Australian first procedure to reduce vision loss in glaucoma patients successfully took place on a woman from Newcastle at Hunter Valley Private Hospital.

Aust surgeons serve PNG patients through YWAM program 9/1/2014

Youth with a Mission (YWAM) Medical Ships and Port Moresby General Hospital's ophthalmology unit recently collaborated to serve patients with serious eye disease in Port Moresby, ...

Computer simulation 'increasingly important' in surgeon training 8/29/2014

Research has shown that surgical simulation can provide beneficial training resources for surgeons with participants in multidisciplinary sessions offering positive feedback.

Curative gastric by-pass surgery used for 'unusual' diabetes 8/29/2014

Endocrinologist Professor Lesley Campbell recently worked with lipodystrophy experts in Cambridge to solve a mysterious case of diabetes from the past.

Case for robotic surgery strengthened by new data 8/25/2014

Surgeons from Melbourne's Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre have reported data from more than 5000 Victorian men showing robot-assisted prostate cancer surgery gets patients home faster ...

MRS spares childhood cancer patients from repeated surgery 8/22/2014

The Brain Tumour Charity, a UK-based partner of the Institute of Cancer Research has funded research into a scanning technique which could spare children with glioblastoma the trauma ...

Surgeons reject new pre-approvals process 8/8/2014

Since 1 June 2014, Medibank Private has imposed a new process on hospitals, and therefore on patients, that usurps the patient-doctor relationship.

'World's smallest microscope' pinpoints overlooked cancer 8/7/2014

Capable of being fit into a needle and detecting cancer cells often missed by surgeons – the world's smallest microscope has won its inventors international recognition, and booked ...

Govt's diabetes research grants 'could' lead to cure 7/30/2014

Research grants recently awarded by the NSW government to 14 researchers offer a glimmer of hope to the more than 1.5 million Australians who suffer from diabetes.

'Printed' anatomy marks new era for medical training 7/23/2014

The creators of a unique kit containing anatomical body parts produced by 3D printing say it will revolutionise medical education and training – especially in countries where cadaver ...

Medical Research Future Fund: will industry actually benefit? 7/17/2014

The government's proposed $20 billion Medical Research Future Fund can put Australia on the world map by driving and delivering cutting-edge, lifesaving innovation – so long as it ...

Govt Medical Device program hopes to make great ideas a reality 7/17/2014

NSW Minister for Health and Minister for Medical Research Jillian Skinner on Wednesday (16 July) invited applications for a prestigious international post-doctoral program which is ...

Language 'no barrier' for transplant recipients 7/17/2014

Health Minister Jillian Skinner has launched digital stories of transplant recipients in Arabic, Chinese and English to raise awareness of the importance of organ and tissue donation. ...

Tissue engineers develop unique 'scaffold' for bone regeneration 7/9/2014

Man-made materials mimicking those found in our bodies are the focus of a three-day international symposium being hosted by tissue engineers at the University of Sydney.

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