Diagnostic Instruments & Medical Imaging Feature Articles for Australian Healthcare

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Emergency in the emergency room – going with the flow 11/24/2014

Once patients have been admitted for acute care in the emergency department, a timely diagnosis is vital. Each individual's disposition must be established, and consequently, the ...

New cancer centre 'will halve time from research to patient care' 10/27/2014

A game-changing medical alliance will bring together – into one, new purpose-built facility – some of the country's best cancer and blood disorder researchers and clinicians.

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.

Chemist coeliac test 'could' sound off false alarm bells 10/2/2014

Doctors fear patients could be put at risk by a new test which claims to be able to accurately identify whether or not they have coeliac disease.

Pinpointing the risk of prostate cancer 9/18/2014

Scientists could soon better predict a man's risk of getting prostate cancer after a worldwide team of researchers carried out the largest-ever analysis of the cancer's genetic ...

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.

Tighter regulation needed for commercial breast screening: study 9/10/2014

Heavier regulation and auditing is required in order to prevent Australian women from being misled by phoney breast-screening sites promoting unproven screening methods, an expert ...

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 ...

'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 ...

Minor change 'could' make GP co-payment model more popular 8/4/2014

Exempting pensioners from the controversial proposed GP co-payment might make it more popular in the public's eye, according to a government MP.

Immunisation: 'success story' in preventable infectious disease fight 7/28/2014

Family doctors are the most appropriate providers of immunisation, which is the safest and most effective way of giving protection against disease, according to AMA President, A/Prof ...

Diagnostic imaging tests by Australian GPs up 45% 7/24/2014

A 45 per cent increase in diagnostic imaging tests ordered by Australian GPs is being driven by increasing GP visits, a rising number of problems managed at consultations and a higher ...

Family doctors play 'vital role' for bowel cancer screening 7/21/2014

During Family Doctor Week 2014, the Australian Medical Association (AMA) is urging people to work with their family doctors to prevent bowel cancer, the second leading cause of cancer ...

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 ...

Rapid HIV testing in dental surgeries gets widespread support 7/17/2014

More than 80 per cent of oral health patients are willing to receive rapid HIV-testing in dental settings – which could help reduce the spread of the HIV, according to a ground-breaking ...

Egypt's army says 'AIDS detector' needs more tests 7/2/2014

Egypt's military said that devices it claimed it invented to detect and cure AIDS and hepatitis C need six more months of testing.

Australians 'binned' life-saving cancer test 6/25/2014

Eligible Australians have been urged to participate in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program, following new data released on Wednesday (23 June) that showed around 643,000 ...

"Very difficult" commonwealth policy affected NSW budget 6/18/2014

The Mike Baird-led Liberal government has left NSW patients high and dry by ignoring the need for increased basic funding to hospitals in its pre-election budget, Opposition Leader ...

Biomedical imaging: 'transforming' modern medicine 6/16/2014

Biomedical imaging is transforming modern medicine with its movie-like computer graphics and large data sets playing a central role in the revolution, according to University of ...

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