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Final results of a Monash-led three-year clinical trial assessing a novel procedure to treat blood pressure has been published today in the prestigious journal, The Lancet.
Reports released by the Council of Australian Government Reform Council (COAG) and the National Health Performance Authority (NHPA) have highlighted the importance of health services ...
The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) is calling on health minister Peter Dutton to come clean on the federal government's plans for Medicare Locals.
Curtin University researchers have found legally blind people attend and stay in hospital more than twice as long as the general population, most without having their blind status ...
A NSW Ambulance program has almost halved calls to Triple Zero (000) by the state's most frequent callers, providing them with a more appropriate means of health care, while freeing ...
The number of aged care places in residential facilities and community-based care rose by 46 per cent between June 2002 and June 2012, according to new information released by the ...
The Federal AMA has condemned the Queensland government's decision to move all Senior Medical Officers in its public hospital system on to unfair and unbalanced individual contracts ...
Prime Minister Tony Abbott recently announced $559.1 million for Australian health and medical researchers to generate new health discoveries across Australia.
General practitioners should screen patients for chronic diseases for which the World Health Organisation (WHO) has identified poverty as a key risk factor, a NSW Health Ministry ...
The Australian Medicare Local Alliance (AML Alliance) and the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA) have created a new partnership to enhance the role of the ...
Catherine King was congratulated by the Australian Medical Association (AMA) on her recent appointment to the position of Shadow Minister for Health.
Symptoms of depression among permanent aged care residents are common, according to a report recently released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
A study exploring the treatment of depression in older people with a range of health problems is being undertaken by the University of Sydney.
Carers taking primary responsibility for people with dementia are more likely to suffer symptoms of ill health than the general population, a Curtin University study has found.
A political drive led by the UK and US to screen older people for minor memory changes is leading to unnecessary investigation and potentially harmful treatment for what is arguably ...
A recent University of Auckland study has revealed a preference for human-like features on a robot's display screen.
Doctors lag behind nurses in hand hygiene in hospitals, despite widespread evidence that alcohol-based hand rub is the cheapest and most effective way to prevent infection, according ...
The Combined Pensioners & Superannuants Association (CPSA) has expressed its approval of elements of the Coalition's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) plan, but is calling ...
A University of Sydney project which provides online support tools to people with arthritis to help them better manage their condition has received a funding boost from the federal ...
Victorians are being invited to nominate health promotion champions for the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation Awards 2013, to be announced at a ceremony in Melbourne in December. ...
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