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Doctors 'behind nurses' in hospital hand hygiene 8/27/2013

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 ...

Nominations open for Victoria's Health Promotion Heroes of 2013 8/19/2013

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. ...

Research reveals consumers care about buying local 8/19/2013

New research from Roy Morgan, commissioned by the Australian Made Campaign, has revealed buying Australian-made products has become more important to Australian consumers.

Get your facts straight: ABC website to investigate contentious claims 8/15/2013

Australia is about to get its facts straight – that's the message from the team behind the ABC's newly launched Fact Check website and accompanying platforms including television, ...

New coating creates 'superglass' 8/7/2013

A new transparent, bio-inspired coating makes ordinary glass tough, self-cleaning, and incredibly slippery, a team from Harvard University reported recently in Nature Communications. ...

Testosterone directed to liver likely prevents muscle wasting 8/1/2013

New Australian research suggests that a small dose of testosterone directed solely to the liver stimulates protein synthesis, likely preventing muscle loss and wasting, and potentially ...

Growing uncertainty about breast cancer screening: Part 2 7/31/2013

How much harm does breast screening cause?

Growing uncertainty about breast cancer screening: Part 1 7/31/2013

When they were introduced over 20 years ago, national breast screening programs were a milestone in public health.

Enhancing the white cane for people who are blind 7/19/2013

The most reliable navigation tool for people who are blind, the white cane, is set to be enhanced by a new gadget built by six Curtin University PhD students.

Huge hospital burden for intellectually disabled kids 3/6/2013

New research from the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research has shown that children with an intellectual disability or autism are up to ten times more likely to be admitted ...

Medical students go bush 1/25/2013

The year for rural medical students has begun early.

Kidney failure under the microscope 12/17/2012

Better targeted treatments for 20 per cent of renal failure patients are on the horizon following a key discovery about the role of white blood cells in kidney inflammation.

Sun, sand, the sea - and a boob job 11/30/2012

The combination of sun, sand, the sea and a boob job is proving an irresistible lure to scores of young Australian women travelling to exotic destinations for cosmetic surgery.

Stopping forced removal of babies from intellectually disabled parents 11/5/2012

Professor Gwynnyth Llewellyn: "When babies are taken away from their mothers early on and the mother doesn't really understand why, then you have the potential for very distressed ...

A new approach to deadly influenza outbreaks in nursing homes 10/22/2012

In developed countries people over 65 years old are the most likely to die from an influenza outbreak and people in nursing homes, where the virus is difficult to control, are ...

Olive oil could provide insight into its anti-inflammatory properties 10/10/2012

Deakin University researchers are investigating the anti-inflammatory properties of virgin olive oil to see if it as the potential to protect against the inflammation involved in ...

Study finds most children eat four times the daily salt limit 10/10/2012

A Deakin University study has found seven in ten children are eating more than the recommended upper limit of salt each day, putting their health at serious risk.

What if your antibiotics didn't work? 10/9/2012

Experts call for simple measures to stem the tide of antimicrobial resistance.

Radiation detector invention granted US patent 9/25/2012

The University of Wollongong (UOW) has developed a patented radiation detector that promises wide-ranging applications from cancer tissue identification to improved screenings of ...

Online treatment dramatically cuts suicide risks 9/19/2012