Diagnostic Instruments & Medical Imaging Feature Articles for Australian Healthcare

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AHHA welcomes new primary healthcare strategy 6/17/2008

The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) has welcomed the announcement by Health Minister Nicola Roxon of the development of a new primary healthcare strategy.

Prudent measures to conserve anti-coagulant medicines 6/12/2008

Guidelines for clinicians on prudent measures to manage a potential shortage of anti-coagulant medicines containing the blood thinning agent, heparin, have been issued.

BreastScreen Australia yields results over free mammograms 6/10/2008

Around 1.2 million women aged 50-69 years of age (56.2% of all women in this age group) took advantage of free mammograms in 2004-2005 through the BreastScreen Australia Program, ...

WA Health invests in improving outcomes for indigenous people 6/10/2008

Developing Statewide screening and chronic disease strategies to improve the health of Aboriginal Western Australians are two of the top priorities for the new Office of Aboriginal ...

NSW passes landmark legislation that aims to protect patients 6/10/2008

New South Wales now has the strongest legislation in the country to protect patients against misconduct by doctors, after the Medical Practice Amendment Bill 2008 passed through the ...

$150 mln to cut elective surgery waiting lists by structural reform 6/3/2008

The Rudd Government has announced a further $150 million to slash elective surgery waiting lists.

WEHI researchers pinpoint function of potent cancer gene 6/3/2008

The gene, known as “ERG”, has long been associated with a range of human malignancies, including leukemia and sarcoma. American scientists showed in 2005 that ERG is mutated in more ...

BreastScreen WA wins an outstanding service award in Bunbury 5/29/2008

BreastScreen WA has been awarded for its outstanding cancer detection rates and will celebrate its success in Bunbury soon to acknowledge the support of regional communities.

Neuroimaging expert wins prestigious Aust-Harvard Fellowship 5/22/2008

An international recognised expert in medical imaging, Dr Simon K. Warfield, has been awarded an Australia-Harvard Fellowship to travel to Australia to work closely with the biomedical ...

Boys more likely to have congenital anomalies in birth: Study 5/20/2008

A report released recently by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) presents information on 33 major birth defects and shows that for many conditions, more males than ...

Govt grants $100 million in extra health funding for Queensland 5/20/2008

A meeting between Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Premier Anna Bligh at Kirribilli has delivered a $100 million health cash injection, which the Queensland Government will use to train ...

Oral health of Torres Strait Islander shows improvements 5/15/2008

A joint report released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), The Health and Welfare of Australia’s Aboriginal ...

Key step in puncture mechanism of cell death revealed:WEHI 5/15/2008

A team of medical researchers led by Dr Ruth Kluck at Melbourne’s Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI) has discovered a key step in the mechanism by which cells destroy themselves. ...

NSW hospitals perform very well at above national benchmarks 5/13/2008

NSW Minister for Health Reba Meagher has said that the state's hospitals are treating people more quickly despite an ongoing rise in emergency department activity.

Cancer treatment - Imaging yields insights into nanomedicine 5/13/2008

Researchers at Purdue University have discovered a possible new pathway for anti-tumor drugs to kill cancer cells and proposed how to improve the design of tiny drug-delivery particles ...

Fed Govt should focus on public hospitals in Budget :AHHA 5/13/2008

The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) has again called on the Federal Government to increase funding for Australia's ailing public hospital system in the upcoming ...

MSF call for political courage to shake up medical R&D system 5/1/2008

This week, more than 150 countries at a UN health R&D summit in Geneva have a chance to put right a great wrong.

Working age population projections - implications for dentistry 4/29/2008

Australia has an ageing population and over the next 40 years Australia’s workforce age population growth will stagnate as will labour force growth. Source: Natalie Shymko, Research ...

Govt provides more funding to improve mental health service 4/24/2008

The Australian Government has announced funding to improve the mental health workforce, by providing training to around 24,000 mental health professionals and encouraging mental ...

New govt grant allocated to help market medical discoveries 4/17/2008

Retinal imaging to identify people at high risk of developing cardiovascular disease, a dressing that will reduce the severity of scars and a “smarthroscope” that distinguishes ...

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