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More Australians are being hospitalised from arthritis, back pain, osteoporosis and other musculoskeletal conditions, according to new information released on 3 December 2015 by the ...
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has welcomed the Government’s pause of the Medicare Safety Net threshold change as a win for patients, who would have ...
The 6th National Report of the Australian and New Zealand Audits of Surgical Mortality (ANZASM) was released on 27 November 2015 by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS), ...
Health experts are calling for governments, food manufacturers and public health bodies to work together to reformulate food and improve food labelling to reduce salt intake and save ...
Australia has signed agreements with China last week, refreshing the framework for technical cooperation between the two countries on health issues, including communicable disease ...
Australian scientists have discovered a new virus carried by one of the country's most common pest mosquitoes.
The Turnbull Government will invest more than $600 million to support Australia’s world-leading researchers to find the next prevention of disease or cure as it continues to drive ...
New figures released on 16 November 2015 by NPS MedicineWise show that while fewer people are now asking for antibiotics when they have a cold or flu, many still mistakenly believe ...
Software "agents" modelled on real-life individuals will be used by University of Sydney researchers to develop high-precision computer models that can predict where or when an ...
The emergency room can be a minefield of stress for both patients and healthcare workers at times when the demand is high.
The Turnbull Government will build improved and nationally consistent dementia support services for all Australians following independent analysis released on 5 November 2015 that ...
The AMA welcomes the most recent figures from the Australia and New Zealand Organ Donation Registry, which show that organ donation is again on the rise in Australia.
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) warns a two-tiered health system could be created if private health insurers are allowed to cover GP services.
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) warns patients will be left out of pocket under the Federal Government's proposed Medicare Safety Net threshold drop.
The Turnbull Government will address inconsistencies in the nation's PBS that see many concessional patients with a prescription for common medicines such as paracetamol and aspirin ...
The equipment you use each day in your medical practice has a profound effect on the service you are able to offer to your patients.
More Australians could have faster access to simpler safety net protections against large medical expenses under a Turnbull Government proposal introduced into Parliament on 21 ...
Patients with chronic disease who risk serious illness by not taking their medication correctly are the target of a pilot study to educate community pharmacists.
On 17 October 2015, NSW Minister for Medical Research Pru Goward and NSW Minister for Primary Industries Niall Blair joined the Federal Minister for Health the Hon. Sussan Ley MP in ...
At the rate medical researchers uncover new findings about health and possible treatments, it is difficult to keep up to date and important advances can often be lost in the sea of ...
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