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Medical tourism 'soaring' in Southeast Asia 2/13/2015

A number of countries in Southeast Asia continue to witness a boom in medical tourism, as affordable healthcare for foreign visitors is being actively promoted by governments in the ...

Surgeons replace valve of beating heart 2/13/2015

A pioneering procedure has seen a team of Australian doctors repair leaking valves on two hearts which were still beating.

Pioneering stroke treatment leaves less patients with disability 2/12/2015

A pioneering stroke treatment will change the way doctors approach the treatment worldwide.

Consult across the sector on Medicare, health minister urged 2/9/2015

The federal government is not learning from mistakes of the past with its continued "narrow consultation" on Medicare reforms, health lobby groups have said.

'Annual fee' model an answer to govt's Medicare woes 1/21/2015

The government is struggling to sell its Medicare co-payment reform because its sole emphasis is on cost control, when it should also be about supporting quality and equity, according ...

Autopsy of a dead policy: what now for Medicare? 1/19/2015

The government has backed down from its plan to cut Medicare rebates to doctors – which was to start on January 19 – after several days of public pressure.

Keep Google Glass going, for industries' sake: experts 1/19/2015

Whilst Google has officially called curtains from 19 January for the head-mounted Glass to the public, the tech giant has dismissed suggestions the innovation is all but dead and ...

Dutton 'worst health minister in living memory': poll 1/14/2015

What a way to end one's ministerial term. Former Health Minister Peter Dutton has been ranked the worst health minister in living memory in a survey conducted by Australian Doctor ...

Great expectations: 'naïve optimism' about medical care 12/28/2014

"It might do me some good and it won’t hurt to give it a go." How often have you heard a phrase like this?

Health system "inefficiencies" addressed in govt white paper 12/18/2014

Which level of government should really be responsible for the funding, policy, regulation and delivery of services in the health sector in Australia?

Mixed response to Coalition's co-payment backflip 12/10/2014

PM Tony Abbott has dismissed the dumping of the $7 GP co-payment plan in favour of an exclusive $5 one as a policy backdown, telling reporters it was about making the system "work". ...

Lifeless hearts restarted and transplanted successfully 10/29/2014

In a world first, an Australian specialist performed two successful heart transplants using organs that had stopped beating, been re-animated inside a novel carrier box, and then ...

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.

One-in-ten UK antibiotic prescriptions 'fail' 9/25/2014

Over a 22-year period more than one in ten of all antibiotic treatments in a primary care setting have failed. This rate has increased and continues to rise, according to a new study ...

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.

Contracting Hep B from your local clinic – how at risk are you? 9/3/2014

Better find out soon or you might meet the same fate as 32-year-old Arnold Zakaria, who developed swellings in his throat glands and armpits after being treated for a dental cavity. ...

Implant eases surgery complications for glaucoma patients 9/1/2014

In March this year, an Australian first procedure to reduce vision loss in glaucoma patients successfully took place on a woman from Newcastle at Hunter Valley Private Hospital.

Aust surgeons serve PNG patients through YWAM program 9/1/2014

Youth with a Mission (YWAM) Medical Ships and Port Moresby General Hospital's ophthalmology unit recently collaborated to serve patients with serious eye disease in Port Moresby, ...

Computer simulation 'increasingly important' in surgeon training 8/29/2014

Research has shown that surgical simulation can provide beneficial training resources for surgeons with participants in multidisciplinary sessions offering positive feedback.

Curative gastric by-pass surgery used for 'unusual' diabetes 8/29/2014

Endocrinologist Professor Lesley Campbell recently worked with lipodystrophy experts in Cambridge to solve a mysterious case of diabetes from the past.

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