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Patient reporting helps highlight serious side effects of drugs 5/19/2011

New research has shown that patient reporting of suspected adverse drug reactions (ADRs) is richer in detail and better at describing the impact on their daily lives than information ...

Are medical schools failing to teach legal skills? 5/17/2011

Most medical students feel they lack the skills and legal knowledge required to challenge poor clinical practice and promote better patient care, reveals research published ahead of ...

How traffic pollution affects lung transplant patients 3/24/2011

Lung transplant patients have double the risk of organ rejection and death within five years of the procedure if they live near a main road, indicates research published online in ...

Maths helps bone implant research 2/8/2011

A team of mathematicians from The University of Queensland has helped design a prototype for a new generation of bone implants that could potentially reduce surgery and rehabilitation ...

Doctors don’t need to fear red heads 12/14/2010

A study in the BMJ’s Christmas issue published on bmj.com confirms that there is no need for doctors to fear red heads.

Weight loss surgeries double 11/23/2010

The number of hospitalisations for weight loss surgery has increased dramatically over the past decade, rising from about 500 in 1998 to 17,000 in 2007-08 according to a report ...

The high price of work stress 10/11/2010

Excessive pressure at work is costing Australia's economy $730 million a year due to job-stress related depression, a University of Melbourne and VicHealth report has revealed.

'Stocking' up against strokes 9/29/2010

Treating hospital patients with thigh-length surgical stockings, rather than knee-high socks, can reduce the chance of developing life threatening blood clots by 30 percent, according ...

Genes determines heart health 9/16/2010

A gene network behind hardening of the arteries and coronary heart disease has been identified by a team of scientists from Australia, Europe and the United Kingdom. Their findings ...

Heart disorder on the rise 8/31/2010

A research team led by Professor Prash Sanders, from the University of Adelaide and the Cardiovascular Research Centre at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, found that hospital admissions ...

Scalpel-free surgery for brains 8/5/2010

Australia's first ever Gamma Knife, located at the nation's newest and most technologically-advanced hospital - Macquarie University Hospital in Sydney - has treated its first patient. ...

Clumpy proteins damage brain 8/3/2010

Australian scientists have identified the behaviour of the mutant protein 'huntingtin' which leads to the fatal Huntington's disease providing potential targets to treat the disease, ...

Medical pioneers need a visit 7/8/2010

A life-saving blood transfusion technique to treat babies with anaemia while still in the womb was pioneered in New Zealand nearly fifty years ago, and now researchers are looking ...

Workplaces still lack women 7/6/2010

Only 38 per cent of Generation X, tertiary qualified women participating in a long-running University of Melbourne study or work full-time, compared to 90 per cent of Generation X, ...

General hospitals: A healthy prognosis 6/24/2010

Demand for hospital services is rising. While a growing and ageing population underpins an increase in those seeking treatment, rising incomes and medical advances are also contributing ...

Mismatched organs not rejected 6/8/2010

A breakthrough into understanding why organs are rejected after transplant has won Victorian medical researcher Dr Julia Archbold the 2010 Premier’s Award for Health and Medical ...

Where are AUS's missing hepatitis C cases? 6/3/2010

Around 90% of those infected have not received treatment, despite the potential for cure, a report released to coincide with National Hepatitis Week shows.

Emotional intelligence: Enhancing success in the workplace 5/27/2010

Where there is emotional intelligence in the workplace, there are likely to be happy, and productive employees who work as a team.

Distracted doctors forget tasks 5/18/2010

Emergency doctors complete interrupted tasks in a shorter time than uninterrupted tasks and fail to return to 18.5 per cent of interrupted tasks, according to a study by the University ...

Cold-activated drug stops clots 5/6/2010

A novel antiplatelet agent appears to be turned on only at low temperatures, making it potentially the first to protect against clotting during therapeutic hypothermia without ...

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