Diagnostic Instruments & Medical Imaging Feature Articles for Australian Healthcare

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GPs called on to participate in landmark aged care survey 5/1/2014

GPs are being asked to participate in an important new survey that aims to map the provision of palliative care and advance care planning services around Australia for the first time. ...

New whiplash scanning tech 'could' lead to better treatment 4/30/2014

New powerful technology may help identify whiplash injuries in the neck that could lead to better treatment of chronic neck pain and disability, according to a team of researchers ...

When is a smartphone a microscope? 4/28/2014

Australian scientists have invented a simple and cheap way of making a high-powered lens that can transform a smartphone into a high-resolution microscope.

Fed budget: GP co-payments, Medicare Locals future "uncertain" 4/22/2014

The federal government's first budget due out next month (May 2014) will include a six dollar co-payment for bulk-billed GP visits and could mean an uncertain future for Medicare ...

Govt's GP super-clinic move slammed by AHHA 4/9/2014

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has thrown its support behind the prospect of winding back GP super-clinics, saying funds would best be directed toward other areas in the ...

Donor payments scheme 'a good first step': ethicist 4/2/2014

An Australian trial of payments for living organ donors could be a model for other countries, according to Charles Sturt University (CSU) medical ethicist Dr Alberto Giubilini.

Guidance system could improve minimally invasive surgery 3/28/2014

Johns Hopkins researchers have devised a computerised process that could make minimally invasive surgery more accurate and streamlined using equipment already common in the operating ...

No "compelling reason" to own Medibank Private: govt 3/27/2014

Following careful consideration of the scoping study commenced in November 2013, the federal government has decided to put Medibank Private up for sale through an initial public ...

New tools hold promise for 'tomorrow's digital hospital' 3/26/2014

Robots on hospital wards, smart apps on mobile devices and home-monitoring systems will transform our health system, a report released by CSIRO has revealed.

Mammogram study questioning mortality benefit 'not relevant to Aust' 2/17/2014

The weight of scientific evidence shows mammographic screening for breast cancer is a lifesaving public health intervention irrespective of a new Canadian study that questions ...

Not paying tax a dangerous game for small businesses 1/24/2014

The recent report that the ATO is chasing a back-log of $18 billion in debt, with small business tax payers accounting for more than 60 per cent of outstanding debt, should ring ...

Tax tips for Australian businesses 1/21/2014

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has launched a new campaign to help Australian businesses meet their tax obligations.

Improving health and budget 'not necessarily mutually exclusive' 1/20/2014

The long term sustainability of Australia's Medicare system is a pressing problem, but health minister Peter Dutton is right to avoid making any hasty decisions about reforming it, ...

Biomechanics make for safer brain surgery 12/18/2013

Patients undergoing brain surgery are likely to benefit from a new technique that can help neurosurgeons predict how the brain will move during operations.

Multiple sclerosis severity determined by simple eye test 12/5/2013

As you step outdoors into the bright sunshine, your pupils automatically contract.

New medical imaging technology aids oncologists: research 12/4/2013

Images of cancer cells buried deep in lung tissue have been used by biomedical engineers at the University of Sydney to help develop new technologies that will assist oncologists ...

World first trial strives to improve prostate cancer care 11/29/2013

Researchers and clinicians from the University of Sydney and the Northern Sydney Cancer Centre are leading a world first clinical trial using a tracking system to improve prostate ...

More cases of prostate cancer, but survival rates 'improving' 11/25/2013

While more men are being diagnosed with prostate cancer, survival rates are high and are improving, according to a report released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare ...

Health workforce shortage to reach 12.9m 'within decades' 11/12/2013

The world will be short of 12.9 million healthcare workers by 2035, with a figure already standing at 7.2 million, according to a recent World Health Organisation (WHO) report.

Major research project to evaluate 'overdiagnosis' 11/11/2013

An investigative study into the evaluation of disease and cost burdens of "overdiagnosis" has been announced as one of several new research projects within Macquarie University to ...

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