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$2.5 mln for new scholarships to boost health services in bush 1/27/2009

Rural and regional health services will get a boost through new scholarships that enable allied health students to undertake clinical placements in rural or remote communities during ...

ADA NSW and Aust Red Cross team up to provide dental relief 11/25/2008

The NSW Branch of the Australian Dental Association (ADA NSW) and Australian Red Cross have launched a new scheme, providing free dental care for asylum seekers.

ADA supports FSANZ move to consider fluoride in bottled water 11/13/2008

The Australian Dental Association (ADA) supports a report releasedy for public comment by Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) that proposes amending the Australia New Zealand ...

ADA supports minister on idea of informed financial consent 11/11/2008

The Australian Dental Association (ADA) supports informed financial consent and so agrees with the principle in comments by the Minister for Health on fee disclosure.

AHHA has new ideas on how to break current dental impasse 10/28/2008

Expensive ‘high end’ treatments should be excluded from the current Medicare-based program and the saved funds put into dental services for the disadvantaged, in a proposal put ...

$100 million facility will supersize nanotechnology research 10/21/2008

Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, has launched a $100 million collaborative research facility that will provide Australia's researchers with ...

Threat to public dental programme is far too great to ignore 10/16/2008

The future of accessible dental and oral health care for pensioners and low income earners is in jeopardy with the impasse between political parties on Commonwealth oral health ...

Government's time starts right now for addressing innovation 9/25/2008

The health and medical research community welcomed the release of the Review of the National Innovation System green paper recently and called on the Government to act quickly to ...

Senate should support new proposed programs dental health 9/23/2008

400 000 pensioners and low income earners currently on public dental waiting lists may miss out on essential dental care if the Government's planned Commonwealth Dental Health Program ...

WEHI scientists receive two of Vic's most respected awards 8/19/2008

Professor Peter Colman has won Victoria’s most coveted science award, the Victoria Prize, and Dr Ian Majewski has been awarded a prestigious Victoria Fellowship.

CSIRO ticks A$20 mln funding for ICT innovation in healthcare 7/31/2008

CSIRO has welcomed the launch of the Australian e-Health Research Centre (AEHRC) as a national venture, supported by A$20 million in funding from the Federal and Queensland governments. ...

Govt to improve aged, community care for Indigenous Aussies 7/29/2008

The Federal Government is calling for tenders to develop new workforce training resources to help improve home and community care for frail and older indigenous Australians.

Denture cleansers can cause severe allergic reactions-study 7/22/2008

The Australian Dental Association (ADA) has been alerted to the potential for denture cleansers to cause severe allergic reactions in certain cases.

University Australia, AAMRI to support medical research funding 7/8/2008

On the occasion of the Australian Society of Medical Research (ASMR) Medical Research Week, Universities Australia and the Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes ...

Dental Federation supports promoting fluoride for oral health 7/1/2008

A team of researchers, which includes Dr Habib Benzian of the FDI World Dental Federation, Dr Ann Goldman of the School of Public Health and Health Services at the George Washington ...

Dental Association warns about dangers of dental cleansers 6/19/2008

The Australian Dental Association (ADA) has been alerted to the potential for denture cleansers to cause severe allergic reactions in certain cases.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

ADA says the govt is still failing to deliver quality dental health 5/27/2008

The Australian Dental Association (ADA) welcomes targeted federal funds for dental care to needy Australians, but is concerned that the newly created Commonwealth Dental Health Plan ...

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