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E-cigarettes show promise in helping smokers quit 9/10/2013

The first ever trial to compare e-cigarettes with nicotine patches shows comparable success in helping smokers to quit.

Medical device recall 'as efficient as possible' with new portal 9/9/2013

GS1 Australia with the support of the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) recently launched GS1 Recallnet Healthcare — an electronic product recall notification management ...

'Sensitive' nanoparticle paves way to medical treatment breakthroughs 9/4/2013

Researchers have made a breakthrough discovery in identifying the world's most sensitive nanoparticle and measuring it from a distance using light, which may ultimately "pave the ...

Robot's face determines user comfort in healthcare 8/30/2013

A recent University of Auckland study has revealed a preference for human-like features on a robot's display screen.

Nominations open for Victoria's Health Promotion Heroes of 2013 8/19/2013

Victorians are being invited to nominate health promotion champions for the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation Awards 2013, to be announced at a ceremony in Melbourne in December. ...

Research reveals consumers care about buying local 8/19/2013

New research from Roy Morgan, commissioned by the Australian Made Campaign, has revealed buying Australian-made products has become more important to Australian consumers.

Get your facts straight: ABC website to investigate contentious claims 8/15/2013

Australia is about to get its facts straight – that's the message from the team behind the ABC's newly launched Fact Check website and accompanying platforms including television, ...

iPhone app helps prevent strokes 8/13/2013

A special iPhone case and app can be used to quickly and cheaply detect heart rhythm problems and prevent strokes, according to University of Sydney research presented at the Australia ...

Monitoring patients' health using cloud-based technology 7/24/2013

Research at Charles Sturt University (CSU) aims to make it possible for a doctor to monitor the heart rate or check the blood pressure of a patient hundreds of kilometres away, using ...

Enhancing the white cane for people who are blind 7/19/2013

The most reliable navigation tool for people who are blind, the white cane, is set to be enhanced by a new gadget built by six Curtin University PhD students.

Converting seizures into sound 7/18/2013

A simple method of converting the brain wave signals of people living with epilepsy into sound has been developed by a team of researchers at the University of Sydney.

Australia, Italy join forces for knee research 6/27/2013

Engineers and scientists from Flinders University are teaming up with the University of Bologna in Italy to research and design new knee implants.

iPhone improves early skin cancer detection 5/16/2013

Queensland researchers are turning iPhones into personal skin scanners so patients can detect suspicious spots.

Human nerve and tissue printing a step closer 5/16/2013

Australian scientists are at the forefront of a medical revolution using 3D 'printing' to reproduce human body parts.

Overnight lenses restore up-close vision 4/11/2013

Wearing specially designed rigid contact lenses overnight that reshape the eye could remove the need for reading glasses in middle age, a UNSW study shows.

MRI could be effective Alzheimer's detection tool 2/17/2013

Scientists can now detect early features of Alzheimer's disease using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans.

Researchers perfect nanodiamonds for biomedical applications 2/17/2013

Researchers at Macquarie University have been perfecting a technique that may help see nanodiamonds used in biomedical applications. PhD student Jana Say has been working on processing ...

Bionic muscle regeneration within reach 12/4/2012

Car accident victims and cancer patients are among those who may benefit from a University of Wollongong breakthrough in the use of nanostructured bionic platforms to regenerate ...

New device allows users to reset their body clocks 11/29/2012