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Heart attacks are more serious in the mornings  4/28/2011
Heart attacks are more serious in the mornings
People who have a heart attack are likely to be more seriously affected if the attack happens in the morning, reveals research published ahead of print in Heart journal.
Any attempt at CPR is better than none at all  3/17/2011
Any attempt at CPR is better than none at all
Revised national resuscitation guidelines highlight the need to get help as soon as possible, perform compressions before ventilations and give quality cardio-pulmonary resuscitation. ...
Anti-bacterial collar to help mend broken bones  2/11/2011
Anti-bacterial collar to help mend broken bones
Orthopaedic experts at The University of Nottingham are hoping to reduce the rate of infections that often occur in the pinning of broken bones by developing a special collar to ...
Poorer health for the abused  1/20/2011
Poorer health for the abused
Women subjected to both physical and sexual violence by their partner are much more likely to experience mental health and/or substance use issues, according to a study at The ...
Doctors don’t need to fear red heads  12/14/2010
Doctors don’t need to fear red heads
A study in the BMJ’s Christmas issue published on bmj.com confirms that there is no need for doctors to fear red heads.
Controlled O2 therapy heals  10/26/2010
Controlled O2 therapy heals
Research conducted by Menzies Research Institute Tasmania (Menzies) has shown that changes to the way paramedics use oxygen when treating patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary ...
The high price of work stress  10/11/2010
The high price of work stress
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.
Heart disorder on the rise  8/31/2010
Heart disorder on the rise
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 ...
Fear a factor in elderly falls  8/26/2010
Fear a factor in elderly falls
The study, led by UNSW Professor Stephen Lord from Neuroscience Research Australia, assessed 500 Australians aged 70 to 90 and found that a large number of elderly people are overly ...
No needle to fear, there's a cure  7/20/2010
No needle to fear, there's a cure
For approximately 700,000 Australians, the thought of going to the doctor for an injection can be terrifying, and lead to a range of physiological symptoms including fainting, ...
Dementia deaths on the rise  7/6/2010
Dementia deaths on the rise
Heart disease, cancer and stroke are the most common illnesses affecting older Australians.
Workplaces still lack women  7/6/2010
Workplaces still lack women
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, ...
Tests predict Parkinson's falls  6/29/2010
Tests predict Parkinson's falls
A group of tests may help predict which people with Parkinson's disease are more likely to fall, according to a study by Queensland University of Technology (QUT).
General hospitals: A healthy prognosis  6/24/2010
General hospitals: A healthy prognosis
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 ...
Old drug clots serious wounds  6/22/2010
Old drug clots serious wounds
Tens of thousands of lives could be saved each year if patients with serious bleeding received a cheap, widely available and easily-administered drug to help their blood to clot, ...
Emotional intelligence: Enhancing success in the workplace  5/27/2010
Emotional intelligence: Enhancing success in the workplace
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
Distracted doctors forget tasks
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 ...
Nurses: Violence part of job, only 1 in 6 incidents reported  2/8/2010
Nurses: Violence part of job, only 1 in 6 incidents reported
Three-quarters of nurses providing private and public care experienced workplace violence, but only one in six incidents were formally reported, according to study published in the ...
Junior doctor survey delivers poor report for hospitals  12/10/2009
Junior doctor survey delivers poor report for hospitals
An AMA national survey of junior doctors has exposed insufficient medical training resources and infrastructure in our public hospitals.
Plans to cut hospital deaths by preventing fatal blood clots  12/10/2009
Plans to cut hospital deaths by preventing fatal blood clots
Australians at risk of potentially fatal blood clots will benefit from NHMRC’s new Australian Guideline for the Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE).
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