Aged Care & Disability Feature Articles for Australian Healthcare

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Male and female life expectancy gap narrows: research 12/3/2009

The gap between male and female life expectancies at birth is now the lowest it has been for over 50 years.

Indigenous Australians have fewer hospital procedures 12/1/2009

When Indigenous Australians do get to hospital, they have fewer procedures and poorer outcomes than the rest of the population.

How to deal with unproductive staff 12/1/2009

Dealing with an unproductive staff can be a challenge for even the most experienced leader. There could be many reasons that are feeding the productivity problem, and once the issue ...

Medicare supports GPs in chronic disease management 12/1/2009

Medicare Australia has released an advanced eLearning program to help health professionals understand their obligations when working with Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) chronic ...

Greater scrutiny needed over nanotechnology 11/26/2009

Greater transparency and public engagement about the potential opportunities and risks presented by nanotechnology is required, according to a new report by The Australia Institute. ...

NSW coast to be hardest hit by dementia epidemic 11/26/2009

New figures predict coastal NSW to be hardest hit by dementia epidemic, with Sydney’s west and south-west to bear the brunt of dementia growth in the metropolitan area, according to ...

Surgeons recommend redesign of emergency services 11/24/2009

Surgeons, senior health administrators and senior nurses from around Australia and New Zealand gathered in Sydney recently to consider ways in which emergency surgery can be done ...

Health info needs urgent technological injection 11/24/2009

The Business Council of Australia has called on the federal government to lead an urgent implementation of the national e-health strategy.

New discussion paper: ‘Dementia, Lesbians and Gay Men’ 11/19/2009

Australia’s largest community-based gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and Intersex (GLBTI) health and HIV/AIDS organisation – and Aged and Community Services Association of NSW & ...

Good managers form the key to better business 11/12/2009

An international survey of Australian manufacturing companies confirms that good managers are the key to successful businesses and highlights where Australian managers need to improve. ...

Aged care review is welcomed by industry 11/12/2009

The recent announcement by Minister for Ageing Justine Elliot confirming a 2007 election commitment that the Government would undertake a thorough review of the Aged Care Funding ...

Countdown to space-flight for worms on a mission 11/10/2009

When the Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched later this month 4,000 microscopic worms will be onboard. Their mission – to help experts in human physiology at The University of Nottingham ...

Benefitting from innovative IP service opportunities 11/10/2009

Darwin-based innovators now have access to a secure intellectual property (IP) lodgement service thanks to a new initiative by Federal Government agency IP Australia and Australia ...

Key to hormone therapy and breast cancer link uncovered 11/10/2009

The use of postmenopausal hormone therapy has decreased over time in the United States, which researchers suggest may play a key role in the declining rate of atypical ductal ...

Aspirin use to ward off heart attacks should be stopped 11/5/2009

The use of low-dose aspirin to ward off heart attacks and strokes in those yet to develop obvious cardiovascular disease, should be abandoned, says the latest issue of the Drug and ...

Dementia seen as major disease of this century: report 11/5/2009

A report released last month has found that the number of Australians with dementia is expected to quadruple to more than 1.1 million people by 2050, according to Glenn Rees, Chief ...

Screening advances offset Down’s syndrome increase 11/3/2009

The number of diagnoses of Down’s syndrome has increased by almost three quarters (71%) from 1989/90 to 2007/08, largely due to the considerable increase in the number of older ...

Hospitals need to spend money to save money: study 10/29/2009

Hospitals will save health care resources worth up to $333 per patient if they adopt an intervention aimed at reducing the risk of emergency re-admissions among elderly Australians, ...

Aust plans to launch its first Preventative Health Agency 10/27/2009

Australia’s first ever Preventive Health Agency will soon be established following the passage of important legislation in the House of Representatives.

$394 mln for groundbreaking Aust medical research 10/27/2009

The Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Kim Carr today announced total funding of over $394 million for 1145 outstanding research projects that will ...

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