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PBS extension gets put into action to benefit osteroporosis patients 1/10/2007

The Australian Government has extended the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) listing of the osteoporosis medication, alendronate.

The Department of Health promotes community data awareness 12/28/2006

The Department of Health has launched new resources to boost awareness about its data collections and improve understanding about how health information is collected, used and ...

Nano-devices hold great promise for early-stage cancer detection 12/28/2006

They are miniature labs that can be swallowed like a pill, injected through a catheter, or woven into fabric. Source: McMaster University

Aussie health system needs to integrate services more efficiently 12/20/2006

In our second special feature on healthcare, Prue Power, the executive director of the Australian Healthcare Association, speaks exclusively to Rodney Appleyard from MedicalSearch.com ...

Greater transparency and consultation needed in health service 12/20/2006

In our third special feature on healthcare in Australia, Prue Power, the executive director of the Australian Healthcare Association, speaks exclusively to Rodney Appleyard from ...

Australian health system is in need of much better resources 12/15/2006

Prue Power, the executive director of the Australian Healthcare Association, speaks exclusively to Rodney Appleyard from MedicalSearch.com about what is wrong with the current health ...

Number of women surviving from ovarian cancer is on the rise 12/8/2006

More Australian women are surviving ovarian cancer, but still more than half of those diagnosed will not survive five years, says the latest national report on ovarian cancer released ...

More funds made available for diagnostic and pathology services 12/6/2006

The Australian Government will provide more than $70 million in additional funding to Medicare for diagnostic imaging and pathology services.

$2 Million for innovative device to detect eye diseases sooner 11/28/2006

Industry Minister, Ian Macfarlane, has announced $2 million in funding for an ACT innovation that will see earlier detection of eye diseases, like glaucoma, and provide more effective ...

New gene silencing therapy treatment found for cervical cancer 11/26/2006

Dr Nigel McMillan Researchers at The University of Queensland's (UQ) Centre for Immunology and Cancer Research (CICR), based at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, have pioneered a new ...

Peripheral arterial disease 'catastrophic' for dialysis patients 11/22/2006

Millions of people world-wide who suffer from end-stage kidney disease have to wrestle with a multitude of complicated lifestyle changes once they are on dialysis, but the additional ...

Tired doctors are facing intense pressure in Western Australia 11/20/2006

WA hospital doctors are working excessively long hours and being pushed to dangerous levels of fatigue, the AMA(WA) has warned.

Report shows that breast cancer rates up, but survival improving 11/15/2006

While the incidence of breast cancer continues to rise, more Australian women are surviving the disease than ever before, according to the latest national report on breast cancer ...

New ideas invited on the future direction of maternity care in WA 11/13/2006

The introduction of local midwifery practices and family birth centres are just two of the new ideas put forward in a discussion paper about the future of maternity care in Western ...

Australian research hope for people living with spinal cord injury 11/8/2006

Victorian Premier, Steve Bracks, has announced Victorian Government funding for an Australian-first research that could revolutionise the lives of people living with spinal cord ...

Government has provided funds for new breast cancer treatments 10/31/2006

The Australian Government will add two drugs for the treatment of breast cancer to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).

Model predicts inheritable genetic defects with colon cancer 10/26/2006

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins University and other institutions have developed a new prediction model for genetic defects known as Lynch syndrome, which predisposes families to ...

Health spending in Australia has grown from 10% to $87 billion 10/24/2006

Health expenditure in Australia was $87.3 billion in 2004-05, according to a new report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

Steroid injections don't offer long-term relief from Tennis Elbow 10/22/2006

Researchers in Australia tested different treatments on three separate groups of patients with tennis elbow.

Perth researchers have found the answer to liver transplants 10/18/2006

Two medical researchers from Perth have returned home after telling the world’s leading scientists at a USA conference of their work that could potentially end the need for liver ...

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