Cardiology & Cardiac Surgery Feature Articles for Australian Healthcare

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Autopsy of a dead policy: what now for Medicare? 1/19/2015

The government has backed down from its plan to cut Medicare rebates to doctors – which was to start on January 19 – after several days of public pressure.

Keep Google Glass going, for industries' sake: experts 1/19/2015

Whilst Google has officially called curtains from 19 January for the head-mounted Glass to the public, the tech giant has dismissed suggestions the innovation is all but dead and ...

Simple patient discharge letter 'increases knowledge significantly' 1/14/2015

A simply-worded letter directed at hospital patients and given to them prior to discharge from hospital can immediately improve their understanding of in-hospital tests and post-discharge ...

Dutton 'worst health minister in living memory': poll 1/14/2015

What a way to end one's ministerial term. Former Health Minister Peter Dutton has been ranked the worst health minister in living memory in a survey conducted by Australian Doctor ...

Sensor helps with resuscitating newborns 1/9/2015

Unique technology which will allow the continual monitoring of a baby's heart rate during resuscitation has been developed by UK researchers.

3 Amazing Stories of Life-Saving Cardiology 1/9/2015

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) affects one in six Australians.

Great expectations: 'naïve optimism' about medical care 12/28/2014

"It might do me some good and it won’t hurt to give it a go." How often have you heard a phrase like this?

Health system "inefficiencies" addressed in govt white paper 12/18/2014

Which level of government should really be responsible for the funding, policy, regulation and delivery of services in the health sector in Australia?

Mixed response to Coalition's co-payment backflip 12/10/2014

PM Tony Abbott has dismissed the dumping of the $7 GP co-payment plan in favour of an exclusive $5 one as a policy backdown, telling reporters it was about making the system "work". ...

How to break bad news to patients 12/3/2014

Breaking bad news to patients and families is an essential, unavoidable part of clinical practice, with most doctors involved from a very early stage in their career.

Common medication myths and the challenge to re-educate consumers 11/19/2014

As any medical practitioner would be well aware, common medications and their side effects are largely misunderstood by the broader community.

Google developing cancer- and heart attack-detecting pill 11/19/2014

Google is working on a nanoparticle pill that could identify cancers, heart attacks and other diseases before they become a problem.

Medical research institutes 'key focus' of govt review 11/5/2014

A review of independent Medical Research Institutes (iMRIs) will be conducted by the federal government to ensure they can continue to make a strong contribution to health and medical ...

Lifeless hearts restarted and transplanted successfully 10/29/2014

In a world first, an Australian specialist performed two successful heart transplants using organs that had stopped beating, been re-animated inside a novel carrier box, and then ...

Babies' hearts could be key to new heart attack treatments 10/27/2014

The seemingly-miraculous power of babies' hearts to repair themselves after being injured has spurred an Australian research team to investigate if this ability can be harnessed for ...

Govt's $538m medical research fund provides critical boost 10/22/2014

Funding worth more than $538 million to help researchers find cures, treatments and medical devices of the future has been announced by the federal government.

"Shoctober": defibrillator awareness month for silent killer 10/2/2014

Sudden cardiac arrest is a silent killer with the potential to affect anyone, anywhere, and at any time or age.

Are you putting your health at risk in the office? 9/25/2014

Office workers need to move more, sit less and use warm-coloured lighting instead of blue-rich LEDs to help avoid some serious potential health risks, according to public health ...

Could robots ever entirely replace the human hand? 9/18/2014

Remember the pod scene from the 2012 movie Prometheus, where a character straps herself into a capsule and a mechanical arm proceeds to perform an emergency procedure on her?

'Inspire' key theme of national doctors conference 9/15/2014

Is there a doctor in the house? If there was ever a time to be unwell in Adelaide it would be during the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) annual conference, ...

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