The current downward trend in cancer death rates looks set to continue, according to a report released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
Podcasts are a brilliant way for busy medical professionals to stay up-to-date with news in health and any emerging research that could affect the decisions made in practice.
Australia's health regulators are working in partnership to enforce infection control standards in dental practice and take action to manage risk to patients.
A meeting of anaesthetists in Tasmania has heard that "starving" patients before anaesthesia can be hazardous and do more harm than good to their recovery.
The Australian Dental Industry Association (ADIA) and its members are preparing for the introduction of a new code of practice designed to ensure decisions on management and treatment ...
A coalition of 17 peak and non-government organisations from the health and community sectors is calling on the Australian Government to scrap plans to cut nearly $800 million in ...
"The implications of lost sensation and tactile feedback resulting from amputation are issues that have yet to be widely addressed by prosthetic manufacturers," says Jennifer Ryan, ...
The use of cloth masks by healthcare workers may actually put them at increased risk of respiratory illness and viral infections and their global use should be discouraged, according ...
A successful career as a surgeon can depend on your personality. Traits and characteristics can determine if you are suited for long-term patient care.
Robotic surgery is a relatively recent technology that continues to advance the medical industry. While it is a pioneering innovation, there are some concerns the technology's worth ...
Research at Johns Hopkins suggests hospitals may reach higher safety and quality levels with programs that give physicians real-time feedback about evidence-based care and financial ...
As healthcare increasingly depends on the innovative use of modern technologies the University of Sydney has announced a first of its kind master's degree aimed at developing leaders ...
Size matters – and in business, scale matters. Scale often brings lower overheads and reduces the cost of production, which allows firms to improve their profit margins and expand ...
6.5 million Europeans currently suffer from age-related macular degeneration (AMD). One way to treat this life altering condition is by delivering drugs right to the source – injecting ...
The Specialist Training Programme and the Emergency Medicine Programme will have their funding extended for 2016, Minister for Health Sussan Ley has announced.
The global market for prosthetic heart valves, including mechanical, tissue, and transcatheter valves, will nearly double in value from an estimated $2.28 billion in 2014 to reach ...
In light of American Heart Association findings that US mitral valve regurgitation prevalence was 1.7 per cent in 2014, an opportunity exists for prosthetic heart valve manufacturers ...
Horrific cases of medical malpractice are very rare, but even years after the event they provide a stark reminder to the industry that practitioners hold enormous responsibility in ...