Professor Paul Glasziou from Bond University heads up a team of Australian researchers – including professors Rachelle Buchbinder from Monash, and Chris Maher and Kirsten McCaffery from the University of Sydney – who have just received a $9,578,895 grant to investigate unnecessary testing ...
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International nurses condemn Australia’s treatment of asylum seekers
The Australian Government’s current policy of indefinite detention is cruel and inhumane, and must stop. This is the call from Global Nurses United, which represents nurses from 21 countries around the world. The group condemned Australia’s treatment of refugees and ...
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The Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS) last week launched two new training programs for 2016: the Patient Safety Lead Training program and the Quality Improvement Lead Training program. The modules provide tips for administration staff, middle management and healthcare professionals at ...
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Common stroke therapy may help with aphasia
Electrical stimulation therapy may benefit people experiencing aphasia following a stroke, recent research has found. The University of Queensland worked with the Department of Neurology at the Charité University Hospital in Berlin, Germany, to test the benefits of transcranial direct ...
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Children with FASD face anxiety, depression
Children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) face anxiety, depression and delinquency, along with a range of other behavioral problems, a new review of evidence has found. University of Sydney’s professor Elizabeth Elliott, senior author on the study, said the ...
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