New study counts the economic cost of persistent pain in Australia
... ... The Foundation is backing a $115,000 research project led by pain management pioneer Professor Michael Cousins AM and Dr Fiona Blyth at Sydneys Pain Management Research Institute. Access Economics is providing th...Bali bomb lessons helped shape Australia's mental health response to terrorism and trauma
... ... "The 2002 bombings were Australia's first large-scale introd...Federal Budget boosts Australian health and medical research
... ... ... ... ......Young Australian scientist honored at international meeting
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) celebrated the global impact...of 100 years of cancer research with an opening ceremony to mark the beginning of...a week long conference involving 68 member nations and more than 17,000...attendees.... Ms Bachmann, a PhD student in the Leukaemia Biology Program at CCIA and...enrolled at the University of New South Wales, was selected to repres...Australians support mandatory fitness testing to combat childhood obesity
... ... ... "People are obviously c...Massive gun 'buyback' doubled fall in Australian gun deaths
... ... ... The reforms banned the use of semi automatic and pump action shotguns and rifles, destroying more than 700,000 weapons taken fro...Australian researchers win $2 million
... ... Dr Turner is a lecturer and National Health and Medical Research Council(NHMRC) RD Wright Research Fellow in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Unive...10 top Australian scientists predict major medical advances
... 'Then, NowImagine', a new report compiled by Research Australia in consultation with 10 of the country's leading health and medical researchers including two Nobel Prize winners and four Australians of the Year, predicts individual gene profiling from blood s...India-Australia cancer care research headed up by CQU academic
... ... This partnership was consolidated in...Cancer in the workforce: mapping the Australian experience
... ... "Do they 'soldier on' at work, reduce their hours, switch jobs or leave work altogether? These are questions we know litt...New study into Australia ageing gracefully
The factors that prevent disease, reduce ill-health and encourage positive attitudes in Australia's ageing population will be the focus of a new $2 million, five-year research project to be undertaken by the Centre for Mental Health...Research (CMHR) and the Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS) at ANU. ... ... Associate Professor...Centre for Eye Research Australia wins Minister's Award for Excellence
Predicting the risk of cardio-vascular disease has won Professor Tien Wong of the Centre for Eye Research Australia the Minister's Award for Excellence in Health and Medical Research for 2006 presented at the Australian Society for Medical Research annual dinner last night.... ...Professor Wong's research works towards developing special retinal software that can analyse images of the eye and sho...Indigenous cancer patients in Australia fare worse than their non-indigenous counterparts
Indigenous cancer patients in Australia have a 30% higher chance of death from cancer than their non-Indigenous counterparts, according to a paper in this week's issue of The Lancet. ...... Indigenous Australians do not have the high standard of health that Australians have in general, and have worse outcomes for several diseases including cancer. ...... In their study Patricia Valery (Queensland...Unsung heroes recognised in 2006 Australian Nursing Awards
Australia's top nurses, the unsung heroes of the Australian medical system, were recognised for their achievements today at the Australian Nursing Awards in Brisbane. The awards were the highlight of a ceremony at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital to mark the start of International Nurses Week. ...... The Australian Nursing Awards for 2006 featured three award categories - the Hesta Profes...New research reveals Australians too busy for lunch
While most Australians think that eating a substantial, healthy lunch is important, one in three skip this vital meal at least once a week, and one in 10 rarely or never have it....... A new ACNeilsen Omnibus poll of 1400 Australians shows that people engaged in home duties are most likely to skip lunch; with almost half those surveyed (46%) doing so at least once in the past week....... Too busy...Startling new facts about what Australians are eating for lunch
A new ACNeilsen Omnibus poll of 1400 Australians reveals that almost two thirds of us are regularly choosing takeaways, with hot chips, hamburgers and meat pies the most popular menu items....... As part of the inaugural Australian Lunch Week, Sanitarium Nutrition Service dietitians have analysed a range of common lunch options found in food courts around the nation. Most of us will be stunned at...Spirited study aims to help older Australians
University of Western Sydney researchers would like to hear the pastoral care experiences of the elderly, their families and the people who are delivering the service to the community. The information will be used in the first detailed study of services that tend the spiritual needs of older Australians....... Professor Lesley Wilkes from the UWS School of Nursing welcomes input from those closel...Australian first to save sight
A new system of storing eye tissue, to be launched on Tuesday 14 February at the Lions Corneal Donation Service (LCDS), will help save the sight of hundreds of Victorians a year by extending the time between donation and needing to perform the transplant....... Thanks to the new facilities, LCDS can now store corneas at human body temperature levels (34C) for up to a whole month. Previously, corn...Australian medicine again recognised in Australian of the Year
There could be few more deserving winners of Australian of the Year than Professor Ian Frazer, whose breakthrough development of a vaccine for cervical cancer will save the lives of up to 200,000 women every year....... Medicines Australia Chief Executive Officer, Kieran Schneemann, said clinical trials on humans for this world first vaccine are expected to begin in Brisbane and China this year,...Australian of the Year award to Ian Frazer salutes important win in the war against cancer
Professor Ian Frazer's selection as Australian of the Year 2006 recognises that while cancer is an increasingly serious global health issue, scientists can significantly reduce cancer mortality through hard work and innovation, the President of The Cancer Council Australia, Mrs Judith Roberts AO, said today....... Mrs Roberts said Professor Frazer's development of a vaccine shown to prevent cervi...UQ Australian of the Year will continue to fight for women's health
Professor Ian Frazer will use his profile as Australian of the Year to help ensure his cancer vaccine reaches those who need it most women and girls living in poverty....... Professor Frazer, of The University of Queensland, is a humble recipient of the nation's top honour....... "It's a marvellous honour, especially as I follow in the footsteps of distinguished medical scientists who are recent...More funding needed to fight Australia's biggest killer
The need to increase support for health and medical research in Australia has been highlighted this week by the lack of funds for a major new initiative to address the causes of heart disease - Australia's biggest killer.... ...The Australasian Cardiac Bio-specimen Network (ACBN), is a unique trans-Tasman initiative to bank heart tissue and DNA samples for research use - a first of its kind to un...Australians of the year forge partnership for burns drug development
An innovative drug treatment that could limit the damage caused by burns and encourage skin tissue regeneration is the focus of a new partnership between West Australian research groups headed by two Australians of the Year....... The new class of protein-based drugs, called Phylomer, has been developed by Phylogica, the first spin out company from the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research...Strategic plan to accelerate Australian drug development
Contract research organisation TetraQ has formed a strategic alliance with Ground Zero Pharmaceuticals Inc (GZP) to help new Australian pharmaceuticals get to market. ... ...While only established in May [2005], The University of Queensland (UQ) based TetraQ is quickly becoming a key provider of services for Australian drug development companies. ... ...US regulatory approval is a critical issue...Australian National University's Anstey wins GSA's 2005 Margret M. Baltes Award
The Gerontological Society of America has chosen Dr. Kaarin Anstey of Australian National University as the 2005 recipient of the Margret M. Baltes Early Career Award in Behavioral and Social Gerontology. This distinguished honor, given annually, recognizes outstanding early career contributions in behavioral and social gerontology.... ...The award presentation will take place at GSA's 58th Annua...Australia's best health journalism recognised
Nobel Prize winner Professor Peter Doherty today presented Hedley Thomas of the Courier Mail with the prize of the National Press Club and Medicines Australia's 2005 Health Journalist of the Year.... ...There were a record number of entrants for this year's four categories, with Mr Thomas winning the overall prize for his landmark reporting on the failings of the Queensland health system.... ...B...New TNS study shows most Australian women are overweight
A new study by global market research firm, TNS, reinforces growing alarm among health and nutrition professionals that Australia is in the grips of rising levels of excess weight, risking future diabetes, heart disease and cancer epidemics and increasing mental illness in the community....... The on-line study of 506 Australian women aged 15 or more shows an alarming two thirds (67%) are overwei...Women, kids and Australia's mental health crisis
Women's health problems, depression and child abuse represented a major health crisis in Australia, a seminar focusing on women and mental health over the weekend was told....... The Director of the Centre for Mental Health Research, Professor Helen Christensen, said at the seminar that many mental health problems were far more common in women than men....... "Depression alone affects approximate...UQ study gives young Australians with disabilities a healthy start
The more than 500,000 Australians with intellectual disabilities can feel invisible to the health care system, according to the Director of UQ's Queensland Centre for Intellectual and Developmental Disability (QCIDD). ...... But this is about to change thanks to a University of Queensland project that is removing the barriers to health care for people with intellectual disabilities (ID). ...... Q...Australian Cancer Research Foundation announces biggest ever private grant
The Australian Cancer Research Foundation is paving the way for the next wave of cancer research with the announcement today of the biggest private grant ever of $5 million to help make cancer history....... The $5 million grant recipient will be decided by a panel of internationally recognised scientists, chaired by Professor Mathew Vadas and including Professor Sir David Lane. It will be awarde...Research Australia unveils top 12 issues threatening our children's health
Alarming levels of poorer health within indigenous children and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds tops a new list of 12 major issues threatening the future health of the nation....... Created by Research Australia in consultation with child health experts and using the latest data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, the 'Top 12 Health Issues Facing Australian Children'...Funding for South Australian health research
Better systems of communication between health workers caring for patients with chronic and complex illnesses will be investigated in new research funded by the Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute (APCHRI), based at ANU. ...... Professor David Currow, from Flinders University, said his research should form a best-practice model for communication between health workers....... The sys...Australians speak: Find us a cure for cancer - fast!
Australians want significantly more investment poured into finding better treatments, preventions and cures for the two leading killer diseases in Australia cancer and heart disease....... Research Australia's annual public opinion poll, this year conducted by Crosby Textor, shows cancer is the single major disease striking fear in the hearts of Australians. Two in three (64%) want a significant...Australia to develop world leading internet cancer trials technology
State-of-the-art internet technology will have the potential to establish Australia as a world leader in the quality and efficiency of cancer clinical trials, thanks to a National Health and Medical Research Council enabling grant announced today....... The grant of $1.84 million over five years, awarded to the Clinical Oncological Society of Australia (COSA), will enable the development of a sec...New asthma research indicates that as many as a third of people +55 years old may be living with undiagnosed asthma and that a high prevalence of asthma in an ageing population will impose an increasing burden on the health system and the Australian economy in the future.... ...Titled: "Asthma and the Older Australian: What we know and what we need to do," the 13 research papers, to be published...