World's largest respiratory health study launches next phase
... research study, is launching a new research phase focussing on the 21,000brothers and sisters of the original sample. The TAHS (formerly the Tasmanian Asthma Survey) is a collaboration between the MenziesResearch Institute in Tasmania, University of Melbourne and Monash University.Senior Member of the Respira...Happier hospitals means healthier patients
...nt and Medicine looked at hospitals across the UK, focussing on the often troubled relationships between doctors and NHS managers. It found that where the two sides have formed a genuine alliance, the health service runs more efficiently and patient outcomes are improved. Frictions between doctors and manag...Explaining a link between strokes and Alzheimer's
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...readings and suggest that they would be better off focussing on their child's general well-being rather than just how hot they are. "Parents knowledge about normal body temperature and what constitutes a feverish temperature is poor" adds Anne Walsh, from the University's Institute of Health and Biomedical In...Experts call for re-focussing of COPD management to reduce hospital admissions and mortality
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