Liver transplant rates low despite strong donor push
LOW liver transplant rates have not budged despite efforts to improve organ donation in Australia, an expert says.
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Miners at increased risk of lung cancer
WITH Australia’s mining industry booming, a union health expert says research linking exposure to exhaust from diesel-powered machinery to lung cancer in miners should be on GPs’ radars.
Register will track bariatric surgery data
THE long-term impact of bariatric surgery on diabetes and other obesity-related comorbidities will be tracked using a new registry.
Broad consensus warfarin needs review, improvement
THE federal government’s inquiry into the therapeutic place of dabigatran and other new anticoagulants has attracted mixed expert views, but a broad consensus that the existing therapy is “problematic” and that steps are needed to improve patient outcomes.
Brain bleeds reduced by dabigatran
DABIGATRAN may reduce the complication risk of intracranial haemorrhage, when compared to treatment with warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), a study suggests.
- Brain tumour risk linked to dental x-rays
- Social media threats to vaccine uptake can be overcome: experts
- High times for older generation in the UK
- Hidden health hazard in cleaning the BBQ
- Diabetes risk down with fruit and veg variety
- Developing world is rapidly going grey
- Febrile seizures rare with measles-containing vaccines
- Govt desire for surplus may delay HPV vaccine for boys
- No increased cancer risk for metal hips
- Bleeding event after anticoagulant swap
- Poor nutrition and infections common in refugee children
- Going upstream to cut food-borne illness
- The changing face of Bordetella pertussis
- Rise in maternal deaths in affluent countries
- No island paradise for injecting drug users
- RACGP raises safety questions on new anticoagulants
- Case highlights anticoagulant bleeding risk
- Medicare rebate approved for PIP breast implant removal and replacement
- Research to test driving skills in dementia patients
- Homeopathic website claims defy TGA
- Push intensifies for no-fault vaccination compensation
- PSA levels higher in Aussie-born males
- PBAC delay on crucial new hep C treatments
- HPV vax improves attitude to safe sex
- Dominant pertussis strain behind Australian epidemic
- Aspirin’s anti-cancer effects confirmed
- Study reveals scale of sex worker HIV burden
- Ibuprofen reduces mountain sickness
- Scientists shed light on therapy resistance
- 'Fracking' fumes a public health concern
- Take two, apply daily to prevent infection
- Behind the news - circumcision controversy
- Decriminalisation benefits sex workers’ health
- New pertussis strain responsible for Australian epidemic: experts
- Review uncovers overuse of antibiotics in aged care
- Medical abortion claims first Australian death
- Man dies after first Australian babesiosis case
- Circumcision may lower prostate cancer risk
- Man dies after first Aust babesiosis case
- Unprecedented rise in US soldier suicides
- Luekaemia linked to nuclear plants
- When the solution is also the problem
- Snuffing out toxic lamps for good?
- Methadone not the cheapest approach
- TGA confirms new timeframe for faulty breast implants
- More evidence circumcision protective for prostate cancer
- Pertussis vax in pregnancy may become routine
- Australian flu vax not ‘out of date’ despite WHO tweaks
- Liver transplant rates low despite strong donor push
- Miners at increased risk of lung cancer
- Pertussis vax in pregnancy may become routine
- Advice on identical twins 'often wrong'
- Albinism myths driving murders, child rape
- Ice hockey players, fans floored by noxious gas
- Smoking ban impacting baby health in Scotland
- Tobacco industry now in China's sights
- CSL safety review may affect human albumin supply
- Coronary artery calcium scans - Debate continues
- Fluvax not on approved list for infants
- Half of device faults, failures not investigated
- Half of device faults, failures not investigated
- Docs, beware the laws of attraction
- CT colonography detects cancer in older age group
- Chemo drug in short supply, could take weeks
- Sleeping pills can increase risk of death
- Behind the news - censorship of H5N1 research
- H5N1 studies should be published in full: experts
- Metal-on-metal hips an ‘uncontrolled experiment’: investigation
- Sleeping pills increase risk of death
- Call for GP incentives for opioid substitute therapy
- Typhoid cases confirmed on Christmas Is
- Deaths in India from toxic cough and cold medicines
- Take one daily...on a leash to the park
- Don't be complacent on leprosy: WHO experts
- Legionella death traced to dental surgery
- AVN wins case against HCCC ruling
- Hey Wallabies! Beef up and win
- Patients with CVD not reaching BP targets
- Breast cancer survivors gain relief with group CBT
- Cheese platter a danger zone for the vulnerable
- Deaths from shark bites rise around the world
- Japanese parents shun oral polio vaccine
- Welcome news on trans-fat reduction
- Kissing pet rat puts woman in hospital
- MRI rebate proposed for faulty breast implants
- HRT access drops after a decade of bad publicity
- Human research to get added horsepower
- Viral link to colorectal cancer
- Viral link to colorectal cancer
- MVE virus risk grows with return of flooding
- Nursing homes do not put elderly at higher risk
- Epilepsy surgery overlooked for seizure control
- Screening tests come under scrutiny
- Malaria control efforts working
- Poor compliance leads to complications
- Take heart, preventative health does work
- Lose a habitat, gain a disease: South
- Cannabis doubles risk of car crashes
- Fluvax still restricted for kids
- French govt accuses PIP company of ‘massive deception’
- Sugar not as bad as alcohol: experts
- Oral HCV therapy hailed a ‘huge advance’
- Measuring BP in both arms may boost vascular diagnosis
- Oral HPV infection more likely in men
- Expert slams anti-breast screening book
- Flooding leads to surge in encephalitis virus
- More older mothers as average maternal age hits 30
- Staple, don’t suture, for Christmas turkey
- Fake tan may help reduce cancer risk
- New mothers ignore breastfeeding guidelines
- Smoking dads a leukaemia risk to unborn children
- Gay marriage equality linked to health benefit
- FDA reverses simvastatin ‘error’
- Gardasil for boys gets PBAC green light
- Pregnant women neglect asthma meds
- Music sweetens alcohol notes
- CAM popular therapy for men with cancer
- Dietary guidelines likely to be ignored
- Don’t lose a limb this Christmas
- Community naloxone gets green light in ACT
- Call for CMV screening to prevent congenital defects
- Delay fertility therapy at younger age
- Sex offences linked to Parkinson’s treatment
- Sex offences linked to Parkinson’s treatment
- What the developing world gives to the west
- Rare type of HIV on the move, doctors warn
- Young a casualty in war on drugs: commission
- Gents', ladies' loos equally contaminated
- Burning buildings not the only hazard
- Exotic pets posing unacceptable risk
- Low maternal immunisation due to lack of guidance
- Question mark over statins for low-risk patients
- Former MP blames ‘hypersexuality’ on Parkinson’s drug
- Hips report fuels doctor disclosure drive
- Meat a paradox for carnivores, study finds
- Naltrexone for problem gambling gets support in new guidelines
- Home care a plus for childhood pneumonia
- When endangered species are on the menu
- Oz takes 'high risk strategy' with PNG TB
- Family tax benefits only for immunised children
- New guidelines support naltrexone for problem gambling
- ‘No delay’ on cervical screening review
- ‘No delay’ on cervical screening review
- Experts oppose anti-screening research
- High bar not cleared for global DTP3 vaccination
- US doctors in showdown over mentioning guns
- Kawasaki research points to ill wind blowing
- School bans on sugary drinks fizzle
- Pneumonia risk down as chimneys go up
- Contraceptive pill uptake linked to rise in prostate cancer
- Boom in alcoholic energy drinks causing concern
- Hero heroin - a solution to overdoses?
- PSA testing common among elderly men
- Hypervirulent strains of C. difficile seen in Australia
- Barriers for GPs in cancer treatment
- Evidence backs more frequent bowel screen
- Sexual abuse raises girls’ risk of CVD
- Electronic nose to tackle TB diagnosis
- Influenza co-infections described in Asia
- Medical marijuana 'does not promote use'
- Hospital wards not spared from crackdown
- Hi Doc, I've been referred by...my car!
- Transplant increases cancer risk
- HPV vaccine success in girls impedes case for boys
- NSAID use in aged leads to higher stroke risk
- Australian researchers make EBV breakthrough
- Malaria vaccine hype premature: Lancet
- UK drinkers turn a blind eye to government advice
- Hi-tech trash a toxic treasure in Ghana
- Nail salons may pose hepatitis risk: expert
- Hendra may transmit in prodromal stage
- Don’t force flu vax on health workers: experts
- Modelling shows dabigatran benefit
- Increased uterine cancer risk with cardiac drug
- PSA consent a ‘charade’
- Obesity reduces influenza vaccine effectiveness
- US hospitals now less infectious
- Novel virus detected after bats die off
- Shiftworking teens more prone to MS
- Smoking deaths going unrecorded in UK
- PPI therapy doubles risk of C. difficile infection: study
- Confusing labels targeted for improvement
- Moving neighbourhoods can cut obesity and diabetes risks
- TV time linked to depression in women
- Financial crisis a blow for physical health
- ADHD drug therapy for preschoolers in USA
- Unlikely ally in ealy detection of melanoma
- Less than the cost of one cup of coffee
- Patients turn to GPs for mental health
- Elective caesarean linked to coeliac
- Mandatory liver biopsy for hep B removed
- Mobile phone cancer link in doubt, study says
- Hendra rise New vaccine hope
- Men with disabilities target for sex assault
- Solar power moves a threat to children?
- When winter hijinks end in the emergency dept
- Oh deer! Rabies spoils end-of-hunt celebration
- Support urged fot Bahraini doctors
- Food rating app popular with public
- Personally controlled e-health records up and ready for testing
- Metal-on-metal hips fuel elevated revision rates
- Fever data omitted from Fluvax PI
- Vioxx claimant loses $330,000 on appeal
- New risk emerges for hip revision surgery
- Caution on carotenoids in breast cancer
- CAM trial breaks new ground
- MMR fears still sway parents in Europe
- Cocaine link to risk of serious eye disease
- USSR collapse heralds rise of tropical disease
- TB scourge in africa is underestimated
- Screening could stop US baby 'tragedy'
- Fairness and caring start very young, study reveals
- Fairness and caring start very young, study reveals
- Goat herders risk pneumonic lung cancer
- Exhausting effect of bike riding in cities
- Economy goes down, head trauma goes up
- Wake-up call on bed bug insecticide poisoning
- How can you do no harm and supervise torture?
- HIV point-of-care test to be rolled out soon
- Sex could determine bowel screening age
- In the battle of the hearty drinks, wine trumps milk
- NSAIDs ranked according to risk with naproxen coming in safest
- Twitter tweets reveal mood measure of globe
- In the battle of the hearty drinks, wine trumps milk
- Insider trading in pharma stocks common, study finds
- Low-fat yoghurt link to childhood asthma risk
- Drug poisonings rise in the first world
- Developing world now less deadly for children
- Tsunami spawns strange case of sinus infection
- Paraplegics show improvement under water
- Give air travellers yoghurt to stop epidemic, expert says
- Half of doctors reject RACGP advice on PSA tests
- High reinfection rate fuels chlamydia epidemic
- Evidence bacterial vaginosis could be sexually transmitted
- Disordered sleep rates high among Canadians
- Decades on, LAOs fires back – with fashion
- Greece faces spike in HIV among drug users
- Pesticides linked to genital malformations
- IUDs may help protect against cervical cancer
- Kokoda hikers’ deaths linked to hyponatraemia
- Diagnose coeliac prior to GF diet
- HPV vax effective with fewer doses
- Miscarriage, chlamydia link ‘plausible’
- Flawed splitting agent may be behind Fluvax reactions
- IUDs may protect against cervical cancer
- Advance in breast tissue reconstruction
- Malarial mosquitoes buzz off due to net effect
- Europeans turning their minds to mental health
- Japan not longer leading in lowering mortality
- Ischaemic stroke on the rise in young Americans
- Cannabis users curb their habit with online program
- Kokoda trekkers risk hyponatraemia: study
- Melanoma study ‘muddies water’ on solarium use
- Antioxidants post cardiac surgery cut hospital stay
- Experts back expanded FOBT program
- Myositis cluster linked to surge in influenza B
- Wider naloxone access to cut heroin deaths
- Caution urged on faecal transplant therapy
- New bird-flu strain on the rise in Asia
- HPV vaccine offers protection from anal cancer
- Climate change is causing suicides and self-harm, says report
- HPV test superior alternative to cytology
- Vaccine in pregnancy may prevent pertussis deaths
- No-fault insurance call for vaccine injury
- Curbing HIV: the move to PoCT
- New polio case as Asia approaches elimination
- Hollywood stubs it out, slowly but surely
- Family planning needed in African war zones
- Another US state drops 'faith healing' defence
- Boat blast leads to spread of hepatitis B
- Flu case influx similar to swine flu pandemic
- Warning on rising hoax conference invites
- Caution advised after pioglitazone linked to bladder cancer
- Ant sting reaction study reveals main culprit
- Old drug a new tool in malaria parasite fight?
- Stroke mortality high in developing world
- Knock-on effects of economic downturn
- Flu vaccination reduces school absenteeism
- Bore water in NT found to harbour melioidosis bacteria
- Advice to drink 8 glasses a day doesn’t hold water
- Doctors worried over rising trend for designer vaginas
- RACGP rejects pathologists’ PSA screening advice
- RACGP rejects pathologists’ PSA screening advice
- Advice to drink 8 glasses a day doesn’t hold water
- Dysfunctional neural activity linked to musician’s dystonia
- Where there's smoke there's cardiac risk?
- Alcohol increasingly a factor in suicide
- Healthy herds, healthy humans, vets say
- Tuning into the building blocks of language
- HIV vax could be as good as other interventions
- Reduced salt doesn’t save lives: review
- ‘Alarming’ find: N. gonorrhoeae strain resistant to all antibiotics
- Low vitamin D linked to arterial stiffness
- Romance novels a literal influence on women’s health
- Low vitamin D linked to arterial stiffness
- Those three wise men did not foresee this
- 30 year surge in global diabetes prevelance
- UK recovering from Wakefield legacy
- Doctored magazine images anger AMA
- Drinking on the job common practice
- Late talking in toddlers not a cause for worry
- Give pertussis vax in pregnancy: US
- More research links varenicline with cardiovascular events
- Take home message: Ambulatory BP is best
- Junk food still advertised to kids, despite regulation
- Chocolate binge not a result of amount on offer
- Medicare to target steep rise in vitamin D requests
- CSL’s quality assurance under more scrutiny
- Smoking in pregnancy leaves legacy
- Long road for bike helmet debate: Do they harm or help?
- Reduce vehicles to help people and planet
- Italians combat deadly asbestos legacy
- Popcorn and beer a healthier choice?
- Birth rates stabilise across Europe
- Lower breast cancer risk with sun exposure
- Change pokie laws to lessen gambling harm
- Overhaul pokies laws to reduce gambling harm, experts say
- Egg-cultured vaccines review for allergic kids
- No room to help UK's mentally ill prisoners
- Snowfalls increase infarcts in elderly
- Hepres labialis after viper envenomation
- Breakout year for pro-life movement in the US
- Drug-resistant swine flu cases rising
- Explosion in vitamin D testing reflects need for simple sun rules
- Experts say mothball ban will save children’s lives
- Pink Lady sex pills a health risk, says TGA
- Oatmeal now on the menu for imaging
- The pen is mightier than the phone: study
- All the tea in China poses birth defect risk
- Can women take bone density at face value?
- Asthma drug found to influence metabolism
- Longer survival with two new melanoma drugs
- Gaps in screening for hepatitis B contacts
- Egg-cultured vaccines safe for most children with egg allergy
- GP detects image error in Cancer Council leaflet
- Single-dose flu vax fine in mild egg allergy, say experts
- School closures key move in flu pandemic
- Selective abortion short-sighted
- Blood pressure up among young adults
- Bedbugs a reservoir for drug-resistant bacteria
- Invisible gonorrhoea prompts test review
- Low magnesium link to PPIs prompts safety update
- Doctor’s assistance can improve death experience
- Marked rise in home births in the US
- Switch to healthy food has rapid impact
- Frustrated Chinese turn on doctors
- Health, environment suffer in gold rush
- Heart screens questioned
- Fluvax crisis illustrates reporting flaws
- Second-line antibiotics warranted first in some community MRSA
- Smartphone apps need scrutiny
- Division over future of vax safety monitoring
- Smartphone apps need scrutiny
- Vaccine safety system needs major overhaul: report
- Palliative care in hospital a ‘waste of money’
- Hard to spot: Friedreich’s ataxia
- New insight into best dengue strategy
- Broad support for Swiss 'death tourism'
- Domestic pigs transmit deadly ebola virus
- Pathogens putting the wind up instruments
- Blood disorder drug gets funding
- Auto BP monitors headed for GP wait rooms
- Tobacco package battle heats up
- Cardiovascular events rising as more young adults use cocaine
- Auto BP monitors headed for GP wait rooms
- Heightened neurological risk at high altitude
- TGA defends handling of faulty hip devices
- Hundreds face cobalt toxicity due to recalled hip devices
- Lack of hospital beds reduces transplants
- Pakistan abrogates health responsibility
- Arsenic link to heart disease mortality
- Rett syndrome needs diagnostic aid
- Funding for bowel screening will not save maximal lives
- Call for disease surveillance funding
- Influenza cases soar this season with mix of strains
- Influenza cases soar this season with mix of strains
- Drugs’ comparative efficacy needed
- Coeliac vaccine one step closer
- Soap dispensers transfer bacteria
- The future: group visits for GP care?
- Suddenly single take more sexual risks
- Daily life a risk for brain aneurysm rupture
- Plan for primary care rapid HIV test
- Sub-acute appendicitis may not require surgery
- Suddenly single take more sexual risks
- Rare case of diphtheria ends in death
- Right-handed bias not left of field
- Swedish sperm counts stable for a decade
- Dollars-for-organs drive continues
- Overdoses drop with injecting room
- Govt rejects free HPV vax for boys
- Health workers not keen on mandatory flu vaccination
- Laparoscopic surgery for colon cancer rising
- ‘Herbal’ erectile tablets a heart risk, TGA warns
- Hep A vax in short supply
- Govt rejects free HPV vax for boys
- Early results show probiotic pessary effective for recurrent UTIs
- Relationship between MS and latitude confirmed
- HPV vaccine uptake falling short
- Vaccine reaction spike may be due to timing
- Metal toxicity concern with metal hip devices
- Statin use linked to prostate cancer prevention
- Cervical cancer vaccination rates are missing targets
- Alcohol impairs next-day surgical skills
- TGA warns against second dose of Pneumovax 23
- Travel to deep space a radiation health risk
- Monkeys a malaria reservoir in Asia
- Lonliness a challenge for older gay community
- No cure for common infections, warns WHO
- New antidepressant targets sleep rhythm
- Investment in trials not reflective of biggest killers
- CVD deaths up with fall in temperature
- Cortical atrophy seen 10 years before Alzheimer’s onset
- Rape less likely in prison
- Farmers need educating in emergency medicine
- Weight of white-collar workers above national average
- New antidepressant aims to restore internal body clock
- GP’s notice may be better than partner’s for STI
- Egg-induced illnesses increasing
- Fluvax case prompts call for no-fault scheme
- Pertussis outbreak goes into natural decline
- Egg-induced illnesses increasing
- Rare disease cases rising after foreign travel
- Australia needs centre for disease control: experts
- Rainfall link to spike in seasonal Q fever
- Study rejects PSA screen
- Virulent C. difficile now home grown
- High potency of kids’ Fluvax a concern
- Study rejects PSA screen
- Doctor contracts dengue fever from needlestick
- Colic remedies ruled in or out by review
- TGA recalls batch of Pneumovax 23