Healthcare :: Joint action plan announced to find work for healthcare job seekers
A detailed action plan which will help to increase job opportunities for newly qualified healthcare professionals is published.
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Obesity :: Obesity Management in Primary Care
Five leading experts will be featured in a special half-day symposium on state-of-the-art obesity management in women at the 15th Annual Congress on Women?s Health, June 2-5, 2007, Hilton Head, SC at the Hilton Head Marriott Beach & Golf Resort.
Cancer :: Investigational cancer drug targets critical proteins
A drug under study to treat various cancers selectively kills cancer cells because of its affinity for a modified version of a critical heat shock protein they contain, researchers have found.
Health Care :: Health care, global warming – important issues for US women
While health care is the most critical issue affecting American business women today, nearly two-thirds of them also believe that global warming and environmental changes will affect them professionally and personally, a survey has found.
Stroke :: Intravenous delivery of clot-busting drug still best intervention for ischemic stroke
Intravenous delivery of an approved clot-busting drug remains the most beneficial proven intervention for ischemic stroke, according to updated American Heart Association/American Stroke Association guidelines published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Heart Failure :: Phone monitoring helps patients with chronic heart failure
Monitoring patients’ health by phone can make a real difference to people with chronic heart failure, according to a study published on bmj.com.
HIV :: AIDS groups lobby health summit in Africa
As a week-long meeting of health ministers organised by the African U nion (AU) got underway in Johannesburg on Monday, AIDS activists expressed concern that commitments on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, reached at several meetings last year, were missing from the agenda.
HIV :: Rapid oral HIV test shows great promise
A convenient, easy to use, and rapid alternative to blood-based HIV testing may become the new standard for field testing according to a new MUHC study.
Healthcare :: CAN DO initiative to build further knowledge of veterans’ needs among health professionals
Minister for Veterans? Affairs Bruce Billson says the Australian General Practice Network (AGPN) and the Department of Veterans? Affairs (DVA) would work in partnership on a new phase of The ?Can Do? Initiative: Managing Mental Health and Substance Use in General Practice.
Healthcare :: New nurse and community health training facility for South Australia
The Minister for Vocational and Further Education, the Hon Andrew Robb AO MP, today announced a $2.6 million funding boost for a new training facility for nurses in South Australia.