Ex-Service Organisations attending a Defence-sponsored seminar in Australia were asked to endorse the collection of data from current and former ADF members for a series of important deployment health studies.
A team of leading economists has challenged the current political drive to cut corporate taxes — with new research showing that countries with higher taxes and higher social welfare spending are more successful in attracting overseas investment.
Australia’s efforts to reduce gender disparities in developing countries have been boosted today with the release of the aid program’s new policy, Gender equality in Australia’s aid program-why and how.
Is it ethical for scientists to conduct or benefit from research in another country if that research would be unlawful, or not generally accepted, in their own country? In a policy paper in PLoS Medicine Loane Skene, Professor of Law at the University of Melbourne, Australia, presents a unique “barometer” for gauging the ethics of such research.
A report of the American Psychological Association (APA) released today calls attention to the increasing mental health needs of military personnel and their families – needs that are straining the current military health services system.
The Adverse Drug Reactions Advisory Committee, Australia has called for cautious use of Indian medicines bought overseas after a couple was hospitalised with lead and arsenic poisoning.
After heart implant and hip replacement, the ‘Dental Implant’ procedure, to prevent loss of teeth, is gaining ground in India and fast emerging as a potential tourism revenue earner.
India may be gaining acceptance in the West as a medical tourism destination, but Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wants Indians to first get access to quality and affordable treatment.
Surgeons at the Methodist DeBakey Heart Center in Houston were among the first in the U.S. to implant a new vascular graft engineered to reduce the risk of blood clots in patients treated for peripheral arterial disease (PAD), which affects as many as 12 million Americans over the age of 50.
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center has begun three clinical studies looking at the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) to prevent cancer — colon, esophageal or lung.