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Effectively Tackling Indigenous Diabetes
26th November 2009 -
Views: 755
While national levels for Indigenous diabetes is 1:16 and even higher in remote areas (1:11), in Looma, Kimberley, WA, the UFPA Roadmap to Better Health program has restricted the spread of diabetes.
Achs Recognises Outstanding Quality Improvement In Australian Healthcare
26th November 2009 -
Views: 691
The aim of the project was to determine the effectiveness of using online access flow measurement so that early intervention could be instituted.
Alzheimer's Australia Launches $3 Million National Quality Dementia Care Network
25th November 2009 -
Views: 610
Alzheimer's Australia announced today the establishment of the National Quality Dementia Care Network. The Network is a world first in bringing together researchers and industry and consumers as truly equal partners in dementia care.
New National Data: Violence - Health And Economics
25th November 2009 -
Views: 697
New VicHealth-funded research finds even a modest reduction in intimate partner violence could save up
to 74 Australian lives a year – and result in at least 6,000 fewer new cases of violence-related harm.
34,000 Per Annum Heart Attack Patients Have New Treatment Option From 1st Dec 1
24th November 2009 -
Views: 683
Leading Australian cardiologist Dr Ron Dick, The Cardiac Sciences Clinical Institute at Epworth, said, “After a stent (tubing to hold a blocked artery open) is inserted, platelets in the blood can clump around the stent, causing blood clots in the artery that could lead to a second heart attack, chest pain or death.
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