Electroconvulsive therapy, which may be effective at lowering long-term risks of suicide and death among patients with certain mood disorders, may result in longer hospital stays and increased health care costs, according ...
Jul 14, 2021
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Fiji has announced plans to make the coronavirus vaccine compulsory for all workers as it battles a runaway outbreak of the Delta variant, with the prime minister issuing a blunt message: "no jabs, no job".
Jul 9, 2021
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The NSW Government faces a high-pressure decision this week about whether to relax current restrictions because of the latest COVID-19 outbreak, according to an expert from The Australian National University (ANU).
Jul 6, 2021
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A new study published today highlights the importance of a 'go hard, go early,' strategy when it comes to responding to growing outbreaks of COVID-19 in Australia.
Jun 7, 2021
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Professor Dyfrig Hughes and colleagues at the Center for Health Economics and Medicines Evaluation, School of Health Sciences, have recently published the results of three clinical trials of interventions in epilepsy and ...
Apr 21, 2021
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Living away from community and country, Aboriginal families of children with severe burns also face critical financial stress to cover the associated costs of health care and treatment, a new study shows.
Apr 21, 2021
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What have we lost because of the pandemic? According to our calculations, a lot—and many of the worst hit countries and regions are far from world media attention.
Apr 20, 2021
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A recent study indicates that a U.S. ban on the use of tanning beds among minors would prevent thousands of cases of melanoma in adolescents and would save millions of dollars in healthcare costs. The findings are published ...
Apr 12, 2021
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Legalization of recreational cannabis may be associated with an increase in fatal motor vehicle collisions based on data from the United States, and authors discuss the implications for Canada in an analysis in CMAJ (Canadian ...
Apr 6, 2021
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President Joe Biden commemorated the COVID-19 pandemic's one-year anniversary by giving Americans an ambitious goal: Return to a semblance of normalcy by the Fourth of July.
Mar 16, 2021
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