Surgery

Groundbreaking device improves laser accuracy in surgeries

A Queen's physicist and a PhD student have developed a groundbreaking device that controls the depth of a laser cut, laying groundwork to provide pinpoint accuracy during surgeries. This new laser control technology is valuable ...

Cardiology

Insufficient knowledge of stroke patient's last hours of life

Caregivers are displaying insufficient knowledge of how things are for stroke patients the week before they die – for example, staff have difficulties stating whether the patients had someone with them at their death, or ...

Ophthalmology

Can Vitamin D improve your eyesight?

Young Brisbane adults aged between 18 and 25 are invited to participate in a QUT study into the role vitamin D plays in how accurate your eyes are at focussing near and far.

Health

Improving care for intoxicated women assault victims

New research at the University of Adelaide could lead to improvements in professional health care for women who experience physical or sexual assault while under the influence of alcohol.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Grandad's hip fracture a risk factor for osteoporosis

Has your paternal or maternal grandfather broken their hip on any occasion? In that case there is a greater risk that your own bones are more fragile as an adult. This has been demonstrated in a thesis at the Sahlgrenska ...

Health

Defining the new normal in aging

Diana McIntyre approaches her 80th birthday later this year with the same energy and zest for life of friends decades her junior. Aside from back surgery years ago, she's never been sick and, through a busy volunteer schedule, ...

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