General News
UK doctors eye Victoria
Young medical professionals in
the United Kingdom have shown enthusiastic interest in moving to Victoria
because of the Health careers for a healthy future recruitment campaign.
Conference to attract workers,
young people
More than 600 people are
expected at the first national youth affairs conference in Australia in more
eight years—at Melbourne Park Function Centre on May 1 to 3.
DVD follows journey of young
Sudanese women
A Multicultural Creative Arts
Program has resulted in a DVD documentary on the lives of five young Sudanese
women.
Short courses focus on research,
ethics
The Monash University Department
of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine is offering short courses as a
comprehensive introduction to clinical research and ethics for health
professionals from all fields.
Casey Hospital goes green
Casey Hospital was a sea of
green for a day to promote efficient energy usage.
Building a better home care
workforce
A new human resources kit will
help recruit and train community care workers across Victoria.
Book follows bushfire path
Personal stories and striking
images from the New Year’s Eve bushfire at Deep Lead near Stawell and the
January Mt Lubra bushfire in the Grampians have been compiled into a glossy
keepsake book.
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Public Health
Call for participants in
diabetes vaccine trial
A ground-breaking trial will
test if a nasal spray vaccine will prevent the development of type one diabetes
in children and young adults.
Win for Better Health Channel
The Department of Human
Services’ Better Health Channel consumer health website has won the Netguide magazine Best Health and Fitness Site Award.
Hot topic for research week
session
One of Australia’s foremost
experts on climate change and its impacts on health will head up a speakers’
program that forms the main attraction of Southern Health’s inaugural Research
Week.
Alcohol puts young Victorians at
risk
Almost 200 young Victorians have
suffered alcohol-related deaths between July 2001 and June 2005
according to startling new statistics.
Warning for amateur mechanics
More than 16 per cent of all
burns admissions to the Alfred Hospital last year resulted from car-related
mishaps—a figure that places car tinkering as one of the primary causes
of serious burns.
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Disability Services
Kiwi visitors make a splash
Participants in Central Access
Limited’s Ballandella Campus swimming program for people with a disability had
some special tuition at the Benalla Aquatic Centre.
New home for young people
Victoria’s first specialist home
for young people with a disability will be built in Alphington.
Rural and Regional Health
Images in an instant at Geelong
A new digital radiography (DR)
x-ray system at Barwon Health’s Geelong Hospital allows the direct capture of
images within five seconds onto a benchtop computer.
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Metropolitan Health
Twin firsts for in-utero surgery
Surgeons have performed the new
Victorian Fetal Therapy Service’s first in-utero laser surgery to correct a
condition that kills about 90 per cent of affected unborn twins.
What a difference a day
procedure makes
Once the only option for people
with a blocked heart artery was open-heart surgery and a two to three-week
hospital stay.
WHO stamp for Women’s
The Royal Women’s Hospital has
been accredited by the World Health Organisation as a Health Promoting
Hospital.
Botox help for cancer patients
Royal Melbourne Hospital Senior
Speech Pathologist Nadine Manison is working with the Victorian Eye and Ear
Hospital on a trial using Botox injections to restore speech to patients who
have had a laryngectomy.
Vaccine produces positive
results for ovarian cancer patients
Women are one step closer to
accessing a new ovarian cancer vaccine after trials by doctors from the Austin
Hospital and scientists from Prima BioMed.
Award for stroke management
expert
Austin Health Director of
Neurology Professor Geoff Donnan has been awarded the prestigious William
Feinberg Award for Excellence in Clinical Stroke Management at the American
Stroke Association meeting in San Francisco.
Old Austin Hospital building
bites the dust
After 75 years of housing
hospital patients and staff a landmark building at Austin Hospital has been
demolished.
New drug to treat kidney failure
A team of researchers from the
Austin Hospital and Howard Florey Institute has developed a new drug to treat
kidney failure that may save millions of lives each year.
Surgical innovation helps
patients breathe easier
Cardiothoracic and trauma
specialists at the Alfred Hospital are trialling the implantation of an
absorbable plastic plate to promote the healing of badly-damaged ribs.
Victoria’s first public elective
surgery centre opens
Premier Steve Bracks has opened
Victoria’s first dedicated centre for public elective surgery, the flagship $90
million Alfred Centre.
Office for Children
Conference on early childhood
education
Author and consultant in early
childhood education Janet Gonzalez-Mena will be a keynote international speaker
at the 2007 Early Childhood Education Conference at Caulfield Racecourse on May
25 and 26.
Community Health
Health focus on prevention and
care
Eastern Access Community Health
and Mullum Mullum Indigenous Gathering Place have joined forces to focus on
preventative health and chronic illness care for Aboriginal communities in
Melbourne’s east.
Senior Victorians
Seniors festival marks 25 years
The Victorian Seniors Festival
will be held in the second week of October 2007.
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Housing
Residents reap rewards from
their edible gardens
Ten community houses for people
with a disability across Victoria have been recognised for their green thumbs
at an awards ceremony at the Royal Botanical Gardens.
Green light for Carlton estate
redevelopment
The redevelopment of three
public housing sites in Carlton, creating capacity for 250 additional
low-income tenants, has been given the green light.
New lease on life for Wendouree
West
Residents of Wendouree West now
have access to an affordable grocery store, thanks to an innovative State
Government program.
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Mental Health
Guidelines for ‘ice’ drug
treatment
The Government has continued its
pre-emptive strike on ‘ice’ and methamphetamines with the release of a new set
of guidelines showing frontline workers how to deal with people using the drug.
Psych students train at Eastern
Health
The new Eastern Health/Deakin
University Psychology Clinic represents the latest initiative between the
established partnership.
Smell test gives clues to the
brain
A ‘scratch and smell’ test is
set to become an important tool in identifying people at risk of developing
brain disorders, before the appearance of any symptoms.
Forum addresses drought mental
health impact
Professionals from the fields of
social service, agriculture, mental health, government and community
organisations have met to tackle the mental health impact of Victoria’s ongoing
drought.
Mental Health Week poster
competition
Users of mental health services
have been invited to take part in the Mental Health Week Consumer Art
Competition.
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