London’s European Scanning Centre (ESC) has launched the worlds most advanced scanner, the Aquilion ONE CT 640 slice scanner. The Centre is the only independent healthcare site in the UK and Europe to have invested in this £2 million dynamic volume CT technology, which uses 320 ultra-high detector rows to image an entire organ in [...]

Concerns raised by the Australian Medical Association over the lack of funding and resources to adequately train medical students have been echoed by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia.
The AMA this week said that $157 million of Government money was not enough to fund the teaching resources needed to cope with the increase [...]

Three of Australia’s peak medical groups called on the Senate Community Affairs Committee that is inquiring into the Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners) Bill 2009 and two related Bills to support the Government’s amendments to the Bill.

AMA President, Dr Andrew Pesce, said today that the ongoing chaos over Medicare patient rebates for cataract surgery stresses the need for proper meaningful consultation with the medical profession before cuts or changes to the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) are considered, not after the event.

A condition that affects the memory and concentration of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy is sustained in a subgroup of patients, compromising their ability to function and long-term quality of life, according to research presented on wednesday at a major cancer conference.