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A Senate report into lifting the Medicare levy surcharge says it should go ahead, despite it being difficult to calculate how it will affect Australia's health system.

The Queensland Health Minister has hit back at Opposition claims that hospitals across the state are in crisis.

THE National Anti-smoking Committee is organising an event in celebration of the Gulf Anti-smoking Week. A health exhibition will be held at Seef Mall's Gate 5 from 5pm to 8pm on Saturday. It will f...

Borrowing and sharing of prescription medications is a serious medical and public health concern. A survey of nearly 7,500 women of reproductive age found that this is common practice among more than one-third of this population, according to a report published online ahead of print in Journal of Women's Health, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. The paper is available free online at

New Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizer May Minimize Viral Transmission, Including Norovirus A newly developed ethanol-based hand sanitizer may significantly impact public health by minimizing the transmission of multiple viruses, including norovirus, from food handlers and care providers.

The supply of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) scanners in Canada increased significantly over four years, according to a new report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).

Efforts by California to expand health insurance to all children have 'stalled,' and 'thousands of kids are in danger of losing insurance' as a result of recent changes to state programs, the Los Angeles Times reports. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)

Yale University researchers reported Tuesday they have found a molecular mechanism by which estrogen improves memory, a finding that may aid the quest to improve cognition in aging women without the negative health effects of hormone therapy. The issue of whether estrogen improves memory in women is still hotly debated. Recent studies have shown little or no benefit of hormone therapy in preventing memory loss or dementia among post-menopausal women.

AMA President, Dr Rosanna Capolingua, said the government has launched a further attack on Australians who hold private health insurance. 'Australians have private health insurance so that they can have a choice of doctor and of hospital, and have their treatment when they need it,' Dr Capolingua said.

The Alabama State Employees' Insurance Board last week approved a plan that will require state employees who are obese or have health problems to make progress to address those issues or pay a monthly charge for health insurance, the AP/Philadelphia Inquirer reports. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)