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Corin Australia and Optimized Ortho enter exclusive partnership
An Australian-owned medical technology company and a global manufacturer and supplier of orthopaedic implants have just entered into an exclusive partnership for their total hip replacement products in Australia and New Zealand. The Australian-based Optimized Ortho and UK-founded Corin launched their innovative delivery platform for hip replacement products at the Australian Orthopaedic Association’s Annual Scientific…
Read MoreHearing forum tackling ongoing stigma of hearing aids
A leading audiologist will address the stigma associated with using hearing aids and the damaging effects of ‘binge listening’ during a free ‘Expert Hearing’ Tweet Chat next Wednesday, October 2 from 1-2pm AEST. One-in-six (3.5 million) Australians are hearing impaired or deaf, while only one-in-five adults living with hearing loss wear hearing aids. Hearing aids…
Read More‘Look, but don’t touch’ urges Queensland rabies expert
Leading travel health pioneer will issue Queenslanders with a public health warning this Saturday, September 28 (World Rabies Day) about the risks associated with a disease that kills an estimated 55,000 people each year. This life-threatening virus, first discovered in Australian flying foxes (commonly known as ‘fruit bats’) in 1996, is responsible for three Australian…
Read MoreThe rise of the e-patient
Pros and cons of Dr Google and the e-patient Will Dr Google make the good old-fashioned face-to-face visit to the GP a thing of the past in the future? The question naturally arises after new research by the Medibank 24/7 Health Advice Line highlighted an alarming pattern of people seeking health advice from the nearest…
Read MoreHealth debate a non-event as parties dodge detail
This week’s Health Debate at the National Press Club in Canberra proved a fizzer as Health Minister, Tanya Plibersek and Shadow Minister, Peter Dutton faced off in front of an audience of more than 100 media and PRs, patients, advocacy, consumer group representatives and health organisation representatives. Confirming what one of our recent VIVA! blogs alluded…
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