Fitter, stronger Jaques won't lie down after breaking through pain barrier
HAVING spent years trying to batter his way into the Australian Test team, Phil Jaques was determined to hold onto his spot until the bitter end.

Dream comes true
Sometimes dreams have to wait. It's been more than two years since Michelle Simpson learned she was getting a dream vacation but repeated surgeries on [...]

Hip and Knee Network website launches
A team of orthopaedic surgeons have set up a website so people undergoing hip and knee replacements can get impartial advice. Around 160,000 replacements are carried out each year but this number is expected to treble over the next 20 years.

Hip and Knee Network website launches
Dinah Greek, Computeract!ve , Thursday 4 December 2008 at 12:21:00 Surgeons say it will be the first port of call for people who need advice and help A team of orthopaedic surgeons have set up a website so people undergoing hip and knee replacements can get impartial advice....

Physios give free help to city homeless
A TEAM of qualified physiotherapists has set up a new charity, offering free treatment to Edinburgh's homeless people.

The massage message is reaching SA professionals
Massage is not something that's limited to beauty salons. The treatment is, in fact, finding a place in sport and medicine, writes Impti Du Toit.

Team approach to special needs students lauded
(Editor?s note: The provincial government is currently in the process of re-evaluating its approach to special needs education in Alberta. As such, a series of [...]

Social services best in the country
SOCIAL services for adults in Tameside have been named as the best in the country.

Rugby: North Otago manager's 'tremendous journey'
After nine years of managing the North Otago rugby team, affable and popular rugby enthusiast Gerard McCarthy has decided to step down. He talks to Sally Rae about his time with the team.

Renee is all smiles
WHAT a difference a year makes.

More women in pharmacy, medicine
By admin Tuesday, 2 December 2008 - 5:08pm. TORONTO?It?s no surprise that women dominate health-care occupations in Canada, but a new study attaches some numbers to the situation.

More Cdn. doctors come home
More Canadian physicians are returning from abroad to practise medicine in this country than are leaving, says report

Study of health occupations in Canada finds more women in pharmacy, medicine
By editorial Tuesday, 2 December 2008 - 8:40am. TORONTO ? It?s no surprise that women dominate health-care occupations in Canada, but a new study attaches some numbers to the situation.

Results From The Largest Controlled Study Investigating Breathing Exercises And Asthma Will Be Published In Thorax ...
Techniques to help people with asthma breathe easy. New research funded by Asthma UK shows that breathing techniques can help to treat people who continue to experience asthma symptoms in spite of current drug treatments.

'Healing friends' boost patients
A Suffolk hospital is helping patients heal faster by encouraging them to befriend each other.

Parliamentary panel suggests amendments to paramedical bill
The Paramedical and Physiotherapy Central Councils Bill 2007 may be rephrased as Allied Health Professions Central Councils Act 2007 to better cover the contents on variety of specialties and will be presented in the Parliament in the coming session, in line with the recommendations of the concerned House Panel.

Health Research Week: Researchers are Finding Health Solutions
Today kicks off Health Research Week in Saskatchewan. Here are some of the many University of Saskatchewan (U of S) researchers contributing to better health for Canadians.

More female physicians, pharmacists working in Canada: reports
More women are joining the ranks of health-care occupations in Canada, including the traditionally male-dominated professions of medicine and pharmacy, according to a report released on Monday.

Women moved into new health work, study finds
Continue to dominate nursing, physiotherapy and occupational therapy, but number grow in pharmacy and medicine

When texting can be dangerous
The way you use your personal electronics may be hazardous to your health, as a couple of recent reports remind us. Here's how to avoid short- or long-term health problems.