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Dr Dines takes on bowel cancer
Executive Director of the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Dr Amanda Dines opens up for the first time to Nine News on her struggle with bowel cancer and her heart felt message to every woman.
Young doctor turns his attention to delirium
One of Metro North’s brightest young researchers has been awarded a Junior Research Fellowships to further his investigate work into delirium.
Fellowship stimulates Parkinson’s research
Ground-breaking neuroscience research is offering new possibilities to help patients with Parkinson’s disease.
Cardiac program reaches remote communities
When it comes to delivering care, Metro North Hospital and Health Service (MNHHS) goes the extra mile.
Sorting fact from fiction
RBWH dietitian Hilary Jimmieson joined Queensland Health’s Straight Answers Campaign to sort fact from fiction on healthy living.
Research Excellence Awards winners announced
Research Excellence Awards winners announced
Professor Michael Breakspear named Researcher of the Year
Research into non-invasive technologies to unravel the mysteries of the brain has earned Professor Michael Breakspear the inaugural Metro North Researcher of the Year Award.
Caboolture Health Care Academy trial
When you meet Caboolture high school student Daniel Tucker you can tell that he is a young man with a grand plan.
The dream team changing lives
Getting enough sleep? The Prince Charles Hospital's dream team helps thousands of Queenslanders lose the snooze blues!
New partnership helps patients keep type 1 diabetes in check
Football coach Stuart Bennett is fit and healthy, so when he needed a bit of help to get his diabetes under control he didn't want to take a trip to the Emergency Department.
Appointments still available under Child Dental Benefits Schedule
The Child Dental Benefits Schedule (CDBS) will remain open past the previously advised cut-off date of 30 June, 2016.
Coming face to face with trauma
The trauma team at Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital don't just stop at saving lives. They also manage the time to teach teens throughout Queensland about how precious life really is.
Caboolture Health Care Alliance
Local kids with learning disabilities are being given an extra helping hand thanks to the launch of a new Caboolture Health Care Alliance which will see the hospital, GP Super Clinic and local organisations working together.
RBWH trauma team feature on ABC flagship show
The Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital trauma team see some pretty confronting things, they often operate in the grey area between life and death
CaPS off to Caboolture
CaPS’ off to the 1000th staff member to complete the very popular Communications and Patient Safety (CaPS) training program at Caboolture and Kilcoy Hospitals, and Woodford Correctional Centre
Winter is coming – we’re ready, are you?
Queenslanders are being urged to save their Emergency Departments and ambulances for emergencies only as frontline healthcare workers brace for another busy flu season.
Get the pressure down
Getting the best outcome for some of our most vulnerable patients is the driving force behind some contemporary research being carried out in the Redcliffe Hospital Intensive Care Unit.
HIRF and breast cancer patients support leading cancer research
Tissue donated to the Brisbane Breast Bank by breast cancer patients at RBWH is helping leading Queensland researchers change the future of breast cancer diagnosis, prevention and treatment.
Redcliffe Hospital nurse is going to Rio
We’re so proud of Redcliffe Hospital theatre nurse Paul Adams who is heading to Rio later this year to represent Australia at the Olympics.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy helping cancer patients
Did you know the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital has one of the busiest hyperbaric chambers in the country? Every day our dedicated doctors and nurses treat patients suffering from a range of illnesses and the results are remarkable.
Caboolture families celebrate special birthday
More than 2,000 mums and bubs will celebrate an extra special milestone shortly as Caboolture Hospital’s Holding Hands Midwifery Group Practice turns 10.
Mums trial Viagra for unborn babies
Underdeveloped babies are participating in an unusual drug trial to boost their chance of survival.
Australian first research helping mums
How much weight should you put on during pregnancy? Our dieticians at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital led an Australian wide study and here are the results.
Combined clinic puts patients first
People with both diabetes and kidney disease can now see their specialists at a new one-stop clinic.
32 new beds on the way for Caboolture Hospital
Caboolture Hospital will receive an extra 32 beds by early next year as demand for health care in the region grows.
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