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CAHE Allied Health News in Review (AHNR)

The CAHE Allied Health News in Review (AHNR) initiative features updates on the CAHE website, addressing allied health issues raised in the national and international media.  The focus of this initiative is to inform and educate all health care stakeholders about the quality of research underpinning news articles and readers are encouraged to contribute in the identification of relevant news reports.

Allied Health News in Review is a topical address of some of the issues facing today's audiences where there is saturation of information, and often much of this information is misleading, biased or technically inaccurate.

AHNR Edition 9: AHNR PT treatment resolves symptoms of urinary incontinence in women

AHNR Edition 8: AHNR Music therapy improves strokes outcomes

AHNR Edition 7: AHNR lifting and back pain

AHNR Edition 6: AHNR acupuncture and IVF

AHNR Edition 5: AHNR acupuncture for chemotherapy nausea

AHNR Edition 4: AHNR strength training for knee arthritis

AHNR Edition 3: AHNR acupuncture and lower back pain

AHNR Edition 2: AHNR tennis elbow treatments

AHNR Edition 1: AHNR acupuncture and knee osteoarthritis

 

AHNR Edition 9: AHNR PT treatment resolves symptoms of urinary incontinence in women

To synthesise evidence on the effectiveness of non-surgical clinical interventions used to treat UI in community-dwelling women. This news report was based on a systematic review conducted by researchers from the: University of Minnesota and Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research (USA). Funding was received from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (USA).

AHNR Edition 8: AHNR Music therapy improves strokes outcomes

To evaluate whether regular, self-directed music listening during the first two months after middle cerebral artery (MCA) stroke can enhance the recovery of cognitive functions and mood, as reported by R Preidt for HealthDay, 20 February 2008 (www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_61381.html)

AHNR Edition 7: AHNR lifting and back pain

determine whether advice and training on working techniques and lifting equipment can prevent back pain in occupations that involve heavy lifting tasks, as reported by P Crosta for Medical News Today, 5 February 2008, (www.medicalnewstoday.com): Back pain not prevented by instructing people how to lift heavy objects'.

AHNR Edition 6: AHNR acupuncture and IVF

Reviews the hypothesis that acupuncture improves rates of pregnancy and live birth when used as an adjuvant treatment to embryo transfer in women undergoing in vitro fertilisation, as reported by Dr N Swan, Health Minutes, ABC News Radio, 5 March 2008: Acupuncture helps IVF.

AHNR Edition 5: AHNR acupuncture for chemotherapy nausea

Investigates the premise that acupuncture can help bring some relief from chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting (author: Dr Caroline Smith), Reuters Health Information 1 May 2006.

AHNR Edition 4: AHNR strength training for knee arthritis

Explores the idea that strength training can possibly slow knee arthritis, as reported in The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 October 2006.

AHNR Edition 3: AHNR acupuncture and lower back pain

Assesses an article based on the hypothesis that acupuncture relieves low back pain over long-term as reported by Reuters Health Information on 15 September 2006.

AHNR Edition 2: AHNR tennis elbow treatments

Reviews a publication on Forbes.com, investigating the efficacy of physiotherapy compared with a 'wait and see' approach or corticosteroid injections over 52 weeks in tennis elbow.

AHNR Edition 1: AHNR acupuncture and knee osteoarthritis

Explores an article on acupuncture, in true and placebo form, and its effectiveness in relieving knee pain caused by Osteoarthritis (OA), as reported by the Sydney Morning Herald on 6 July 2006.

 

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