Public Health
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National centre to tackle gender inequity in medicine AAP - 28-03-2024
Challenging Australia's predominantly "male-centric approach to medical care" will be top of the agenda for a new national research centre that pledges to tackle
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Alcohol intake among controllable dementia risk factors AAP - 28-03-2024
Diabetes, alcohol intake and traffic-related air pollution are among the most harmful controllable risk factors for dementia, a study suggests. The researchers
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Language Therapy: Building Stronger Communication Skills in Children AAP - 28-03-2024
Speech disorders encompass challenges in producing sounds effectively, and they manifest in various ways. Fluency disorders involve disruptions in the flow of speech—consisting
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Australia to help Pacific neighbours fight tuberculosis AAP - 25-03-2024
Australia will help its Asian and Pacific neighbours fight tuberculosis to stop its spread and support peace and stability in the region. Roughly every 20 seconds,
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Chronic fatigue support needs 'urgent' funds AAP - 25-03-2024
A national advocacy body for chronic fatigue sufferers has called on the federal government to urgently unlock research and funding into the condition, a year after a parliamentary
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Millions in illicit tobacco seized by health officials AAP - 24-03-2024
Queensland health laws targeting illegal tobacco and vaping products have netted almost five million illicit cigarettes since their introduction last year.
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New vaping laws include jail time, heavy fines AAP - 21-03-2024
Young Australians are being lured by big tobacco companies to take up vaping, doctors warned, as the federal government introduced new legislation with tough penalties to
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UK to introduce bill to phase out smoking among young AAP - 20-03-2024
The British government will introduce a bill in parliament to fulfil its promise to phase out smoking among young people by banning tobacco sales for future generations.
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New Zealand to ban disposable vapes, raise fines AAP - 20-03-2024
New Zealand will ban disposable vapes and raise fines for those providing young Kiwis with e-cigarettes in a move lauded by health advocates. Associate Health
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Rural doctor banned after ignoring woman's cancer signs AAP - 19-03-2024
A country doctor has been banned from working after wrongly diagnosing a woman with glandular fever and anxiety weeks before she died of liver cancer and heart disease.
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Aussies losing more than just sweat in heatwaves AAP - 18-03-2024
Heatwaves are costing $1.6 billion annually in health, energy and productivity losses in Western Sydney and it will only get worse. That's the verdict of
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Climate assessment details grim risks for Australia AAP - 12-03-2024
The nation's first climate risk assessment hints at a dystopian future for Australia if it fails to properly prepare for a multitude of threats. The assessment
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Population shift prompts blood donor plea AAP - 11-03-2024
There's a fresh plea for Australians who come from a variety of backgrounds to roll up their sleeves and donate blood after a study highlighted a shift in the nation's
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Noisier world linked to increase in hearing loss AAP - 05-03-2024
With one in seven people globally expected to have tinnitus at some point, Australian researchers are raising awareness on ways to prevent deafness and hearing loss.
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'Crisis' as eating disorders cost Australia $67 billion AAP - 29-02-2024
Australia is in the midst of a "public health crisis" as the number of people with eating disorders increases, costing the country $67 billion a year.
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Vape shops could close as government eyes sales ban AAP - 28-02-2024
The sale of vapes could be banned within months with retailers coming into focus as the next battlefront in the war on vaping. The government has already banned
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Discovery of deadly opioid in US wastewater bodes ill AAP - 25-02-2024
A deadly synthetic drug more potent than heroin has been detected by Australian scientists in US wastewater for the first time. Protonitazene is a type of synthetic
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Friable asbestos at one of five extra tainted sites AAP - 25-02-2024
Friable asbestos has been discovered at one of five more contaminated Sydney sites as the investigation into tainted mulch distributed across NSW continues.
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Legionnaires' disease warning for parts of Sydney uni AAP - 23-02-2024
A Legionnaires' disease warning has been issued for parts of the University of Sydney's Camperdown campus after three people were admitted to hospital.
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Greener grass if weed is legal but doctors more blunt AAP - 22-02-2024
Legal cannabis could puff up the impact of chronic pain and blunt the strain on the criminal justice system, an inquiry heard, but doctors took a pot shot at the proposal,
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