Public Health
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Melbourne's new safe injecting room is set for expansion AAP - 31-08-2018
Melbourne's safe injecting room will be expanded amid growing demand from drug users in the inner-city overdose hotspot. Melbourne's
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Report shows five people a day are now dying from a drug overdose AAP - 28-08-2018
Prescription opioids, such as oxycodone and codeine are involved in most accidental drug deaths and more people are overdosing on anxiety and insomnia drugs.
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Report shows accidental opioid deaths on rise AAP - 20-08-2018
More Australians are dying after accidentally overdosing on prescription opioids such as oxycodone, a report has found. The number of Australians
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Study shows that Dr Google is having positive impact AAP - 20-08-2018
A new study has found that patients who search their symptoms online before arriving at an emergency department are better able to communicate with doctors.
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Calling on MPs to pledge extra money to help the state's troubled youth AAP - 16-08-2018
Victoria's biggest alcohol and drug service provider is calling on MPs to pledge extra money to help the state's troubled youth. Victorians
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Health professionals across Australia are on alert over bad batch of opium AAP - 25-07-2018
At least two people have been taken to hospital with serious lead poisoning after consuming a bad batch of opium "heavily contaminated" with lead.
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Alcohol marketers have been warned against using young-looking models AAP - 20-07-2018
A new report shows alcohol marketers are breaching rules in promoting products to children but are mostly willing to remedy any problems. Alcohol
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Victoria could go almost smoke-free by 2025 AAP - 19-07-2018
Twenty-five Victorian health groups are reportedly expected to launch a plan on Thursday to make the state almost smoke-free by 2025. Victoria
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A pill to get methamphetamine addicts off their habit will be trialled in eastern Australia AAP - 18-07-2018
Ice addicts can volunteer for a 12-week trial of medication that aims to help them break their illicit habit. The two-year N-ICE trial in Wollongong,
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Regular teen drinking leads to alcohol problems in adulthood HealthTimes - 12-07-2018
Adolescents who drink every week before the age of 17 are two to three times more likely to binge drink, drink drive, and be dependent on alcohol as adults compared with peers
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Some frozen vegetables sold at Woolworths, Aldi and IGA are being recalled AAP - 10-07-2018
A recall of frozen vegetables linked to a factory in Europe, amid fears they could be contaminated with listeria, has prompted calls from local growers for shoppers
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Smokers remain blissfully unaware of the numerous health risks associated with smoking AAP - 09-07-2018
Many smokers are unaware of the link between smoking and a range of health conditions, from infertility and diabetes to blindness, a new survey has found.
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The Pharmacy Guild of Australia hit back at health check claim AAP - 02-07-2018
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has dismissed warnings from the peak body for GPs that patients should avoid health check ups at pharmacies.
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Victoria's first supervised injecting room will open its doors within days AAP - 29-06-2018
A safe injecting room in Melbourne, the state's first, will open within days, Mental Health Minister Martin Foley says. Victoria's
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Several cases of salmonella have been linked to South Australian alfalfa sprout products AAP - 20-06-2018
South Australians are being warned not to eat a range of alfalfa sprout products after the sprouts were linked to 21 confirmed cases of Salmonella.
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Fish caught in southeast Queensland waterways may be contaminated with firefighting chemicals AAP - 15-06-2018
Queensland health is advising people to not eat fish caught in some waterways in the state's southeast as they may be contaminated with firefighting chemicals.
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Nearly one in 10 gluten-free meals sold in Melbourne were found to contain gluten AAP - 28-05-2018
A study has detected potentially harmful levels of gluten in foods sold and served as 'gluten-free' across Melbourne. People with coeliac
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Australians encouraged to join available clinical trials AAP - 25-05-2018
Professor Ian Frazer, the 2006 Australian of the Year, has encouraged Australians to ask about available clinical
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Victorians are being warned about deadly wild mushrooms AAP - 15-05-2018
Deadly wild mushrooms are growing across Victoria, with health authorities urging people not to pick or eat them. Victorians are being warned
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Research shows immune cells in eye linked to vision loss AAP - 01-05-2018
Australian researchers believe they've uncovered a reason why macular degeneration affects some people at a much younger age. Immune cells
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