Public Health
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Budget 2015: Nursing and allied health groups react Karen Keast - 13-05-2015
The 2015-2016 Federal Budget was a give and take health budget prompting a mixed reaction from some of the sector’s key stakeholders. The
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Qld leads nation for expanding waistline AAP - 04-05-2015
Queensland is home to half the nation's fattest, laziest regions - and unless that changes, the state can expect a heart disease epidemic.
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Medicare review must deal with 'elephant in the room' incentives HealthTimes - 01-05-2015
Jane Hall, University
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Costs vary across Aust hospitals: report AAP - 30-04-2015
Some public hospitals charge twice as much as others for similar procedures to similar patients, a new report by the health monitoring agency says.
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Aussie and Kiwi nurses return from war on Ebola Karen Keast - 23-04-2015
The final contingent of Australian and New Zealand nurses and doctors will return home from combatting the world’s deadliest disease in Sierra Leone in early May.
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E-cigarette use triples in US teens AAP - 17-04-2015
Some two million US high school students tried e-cigarettes last year, a rate that tripled in just one year, US health authorities say. The 2014 survey by the
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IBM, Apple merge health data AAP - 23-11-2015
IBM has announced alliances with Apple and others to put artificial intelligence to work drawing potentially life-saving insights from the booming amount of health data generated
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No timeline on Vic smokefree dining AAP - 31-03-2015
The Victorian government won't put a timeline on banning smoking in outdoor dining areas, despite being the last state to adopt such a policy. The state
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Aussies courting chronic disease AAP - 21-04-2015
About two-thirds of Australians have health issues caused by risk factors that are "modifiable", such as exercise, diet and smoking, a new report shows.
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SA govt revises major new health plan AAP - 15-05-2015
The SA government has revised its major new health plan by retaining Noarlunga emergency department, but the Repatriation hospital will still to be closed.
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Stain on our Nation: Domestic and Family Violence Ellen Rosenfeld - 05-06-2015
My first public health research position years ago involved gathering injury surveillance statistics in the Emergency Department (ED) of a major metropolitan hospital. My
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Aussie and Kiwi nurses help in cyclone-ravaged Vanuatu Karen Keast - 15-05-2015
A handful of Australian and New Zealand nurses are being deployed to Vanuatu as part of international disaster response efforts in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Pam.
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New Zealand nurse cleared of Ebola Karen Keast - 24-04-2015
A New Zealand nurse who recently returned from Sierra Leone has been officially cleared of the Ebola
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Stop prescription drug abuse: Ledger's dad AAP - 12-03-2015
Prescription drugs should be monitored in real time to stop overdose tragedies, Heath Ledger's father says. Heath Ledger's father hopes
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Second salmonella outbreak at Qld centre AAP - 06-03-2015
Brisbane's conference and exhibition centre, which hosted the G20 summit of world leaders last year, has been linked to a second salmonella outbreak.
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Long-term paracetamol use 'poses risk' AAP - 04-03-2015
Researchers found chronic users of paracetamol may increase their risk of death, or kidney, intestinal and heart problems. Doctors may be underestimating
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Health professionals applaud dead co-payment Karen Keast - 12-08-2015
Nurses, midwives and GPs have welcomed the Federal Government’s decision to shelve the embattled GP co-payment. Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation
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Medicare co-payment axed: Ley AAP - 23-03-2015
The Medicare co-payment has been scrapped almost a year after it was first mooted. The federal government has scrapped its unpopular plan for
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Co-payment has no support: Frydenberg AAP - 03-03-2015
A senior Liberal frontbencher says there will be significant changes to the government's unpopular GP co-payment. The Abbott government
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Boom in synthetic drugs a problem AAP - 27-02-2015
A medical conference has heard the number of psychoactive substances that can be abused is booming, and causing more drug deaths in Australia. There is a boom
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