Public Health
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'Fake meal' pill to fight obesity AAP - 06-01-2015
US researchers have come up with a pill that tricks the body into thinking it has consumed a substantial meal, but there are no calories. An
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Teenagers trending toward e-cigarettes AAP - 17-12-2014
Researchers in the US say they're surprised at how many 8th, 10th and 12th graders reported using electronic cigarettes this year. More US teenagers are
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Obesity clips up to 8 years off your life AAP - 21-04-2015
A study says obesity can take years off a person's life, with the biggest area of concern those who become obese while young. Obesity and
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Home DNA kit goes on sale in UK AAP - 03-12-2014
For STG125, Britons can now purchase a home DNA kit to get information about their health, ancestry and family traits. A personal DNA testing
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Ireland ready to follow Australia's plain cigarette packaging AAP - 01-12-2014
Ireland is ready to follow Australia's introduction of similar plain packaging for cigarettes. Ten years since setting a trend with its
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Proposal for a primary screening tool: 'Keep your waist circumference to less than half your height' HealthTimes - 28-11-2014
There is now overwhelming scientific evidence that central obesity, as opposed to total obesity assessed by body mass index (BMI), is associated with the most health risks
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Obesity tie to 500,000 cancer cases a year AAP - 27-11-2014
In men, being overweight was blamed for 136,000 new cases, and in women, 345,000 cancer diagnoses, most of them of the colon, kidney and breast.
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US town scraps bid to ban tobacco sales AAP - 21-11-2014
A bid to ban tobacco sales in a US town has been reversed. Health officials in a US town have voted to withdraw a proposal that would have
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Obesity costs hit $US2 trillion: report AAP - 21-11-2014
Obesity is costing 2.8 per cent of the global gross domestic product, or $US2 trillion, according to a McKinsey Global Institute report. A new report shows
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Qld now Australia's fattest state AAP - 20-11-2014
More than two-thirds of adults and a quarter of children in Queensland are overweight or obese, a new report says. Queenslanders are the fattest
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Australians urged to curb antibiotic use AAP - 19-11-2014
The misuse and overuse of antibiotics can put you at risk due to antibiotic resistance. WHY WE MUST STOP OVER USING ANTIBIOTICS:[subscribe] *
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Brain training works in groups only: study AAP - 24-11-2014
Brain training can boost memory and thinking skills but not when done alone at home, a study has found. Computer-based "brain training"
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Aussie health professionals sign up for Ebola response Karen Keast - 02-08-2016
More than a thousand health professionals have applied to join the Australian Government’s response to the Ebola
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Smoking banned in NSW national parks AAP - 17-11-2014
Smoking is to be banned in all 860 national parks in NSW, Environment Minister Rob Stokes has announced. Smoking is to be banned in NSW national
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Fewer Aussie teens getting suntans AAP - 17-11-2014
Fewer Australian teenagers are willing to bake themselves in the hot sun for the sake of a tan compared to 10 years ago, a Cancer Council survey has found.
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Health groups call for govt action on coal AAP - 14-11-2014
The Australian government is paying little attention to the health effects of the nation's reliance on coal, health organisations and unions warn.
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TV test could detect eye disease AAP - 12-11-2014
Scientists are hoping a new method for diagnosing eye disease will allow doctors to spot glaucoma early enough to save a patient's sight.
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Hershey Kiss protein forms boys' brains AAP - 12-11-2014
A protein named after the Hershey Kiss chocolate which stimulates a surge in testosterone is what causes male brains to develop differently from females.
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Health practitioner notifications on the rise Karen Keast - 11-11-2014
The number of notifications made about nurses and midwives, optometrists, physiotherapists, psychologists, osteopaths and medical radiation practitioners has increased in
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Hundreds of nurses and midwives keen to combat Ebola Karen Keast - 24-04-2015
Hundreds of Australian nurses and midwives want to join the fight against the deadly Ebola
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