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Call for Vic pharmacists to give flu jab
Date of Posting: 15-10-2014
Call for Victoria's government to allow pharmacists to give adult flu jabs in time for the 2015 influenza season. Victoria's community pharmacists could be providing adult flu jabs in time for the 2015 influenza season.[subscribe] The V Read More...
Toddler's family wants better ambo times
Date of Posting: 15-10-2014
Ambulance Victoria says a call about a drowning child was mistakenly made a lower priority, as the family calls for improvements to response times. The family of a toddler who drowned in the bath wants faster ambulance response times, but Ambulanc Read More...
Vic needs heatwave plan: auditor-general
Last Updated: 15-10-2014
As the temperature heats up, Victorian Auditor-General John Doyle says the state urgently needs an emergency heatwave plan. More people died during Victoria's 2009 heatwave than the Black Saturday bushfires, but the state still does not have a Read More...
Meningococcal kills toddler in north Qld
Date of Posting: 15-10-2014
The death of a toddler from meningococcal disease in Townsville has prompted a warning to react quickly to symptoms of the deadly illness. Public health authorities say the death of a toddler in north Queensland from meningococcal disease highligh Read More...
Scientists reprogram skin cells to help find a cure fo Alzheimer's
Date of Posting: 14-10-2014
Dr Lezanne Ooi, from the Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute based at UOW, is at the forefront of an exciting new branch of neuroscience that converts donated human cells back to their original pluripotent stem cell state so that they can Read More...
Help ads aimed at NSW gambling addicts
Date of Posting: 13-10-2014
A new NSW government campaign is urging problem gamblers to reach out for help - before it's too late. You don't have to hit rock-bottom before you seek help with a gambling problem.[subscribe] That's the message driving the latest Read More...
Dementia scarier than cancer for over 50s
Last Updated: 13-10-2014
Older people are more fearful of developing dementia than they are of cancer, a new poll suggests. Two-thirds of people over the age of 50 fear they will develop the condition, while just one in 10 said they were frightened of getting cancer.[subs Read More...
Clots as bad as heart disease: experts
Last Updated: 13-10-2014
Australians need to be made aware of their risks of getting a blood clot and the dangers that can follow, say medical experts. Blood clots kill at least an estimated 40 Australians a day and should be regarded as important as heart disease and dia Read More...
GPs pledge to ban drug company visits
Date of Posting: 10-10-2014
A group of Australian doctors has pledged to ban pharmaceutical companies visiting their practices but the AMA says the campaign is misguided. About 100 doctors have pledged to ban visits from pharmaceutical companies but the Australian Medical As Read More...
Warrior image poses mental problems: ADF
Date of Posting: 10-10-2014
Vice Admiral Ray Griggs says while the nation's soldiers are undoubtedly warriors, the term comes with traditional baggage. The vice chief of the Australian Defence Force says viewing the nation's soldiers as "warriors" poses pro Read More...
Don't panic over Ebola scare, says AMA
Date of Posting: 10-10-2014
The Australian Medical Association says there is no need to over-react about a Cairns nurse's Ebola scare. There's no need to panic or over-react due to the latest Ebola scare, the Australian Medical Association says.[subscribe] Cairns Read More...
First artificial hand with a sense of feel
Date of Posting: 09-10-2014
Two men have told US researchers that implanted electrodes in their artificial hands have allowed them to feel certain objects. Scientists are moving closer to an artificial hand that can feel.[subscribe] Implanted electrodes have allowed some Read More...
NSW dementia sufferers set to double
Last Updated: 09-10-2014
Western Sydney and coastal regions will be the areas in NSW most heavily impacted by dementia: study growth rates, new dementia prevalence rates show. The number of elderly people in NSW with dementia will more than double over the next 40 years, Read More...
People with dementia remember emotion
Last Updated: 09-10-2014
People with dementia remember the feelings associated with an event for a longer time, a study says, feeling the emotion after the memory has vanished. Although people with Alzheimer's disease forget things quickly, they can remember the feeli Read More...
Smart wearable body sensors for patient self-assessment and monitoring
Last Updated: 09-10-2014
Innovations in mobile and electronic healthcare are revolutionizing the involvement of both doctors and patients in the modern healthcare system by extending the capabilities of physiological monitoring devices [1,2]. Expansion of health information Read More...
NSW emergency to flood under GP co-payment
Date of Posting: 08-10-2014
About 500,000 extra people will go to emergency departments to avoid a GP co-payment, with an added cost of $80 million, NSW opposition claims. Emergency departments in NSW will be flooded with an extra half a million people a year if the federal Read More...
Coffee drinking 'is in your genes'
Date of Posting: 08-10-2014
A large study has found genetic links that may explain why a given amount of coffee or caffeine has different effects on different people. People's coffee-drinking habits are linked to their genes, scientists say.[subscribe] A large-scale s Read More...
Woman with womb transplant marvels at baby
Date of Posting: 08-10-2014
A Swedish woman who gave birth after a womb transplant has brushed off the stresses of caring for a newborn as she marvels at her miracle baby. The parents of the first baby born to a woman who had a womb transplant say they hope they can be an in Read More...
Dietitians respond to celebrity chef attack
Last Updated: 07-10-2014
It may focus on fresh fruit and vegetables but the Paleo diet fails to serve up all the nutrients our bodies need, as recommended in the revised Australian Dietary Guidelines (ADGs). Instead, the Paleo diet dishes up a high protein, high fat, low Read More...
Men give health the cold shoulder: study
Date of Posting: 07-10-2014
A Movember Foundation study finds men still have a way to go in taking their health and wellbeing seriously. Gather round gents and lean in lads, here's some advice: stop giving your health and wellbeing the cold shoulder.[subscribe] A stud Read More...
Nurse first Ebola victim outside Africa
Date of Posting: 07-10-2014
A Spanish nurse who treated two Ebola victims at a Madrid hospital has become the first person to contract the disease outside Africa. A Spanish nurse who treated two Ebola victims at a Madrid hospital has contracted the virus herself in the first Read More...
Anti-dengue mozzies released in Rio
Date of Posting: 03-10-2014
Brazil has begun releasing mosquitoes immunised against dengue fever in a bid to cut the number of people who contract the illness. Ten thousand mosquitoes immunised against dengue fever have been released in Brazil as part of an innovative attemp Read More...
Alcohol may reduce sperm quality: study
Date of Posting: 03-10-2014
The more alcohol men consume, the weaker the quality of their sperm, a study has found. Drinking just five units of alcohol every week could reduce the quality of a man's sperm, new research suggests.[subscribe] And the more alcohol consume Read More...
Date of Posting: 03-10-2014
Despite a long-standing immunisation program, whooping cough remains highly prevalent in Australia. WHAT IS WHOOPING COUGH?[subscribe] Pertussis, known more commonly as whooping cough, is a respiratory infection that causes a long coughing illnes Read More...
Being neurotic linked to Alzheimer's
Date of Posting: 03-10-2014
A 38-year study has found that neurotic women have a higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease in later life, researchers say. Anxious, jealous, moody or distressed middle aged women may be putting themselves at risk of developing Alzheime Read More...
Kids get new hands made with 3D printer
Last Updated: 03-10-2014
A US surgeon has met the need for prosthetic hands in children by creating them on a 3D printer for about $20. When trauma surgeon Albert Chi gave a talk last year about advanced prosthetics and was asked what was easy, available and affordable, h Read More...
Combined cancer treatment hailed
Date of Posting: 02-10-2014
Combining immunotherapy and radiotherapy helps the immune system hunt down and destroy cancer cells not killed by the initial radiotherapy, a study says. Treating cancers with immunotherapy and radiotherapy at the same time could stop them becomin Read More...
Long-acting insulin safer, more effective
Date of Posting: 02-10-2014
Researchers say long-acting insulin significantly improves haemoglobin A1C levels, a measure of effective blood sugar control. Long-acting insulin is safer and more effective than intermediate-acting insulin for patients with Type 1 diabetes, acco Read More...
Birth methods 'affect disease risk'
Date of Posting: 02-10-2014
A documentary examines the link between diseases linked to the immune system, such as Type 1 diabetes and asthma, and modern birth methods. A major documentary film being shown around the world examines how modern birth practices could be making o Read More...
Weight factor behind diabetes in pregnancy
Date of Posting: 01-10-2014
Researchers say the strongest individual risk factor in women who develop gestational diabetes is being overweight or obese before pregnancy. Nearly half of all cases of diabetes during pregnancy can be prevented if young women eat well, exercise Read More...
Smoking during pregnancy affects fertility
Date of Posting: 01-10-2014
Researchers say women who smoke during pregnancy may be jeopardising the future fertility of their sons. LONDON, PAA - Mothers who smoke during pregnancy could damage the future fertility of their sons, new research has found.[subscribe] Expert Read More...
Ambulance Victoria CEO resigns
Date of Posting: 30-09-2014
Ambulance Victoria's chief executive Greg Sassella is resigning from his job of 12 years to spend more time with his family. Ambulance Victoria chief executive Greg Sassella has resigned.[subscribe] Mr Sassella, who oversaw the merger of th Read More...
Smaller pay rise for Queensland nurses and midwives
Date of Posting: 30-09-2014
More than 33,000 Queensland public sector nurses and midwives will receive a 2.2 per cent pay rise from April next year, less than the three previous years’ pay rises at 3 per cent. The April 1 pay rise comes alongside a $500 productivity bo Read More...
Antibiotics at early age ups obesity risk
Date of Posting: 30-09-2014
The risk of obesity in children rises if they are given antibiotics before the age of two, a US study says. Kids treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics before age two face a higher risk of childhood obesity, a US study says.[subscribe] The res Read More...
Girls lack iron due to energy drinks
Date of Posting: 30-09-2014
A British food industry body says teenage girls are showing increasing iron deficiency because of high-caffeine energy drinks. Rising levels of iron deficiency among teenage girls may be linked to an increase in the amount of high-caffeine energy Read More...
Mosquito-borne illness hits The Americas
Date of Posting: 29-09-2014
Chikunganya, a disease which emerged in Africa is sweeping through South America, causing devastating illness, although only few fatalities. SANTO DOMINGO, AP - An excruciating mosquito-borne illness that arrived less than a year ago in the Americ Read More...
Cervical cancer check 'delays' revealed
Date of Posting: 29-09-2014
Young woman are delaying seeing doctors when they have symptoms of cervical cancer, according a UK study. Young women with cervical cancer "frequently" delay seeking help from their doctors, experts have said.[subscribe] When women no Read More...
Severe malaria risk in the genes: study
Date of Posting: 29-09-2014
A large international study has identified five genes that play a role in whether people develop severe malaria or not. Five genes that play a role in either protecting or making people more susceptible to severe malaria could be used to identify Read More...
Green light for critical blood drug
Date of Posting: 29-09-2014
A drug to battle a rare killer blood disease will be immediately available through the PBS after nearly two years of negotiation gridlock. Australians battling a killer blood disease will be granted immediate access to life-saving and prolonging t Read More...
Breast cancer drug extends life: study
Last Updated: 29-09-2014
A study has shown that a new drug has extended the lives of some patients with advanced breast cancer by almost 16 months. A drug developed by Swiss giant Roche to treat an aggressive form of breast cancer has been shown to extend patients' li Read More...
