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• Labor promises free cancer screening

  Fetched: August 31st, 2008, 5:56pm CDT

  The Stanhope Government says women who have breast cancer would no longer have to pay hundreds of dollars for regular mammograms if the Labor party is re-elected.

• Swan opens up about his cancer battle at fundraiser

  Fetched: August 31st, 2008, 5:56pm CDT

  Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan has shared his own experience with cancer at the launch of a fundraising campaign for cancer research.

• Opposition claims Govt manipulating hospital bed figures

  Fetched: August 31st, 2008, 5:56pm CDT

  The Queensland Opposition has accused the State Government of manipulating hospital bed figures by including other pieces of furniture in the count.

• Flying foxes 'may be spreading Hendra virus'

  Fetched: August 30th, 2008, 11:35pm CDT

  Scientists are investigating whether flying foxes are involuntarily reacting to the loss of habitat in Queensland by spreading deadly viruses including Hendra.

• Funding not easing elective surgery waiting lists: AMA

  Fetched: August 30th, 2008, 11:35pm CDT

  The Australian Medical Association is concerned Commonwealth funding to cut Tasmania's elective surgery waiting lists is a band-aid solution.

• Guest workers scheme under fire from AIDS groups

  Fetched: August 30th, 2008, 5:57am CDT

  The Federal Government's Pacific guest worker scheme has been criticised by HIV AIDS support groups in Papua New Guinea.

• Libs promise $50m for Kalgoorlie hospital

  Fetched: August 30th, 2008, 5:57am CDT

  The Opposition Leader Colin Barnett has pledged $50 million to upgrade Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital if the Liberals win government.

• Calls for screening for heart disease gene

  Fetched: August 30th, 2008, 5:57am CDT

  Australian health authorities could prevent costly heart disease cases with a targeted genetic screening program, some experts suggest.

• Flu sufferers should stay home

  Fetched: August 29th, 2008, 9:59pm CDT

  The Health Department says Tasmanians sick with the flu should stay home.

• Haneef to seek compensation, lawyer confirms

  Fetched: August 29th, 2008, 11:19am CDT

  A lawyer representing Mohamed Haneef says his client will be seeking compensation after the Australian Federal Police officially dropped the Indian-born doctor as a person of interest.

• Elective surgery waiting list continues to swell

  Fetched: August 29th, 2008, 11:19am CDT

  Elective surgery waiting lists in Tasmania have blown out again.

• SafeWork investigating beam fall in Adelaide

  Fetched: August 29th, 2008, 11:19am CDT

  SafeWork SA is investigating an accident in the city after a steel beam fell out of a sling 12 metres above the ground.

• Liberals pressured about donations from tobacco companies

  Fetched: August 29th, 2008, 11:19am CDT

  The Liberal Party spokesman for Health, Kim Hames, has told a health forum he can not give a guarantee the party will no longer accept donations from tobacco companies.

• A number of viruses to blame for flu outbreak

  Fetched: August 29th, 2008, 11:19am CDT

  Tasmania's Health Department says a number of viruses have caused the high level of absenteesim at Lauderdale Primary School in the state's south.

• WHO calls for life expectancy gap to be closed

  Fetched: August 29th, 2008, 11:19am CDT

  A report from the World Health Organisation has concluded that no matter where you live in the world, social injustice is one of the biggest causes of poor health and early death.

• AFP drops case against Haneef

  Fetched: August 29th, 2008, 11:19am CDT

  The AFP has declared that the Indian-born doctor Mohamed Haneef is no longer a person of interest.

• Hospital crisis claims inappropriate: Robertson

  Fetched: August 29th, 2008, 3:45am CDT

  Queensland Health Minister Stephen Robertson has again rejected suggestions from doctors and the State Opposition that problems in the health system are worse than ever before.

• Country health task force flags key finding

  Fetched: August 29th, 2008, 3:45am CDT

  A task force investigating the South Australian Government's country health plan says its final report will recommend that smaller country hospitals keep their staff and services.

• Health council airs merger fears

  Fetched: August 29th, 2008, 3:45am CDT

  The Bundaberg Health Community Council (HCC) says it is concerned the community will be left in the dark after the Wide Bay health district is absorbed by the Sunshine Coast.

• MP labels Govt 'gutless' over outback hospital plans

  Fetched: August 29th, 2008, 3:45am CDT

  The Member for Gregory, Vaughan Johnson, says residents in Aramac remain "shell-shocked" over Queensland Health's planned changes to their local hospital.

• Alcopops tax unlikely to curb binge drinking: researchers

  Fetched: August 29th, 2008, 3:45am CDT

  New research says raising the tax on alcopops is unlikely to result in a reduction in binge drinking.

• Pair plead guilty to theft of AFL player medical records

  Fetched: August 29th, 2008, 3:45am CDT

  A man and a woman from the Melbourne suburb of Ivanhoe have pleaded guilty to the theft of the medical records of two AFL players.

• Food company fined over worker injury

  Fetched: August 29th, 2008, 3:45am CDT

  McCain Foods has been fined $75,000 for breaching safety laws at its Ballarat factory.

• Qld hospitals in meltdown, Oppn says

  Fetched: August 29th, 2008, 3:45am CDT

  Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg says the worst health crisis ever seen in Queensland has emerged this week.

• Gastro outbreak at Eliza Purton

  Fetched: August 29th, 2008, 3:45am CDT

  A nursing home on Tasmania's North-West coast is dealing with an outbreak of gastro.

• Communities waiting for sniffing bans

  Fetched: August 29th, 2008, 3:45am CDT

  A central Australian youth worker says many communities are still waiting for the Northern Territory Government to approve bans on sniffable substances.

• Mersey back in state hands

  Fetched: August 29th, 2008, 3:45am CDT

  The Tasmanian Government will run the Mersey Community Hospital in the North West again from Monday.

• Magazine with 'too thin' models pulled

  Fetched: August 29th, 2008, 3:45am CDT

  A Quebec publisher apologised on Thursday for promoting scrawny female forms in a young women's magazine, which he also pulled from stores amid a public outcry.

• ATSB can't rule out another in-flight cylinder blast

  Fetched: August 29th, 2008, 3:45am CDT

  Air safety investigators say they cannot rule out another oxygen cylinder exploding during a flight, similar to the incident which happened on a Qantas flight in July.

• Chinatown pagodas closed after more Brisbane safety fears

  Fetched: August 29th, 2008, 3:45am CDT

  Public safety fears have forced the closure of a second Brisbane landmark in a week.

• Court warning for tanning companies

  Fetched: August 29th, 2008, 3:45am CDT

  The Federal Court has ruled tanning salons breached the Trade Practices Act by publishing misleading claims about solarium use.

• Survey reveals big drop in cannabis use

  Fetched: August 28th, 2008, 6:44pm CDT

  A commonwealth report has revealed a significant decline in cannabis use in Western Australia.

• MP wants patient deaths inquest sooner

  Fetched: August 28th, 2008, 6:44pm CDT

  A New South Wales Nationals MP is calling for the coronial inquest into the deaths of two men in the state's south to be brought forward.

• AMA seeks meeting over hospitals 'in crisis'

  Fetched: August 28th, 2008, 6:44pm CDT

  The Australian Medical Association's Queensland president says he will seek a meeting with the State Government to discuss the current crisis facing some hospitals.

• 800 patients missing off surgery lists

  Fetched: August 28th, 2008, 6:44pm CDT

  Tasmania's Health Department has uncovered 800 patients who should have been added to the State's elective surgery waiting lists.

• Runner ends Sydney-Adelaide trek

  Fetched: August 28th, 2008, 6:44pm CDT

  A soldier has finished a month-long run from Sydney to Adelaide, raising thousands of dollars for breast cancer research.

• Board says doctor may continue to practise during review

  Fetched: August 28th, 2008, 6:44pm CDT

  The Medical Practitioners Board says Professor Thomas Kossman may continue to practise as an orthopaedic surgeon while his professional conduct is under review.

• AIDS spreads faster in Big Apple: report

  Fetched: August 28th, 2008, 6:44pm CDT

  The AIDS virus spreads in New York City three times faster than in the rest of the United States, the city's health department said in a report on the deadly disease.

• Mandatory seatbelts on school buses too costly: Govt

  Fetched: August 28th, 2008, 6:44pm CDT

  The Queensland Government says it will not make seatbelts mandatory on all school buses.

• Ambulance union backs dying patients claim

  Fetched: August 28th, 2008, 12:29am CDT

  The union representing Queensland paramedics has backed claims that patients have died because they could not get a hospital bed.

• GMO ban extension

  Fetched: August 28th, 2008, 12:29am CDT

  Tasmania's ban on genetically modified food crops is to continue.

• Senior health official cleared of fraud charges

  Fetched: August 28th, 2008, 12:29am CDT

  A former senior official with WA's health department has been found not guilty of more than one hundred fraud related charges.

• Union joins fight to clean up asbestos mine

  Fetched: August 28th, 2008, 12:29am CDT

  One of Australia's biggest unions is joining Tamworth Regional Council to get the New South Wales Government to clean up an abandoned mine site at Barraba.

• Death toll rises in Canada food poisoning outbreak

  Fetched: August 27th, 2008, 10:48pm CDT

  The death toll from contaminated delicatessen meats in Canada has risen to 15.

• Renewed concern about ambulance ramping

  Fetched: August 27th, 2008, 10:48pm CDT

  There are renewed concerns that overcrowding at the Royal Hobart Hospital is turning the city's ambulances into glorified waiting rooms.

• Speech pathologist urges remote health funds boost

  Fetched: August 27th, 2008, 10:48pm CDT

  A speech pathologist at Alice Springs Hospital says central Australia has a chronic shortage of the specialists.

• Doctors gagged over Townsville hospital crisis

  Fetched: August 27th, 2008, 10:48pm CDT

  Doctors at Townsville hospital in Queensland's north have been told not to talk to the media about the facility being put on internal disaster status.

• Robertson rejects Gold Coast hospitals in crisis

  Fetched: August 27th, 2008, 10:48pm CDT

  Queensland Health Minister Stephen Robertson says the State Government has done more for Gold Coast public hospital patients than the Opposition would have done if they were in power.

• Can we sell it? No you can't, says watchdog

  Fetched: August 27th, 2008, 10:48pm CDT

  Australia's television regulator is proposing tougher guidelines to protect children from the dangers of advertising.

• New diabetes drug hits the shelves

  Fetched: August 27th, 2008, 10:48pm CDT

  Australian patients will have access to a new way to treat type two diabetes.

• Inflation deflating women: report

  Fetched: August 27th, 2008, 10:48pm CDT

  A new report has found that the wellbeing of women is greatly affected by rising inflation.

• Claim patients dying because of hospital wait times

  Fetched: August 27th, 2008, 10:48pm CDT

  Queensland Health Minister Stephen Robertson says he is not aware that any Queenslanders have died because of a shortage of public hospital beds.

• School hit by flu outbreak

  Fetched: August 27th, 2008, 5:19pm CDT

  A primary school near Hobart is dealing with a major influenza epidemic.

• Lack of storage delays Opal roll-out

  Fetched: August 27th, 2008, 1:41pm CDT

  The Federal Health Department says the roll-out of a fuel that does not give sniffers a high has been delayed, because there is nowhere in the Northern Territory to store it.

• Robertson denies hospitals in crisis

  Fetched: August 27th, 2008, 1:41pm CDT

  The Queensland Health Minister has hit back at Opposition claims that hospitals across the state are in crisis.

• Govt urged to increase funding for GP drug advice

  Fetched: August 27th, 2008, 1:41pm CDT

  Consumer advocate group Choice, says the lack of independent information about prescription drugs could put patients at a disadvantage.

• Senate report says Medicare changes should go ahead

  Fetched: August 27th, 2008, 1:41pm CDT

  A Senate report into lifting the Medicare levy surcharge says it should go ahead, despite it being difficult to calculate how it will affect Australia's health system.

• Calls for relaxed surrogacy laws

  Fetched: August 27th, 2008, 1:41pm CDT

  A parliamentary committee looking at surrogacy laws in Tasmania has recommended the regulations be relaxed.

• Calls for free flu vaccine for chronic disease sufferers

  Fetched: August 27th, 2008, 3:37am CDT

  The Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee has recommended the flu vaccine be given free of charge to pregnant women and anyone with chronic conditions such as asthma or diabetes.

• Doctor tells of mid-flight birth

  Fetched: August 27th, 2008, 3:37am CDT

  An Adelaide doctor has told how she helped deliver a baby boy on a international flight between Hong Kong and Adelaide.

• Petrol sniffing getting worse, elders say

  Fetched: August 27th, 2008, 3:37am CDT

  Health authorities are grappling with a surge in petrol sniffing in the Top End of the Northern Territory, just as a review highlights problems with the way the issue has been dealt with in central Australia.

• Fed Govt urged to compensate for Medicare levy changes

  Fetched: August 27th, 2008, 3:37am CDT

  Family First Senator Steve Fielding wants the Federal Government to compensate low-income families for the increases in private health insurance premiums expected under changes to the Medicare levy surcharge.

• Not enough independent drug advice for GPs: Choice

  Fetched: August 27th, 2008, 3:37am CDT

  Consumer advocate group Choice has raised concerns about a lack of independent advice for GPs on prescription drugs.

• Fears held for Aramac hospital future

  Fetched: August 27th, 2008, 3:37am CDT

  Concerns have been raised over the future of the local hospital in the small western Queensland town of Aramac.

• Townsville hospital in meltdown: Opposition

  Fetched: August 26th, 2008, 11:39pm CDT

  Queensland Health Minister Stephen Robertson says the State Government will consider transferring patients out of Townsville hospital if an overload of patients continues.

• Woman gives birth on Adelaide-bound flight

  Fetched: August 26th, 2008, 11:39pm CDT

  A woman has given birth on a international flight between Hong Kong and Adelaide, forcing the plane to make an unscheduled landing in Darwin.

• Health service keeps mum over asbestos mine report

  Fetched: August 26th, 2008, 11:39pm CDT

  Hunter New England Health is remaining tight-lipped on a report it has prepared on the public health issues surrounding the Woodsreef asbestos mine near Barraba in northern New South Wales.

• Townsville hospital flooded with patients

  Fetched: August 26th, 2008, 11:39pm CDT

  Townsville Hospital has been forced to activate an internal disaster status as it struggles to cope with an influx of patients.

• Surrogacy to remain illegal

  Fetched: August 26th, 2008, 8:54pm CDT

  A parliamentary committee has recommended surrogacy remain illegal in Tasmania.

• Country health concerns persist: SA Oppn

  Fetched: August 26th, 2008, 8:54pm CDT

  The State Opposition is accusing the Government of ignoring the task force set up to investigate proposed changes to country health services.

• Minister rejects claims of LGH doctor crisis

  Fetched: August 26th, 2008, 8:54pm CDT

  The Tasmanian Government has been taken to task in State Parliament over claims of staffing shortages at the Launceston General Hospital.

• Qld Health works to curb drug overdoses

  Fetched: August 26th, 2008, 8:54pm CDT

  Police and the Health Department are pooling resources to help reduce the number of drug overdoses in central Queensland.

• Staff shortages hampering fight against petrol sniffing: review

  Fetched: August 26th, 2008, 8:54pm CDT

  The Federal Government's review of its petrol sniffing strategy has found it is poorly staffed and at times hamstrung by the Northern Territory intervention.

• Hopes new drug may save Laos jungle survivor

  Fetched: August 26th, 2008, 9:55am CDT

  The mother of the Australian man who survived 11 days in a Laos jungle says the family is waiting to see if a new drug saves her son's life.

• Indonesia's 'tree man' home after treatment

  Fetched: August 26th, 2008, 6:41am CDT

  An Indonesian man dubbed the "tree man" because of gnarled growths on his body has returned from hospital after six kilograms of warts were surgically removed from his body, a doctor has said.

• Canadian officials expect more food poisoning cases

  Fetched: August 26th, 2008, 6:41am CDT

  A Toronto deli meats plant appears to be linked to the food poisoning deaths of 12 people in Canada.

• Townsville Hospital bed shortages at 'disaster' level

  Fetched: August 26th, 2008, 6:41am CDT

  There is renewed concern over emergency ward bed shortages at the Townsville Hospital.

• Liberals call for school food programs to combat indigenous malnutrition

  Fetched: August 26th, 2008, 6:41am CDT

  The Liberal candidate for the Kimberley has suggested increasing publicly funded, school based food programs to reduce malnutrition amongst indigenous children.

• Govt urged to rethink school start age law

  Fetched: August 26th, 2008, 6:41am CDT

  Parents in Tasmania are lobbying the State Government to allow them to hold their children back from starting school.

• Burns happy with potential oncology organisation

  Fetched: August 26th, 2008, 6:41am CDT

  The Health Minister Chris Burns says he's not concerned that the organisation earmarked to run Darwin's oncology unit has been underdosing some of its patients.

• DOCS drops pursuit of anti-vaccine couple

  Fetched: August 26th, 2008, 6:41am CDT

  The New South Wales Department of Community Services (DOCS) has decided not to pursue further action against a Sydney couple that is refusing to vaccinate their week-old baby.

• AMSA calls for greater medical teaching in rural areas

  Fetched: August 26th, 2008, 6:41am CDT

  The Australian Medical Students' Association (AMSA) says there has been an increasing number of medical students in recent years, but they are not taking jobs in the areas of highest need.

• Incense linked to respiratory cancers

  Fetched: August 26th, 2008, 6:41am CDT

  Researchers in the United States say regular incense smoke inhalation could put people at risk of cancers of the respiratory tract.

• Date set for patient deaths inquest

  Fetched: August 26th, 2008, 6:41am CDT

  A date has been set for the inquest into the deaths of two patients at the Tocumwal District Hospital in southern New South Wales.

• Glut of medical graduates 'face training bottleneck'

  Fetched: August 26th, 2008, 6:41am CDT

  Medical students say young interns are missing out on adequate training because there are too many places for students being created at medical schools.

• Quarantine lifting looms for Hendra virus property

  Fetched: August 26th, 2008, 6:41am CDT

  The Department of Primary Industries could lift a quarantine order by the end of the week on a north Queensland property affect by an outbreak of Hendra virus.

• Indigenous health project targets outback town

  Fetched: August 26th, 2008, 6:41am CDT

  A western New South Wales town has been chosen for a pilot project to improve the life expectancy of Indigenous adults and infant mortality.

• Mistakes caused 61 hospital deaths: report

  Fetched: August 26th, 2008, 6:41am CDT

  Serious medical mistakes have caused the deaths of 61 people at western Sydney hospitals over the past two years, according to internal Health Department documents.

• 12 dead after food poisoning outbreak

  Fetched: August 26th, 2008, 6:41am CDT

  Canadian health officials say 12 people have died from an outbreak of listeriosis, a bacterial infection caused by food poisoning.

• Govt 'caving into pressure' over tobacco laws

  Fetched: August 25th, 2008, 6:08pm CDT

  Anti-smoking groups have criticised the ACT Government for delaying its tough tobacco laws saying it has bowed to pressure from retailers.

• 'Hepatitis baby': DOCS seeks further orders

  Fetched: August 25th, 2008, 6:08pm CDT

  The New South Wales Department of Community Services (DOCS) will return to the Supreme Court today to seek further orders over a couple's refusal to vaccinate their newborn baby.

• Doctors fight to save Laos jungle survivor

  Fetched: August 25th, 2008, 6:08pm CDT

  Doctors in Thailand are fighting to save the life of an Australian man who spent 11 days lost in a Laos jungle.

• Unexplained gunshot wounds prompt police probe

  Fetched: August 25th, 2008, 5:01pm CDT

  Two men are in a stable condition after arriving separately at a hospital in Sydney's south-west with gunshot wounds.

• Evidence supports action against 'hep B' baby's parents: DOCS

  Fetched: August 25th, 2008, 5:43am CDT

  The Department of Community Services (DOCS) says it has compelling medical evidence to support the action being taken against a Sydney couple refusing to vaccinate their baby boy.

• Healthy food 'a luxury item' in Aboriginal communities

  Fetched: August 25th, 2008, 5:43am CDT

  An expert in Aboriginal health says people living in remote communities are forced to eat a lot of flour and sugar because they can't afford to buy healthy food.

• Study to shed light on vitamin D deficiency

  Fetched: August 25th, 2008, 5:43am CDT

  Researchers believe as many as two out of every three Tasmanian adolescents could be vitamin D deficient.

• Court extends order for 'hep B' baby

  Fetched: August 25th, 2008, 5:43am CDT

  The New South Wales Supreme Court has extended an order forcing a couple to immunise their newborn baby against hepatitis B.

• Eye surgery blitz continues in central Australia

  Fetched: August 25th, 2008, 5:43am CDT

  Aboriginal people from 13 remote communities, as well as Tennant Creek and Alice Springs, will get sight-restoring operations this week.

• Graphic anti-smoking ads save 60,000 lives: Quit

  Fetched: August 25th, 2008, 5:43am CDT

  Anti-smoking group Quit says graphic advertising campaigns have saved nearly 60,000 lives.

• Surgeon to face misconduct charges

  Fetched: August 25th, 2008, 5:43am CDT

  A prominent Darling Downs surgeon in southern Queensland will face a disciplinary hearing next week on charges of unsatisfactory professional misconduct.

• Pastoralist slams aero-medical review

  Fetched: August 25th, 2008, 5:43am CDT

  A Northern Territory pastoralist is warning remote dwellers are at the mercy of an unreliable and under resourced aero-medical service.

• Vic paramedics trial ketamine pain relief

  Fetched: August 25th, 2008, 5:43am CDT

  Injured people may be given stronger pain relief before they are taken to hospital, if a Victorian trial proves successful.

• Hospital denies interns are unsupervised

  Fetched: August 25th, 2008, 5:43am CDT

  The Launceston General Hospital has denied claims that interns are working unsupervised and with insufficient training.

• Mine researchers land US contract

  Fetched: August 25th, 2008, 12:03am CDT

  The Queensland Government's mine research unit has been awarded a $350,000 contract in the United States.

• Vic paramedics trial new pain relief

  Fetched: August 25th, 2008, 12:03am CDT

  Injured people may be given stronger pain relief before they are taken to hospital, if a Victorian trial proves successful.

• Memorial service pays tribute to dead vet

  Fetched: August 25th, 2008, 12:03am CDT

  A memorial service has been held for a south-east Queensland veterinarian who died after being exposed to Hendra virus.

• Staff shortage affecting intern training: AMA

  Fetched: August 25th, 2008, 12:03am CDT

  The Australian Medical Association is concerned intern doctors are not getting enough training in the emergency department at the Launceston General Hospital.

• Physician assistants trial for Adelaide hospitals

  Fetched: August 25th, 2008, 12:03am CDT

  Public hospitals in Adelaide will trial a new medical position called a physician assistant, and bring in six assistants from the United States to see if the scheme will work.

• Quarantine lifted as mourners prepare to honour dead vet

  Fetched: August 24th, 2008, 9:40pm CDT

  The quarantine placed on a south-east Queensland veterinary clinic at the centre of a deadly Hendra virus outbreak will be lifted later today.

• Full strength spirits 'targeted at young people'

  Fetched: August 24th, 2008, 9:40pm CDT

  A peak drug and alcohol research centre says there is evidence that liquor stores are heavily marketing full strength spirits to young people.

• Heart Foundation applauds Govt's fat-busting town initiative

  Fetched: August 24th, 2008, 9:40pm CDT

  The Heart Foundation has praised the Queensland Government's plan to offer $1 million to communities that come up with the best ideas to tackle obesity.

• Vaccine battle: DOCS 'likely' to extend court order

  Fetched: August 24th, 2008, 9:40pm CDT

  The New South Wales Department of Community Services (DOCS) will return to court today to try and force a couple to immunise their baby against hepatitis B.

• More Bundaberg hospital fears aired

  Fetched: August 24th, 2008, 9:40pm CDT

  New concerns have been raised about staffing and bed shortages at the Bundaberg Base Hospital in south-east Queensland.

• Qld Oppn slams Bligh's fat-busting town scheme

  Fetched: August 24th, 2008, 5:03am CDT

  The Queensland Opposition has slammed a State Government plan to offer a prize for communities that come up with the best ideas to combat obesity.

• Nurses union raises concerns over emergency call centres

  Fetched: August 23rd, 2008, 11:25pm CDT

  The New South Wales Nurses Association says it is concerned about the employment standards of the private contractor which will run new call centres linked to Sydney's hospital emergency departments.

• Daughter reveals Thatcher's battle with dementia

  Fetched: August 23rd, 2008, 11:25pm CDT

  The daughter of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher has told how her mother's dementia has left her struggling to remember the simplest facts.

• $1m reward for fat-busting towns

  Fetched: August 23rd, 2008, 11:25pm CDT

  The Queensland Government is offering $1 million to the communities that come up with the best ideas to combat obesity.

• Adelaide hospitals to trial physician assistants

  Fetched: August 23rd, 2008, 11:25pm CDT

  Public hospitals in Adelaide will begin trialing a new medical position called a physician assistant, and will bring in six assistants from America to see if the scheme will work.

• Government rejects claims about hospital site

  Fetched: August 23rd, 2008, 11:25pm CDT

  The Tasmanian Government is standing by an engineering assessment of the proposed new Royal Hobart Hospital site amid criticism that it is not unsuitable.

• Parents still on the run over baby's vaccine

  Fetched: August 23rd, 2008, 11:25pm CDT

  Authorities are still searching for a Sydney couple who are in hiding after refusing to have their newborn baby vaccinated against hepatitis B.

• Men charged over Palm Island grog run

  Fetched: August 23rd, 2008, 11:25pm CDT

  Three men have been charged with attempting to smuggle a large amount of alcohol onto Queensland's Palm Island.

• Couple remains in hiding with baby to avoid vaccination

  Fetched: August 23rd, 2008, 10:02am CDT

  A Sydney couple remains in hiding over an attempt by authorities to force them to vaccinate their newborn baby against hepatitis B.

• Couple remain in hiding with baby to avoid vaccination

  Fetched: August 23rd, 2008, 7:34am CDT

  A Sydney couple remain in hiding over an attempt by authorities to force them to vaccinate their newborn baby against hepatitis B.

• Singapore 'on verge of hand, foot and mouth outbreak'

  Fetched: August 22nd, 2008, 11:54pm CDT

  Singapore is on the verge of a hand, foot and mouth disease outbreak, the Straits Times reported, quoting Government health officials.

• NSW recalls heaters over fire risks

  Fetched: August 22nd, 2008, 11:54pm CDT

  The New South Wales Department of Fair Trading is warning people against using certain brands of bathroom heater.

• Govt may face class action over Pan collapse

  Fetched: August 22nd, 2008, 10:49pm CDT

  A natural health care consultant says at least 100 people have expressed interest in suing the Commonwealth Government for compensation over the collapse of Pan Pharmaceuticals.

• Committee considers organ donor review submissions

  Fetched: August 22nd, 2008, 10:49pm CDT

  A parliamentary review of Queensland's organ donation system has received close to 50 public submissions.

• Further help for accident victims

  Fetched: August 22nd, 2008, 10:49pm CDT

  Tasmania's latest purpose built care facility for people seriously injured in car accidents has opened in the state's north west.

• Darwin youth urged to take free health checks

  Fetched: August 22nd, 2008, 10:49pm CDT

  Young people in Darwin aged between 16 and 21 are being encouraged to take advantage of free health checks.

• Court order to immunise child

  Fetched: August 22nd, 2008, 10:49pm CDT

  The New South Wales Department of Community Services has taken out a Supreme Court order to force the parents of a three-day-old baby to immunise the child against Hepatitis B.

• Cholesterol drug linked to cancer deaths

  Fetched: August 22nd, 2008, 10:49pm CDT

  Australian health authorities say they will review new information raising possible safety concerns about a popular cholesterol-lowering medication.

• New device allows for faster lung cancer diagnosis

  Fetched: August 22nd, 2008, 10:13am CDT

  The Austin Hospital in Melbourne has introduced a new machine to make lung cancer diagnosis a same-day procedure.

• Doctors perform heart valve replacement without major surgery

  Fetched: August 22nd, 2008, 5:38am CDT

  Few doctors could have imagined that they would one day be able to replace diseased heart valves without open heart surgery.

• Supermarket embarrassed over Daffodil Day funds

  Fetched: August 22nd, 2008, 5:38am CDT

  The Queensland Cancer Council has warned people buying flowers for Daffodil Day to make sure the proceeds are given to the charity.

• Liberals release health policy

  Fetched: August 22nd, 2008, 5:38am CDT

  The State Opposition has promised to fund an extra 8,000 elective operations over the next two years.

• Study begins into veteran suicide

  Fetched: August 22nd, 2008, 5:38am CDT

  The Federal Government has launched a study which will investigate the extent of suicide among veterans.

• Minister rules out extra help for sex workers

  Fetched: August 22nd, 2008, 5:38am CDT

  The Health Minister Lara Giddings has rejected the suggestion of a dedicated health support service for sex workers.

• Aust doctors perform breakthrough heart surgery

  Fetched: August 22nd, 2008, 5:38am CDT

  A revolutionary procedure which will reduce the need for open heart surgery in older people has been conducted for the first time in Australia.

• Calls for regional cancer centres

  Fetched: August 22nd, 2008, 5:38am CDT

  The Cancer Council is calling for cancer treatment centres to be built across regional Australia.

• Diabetes and obesity costs blowing out

  Fetched: August 22nd, 2008, 5:38am CDT

  Health economists predict more than 4.5 million Australians will be obese by the year 2025, imposing a significant economic cost on the nation.

• Foodworks accused of Daffodil Day exploitation

  Fetched: August 21st, 2008, 10:38pm CDT

  Cancer Council Queensland (CCQ) has accused an independent supermarket chain of exploiting Daffodil Day by selling the flowers for profit instead of for charity.

• Hendra virus review welcomed

  Fetched: August 21st, 2008, 10:38pm CDT

  The Queensland Horse Council (QHC) has welcomed an independent review of the handling of the latest Hendra virus outbreak, but says there needs to be more focus on research.

• 4m Australians now obese, diabetes more than doubles: study

  Fetched: August 21st, 2008, 10:38pm CDT

  A new study has found that nearly 4 million Australians are obese, with a cost to the nation of nearly $58 billion a year.

• HRT may be worth cancer risk, study suggests

  Fetched: August 21st, 2008, 10:38pm CDT

  Women using hormone replacement therapy (HRT) have new information to help them make up their minds on whether to use the therapy or not.

• Queenslanders urged to back Daffodil Day

  Fetched: August 21st, 2008, 10:38pm CDT

  The Cancer Council Queensland (CCQ) says one-in-three Queenslanders will develop cancer and urges the public will support today's annual Daffodil Day fundraiser.

• Govt working on recruitment for Tennant birthing unit

  Fetched: August 21st, 2008, 10:38pm CDT

  Chief Minister Paul Henderson says Tennant Creek won't have birthing facilities until the local health service can overcome recruitment problems.

• Daffodil Day turns 15

  Fetched: August 21st, 2008, 10:38pm CDT

  Today is the 15th annual Daffodil Day to raise money for cancer research.

• HRT benefits for older women unearthed

  Fetched: August 21st, 2008, 10:38pm CDT

  New Australian research has found that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can improve sleep and sexual function and lessen joint pain in older women.

• Smoking on the big screen translates into real-life addictions

  Fetched: August 21st, 2008, 10:38pm CDT

  Tobacco promotions and depictions of smoking in movies cause teenagers to start smoking, a study has found.

• Big increase in cancer survival rates

  Fetched: August 21st, 2008, 10:38pm CDT

  The Cancer Council says new figures show there has been a 30 per cent increase in the number of people surviving cancer over the last 20 years.

• Independent review to examine Hendra virus outbreak

  Fetched: August 21st, 2008, 5:52pm CDT

  The Queensland Government has announced an independent review of the Primary Industry Department's handling of the Hendra virus outbreak that claimed the life of a senior vet.

• Qld Police encouraged to adopt mental health register

  Fetched: August 21st, 2008, 6:14am CDT

  Queensland's Mental Health Association says police should be provided with a register of people who have a chronic mental illness.

• Sex workers seek health help

  Fetched: August 21st, 2008, 6:14am CDT

  The body representing Australian sex workers is calling on the State Government to provide better health information services for its members.

• New treatment hope for cystic fibrosis

  Fetched: August 21st, 2008, 6:14am CDT

  A medical researcher is hoping to develop a new test that will improve treatment for cystic fibrosis patients.

• Dangerous showbag toys removed

  Fetched: August 21st, 2008, 6:14am CDT

  Six showbag toys have failed safety testing for this year's Royal Adelaide Show.

• New spotlight on abuse 'compo' cases

  Fetched: August 21st, 2008, 6:14am CDT

  The State Government is considering offering compensation and an apology to people who were abused in the Royal Derwent psychiatric hospital at New Norfolk.

• Train fumes leak put drivers at risk, says union

  Fetched: August 21st, 2008, 6:14am CDT

  A Queensland union says two tilt train drivers could have died when exhaust fumes leaked into an engine cabin in the state's far north.

• New smoking laws proposed

  Fetched: August 21st, 2008, 6:14am CDT

  Smoking in cars with children present could be banned under tobacco control proposals unveiled by the Victorian Government.

• Cancer expert appointed Chief Health Officer

  Fetched: August 21st, 2008, 6:14am CDT

  Leading cancer specialist Professor Jim Bishop has been appointed the new Chief Health Officer for New South Wales.

• Nursing Union scoffs at Labor's pledge to attract more nurses

  Fetched: August 21st, 2008, 6:14am CDT

  The State Government has unveiled a $130 million plan to boost the number of nurses and doctors if it wins the election.

• Tributes flow for vet killed by Hendra virus

  Fetched: August 21st, 2008, 6:14am CDT

  Australian vets are mourning the death of a Queensland colleague who has died from Hendra virus.

• Conlan not guaranteeing Barkly maternity ward

  Fetched: August 20th, 2008, 10:59pm CDT

  The Northern Territory Opposition spokesman for health will not commit to pushing for maternity services in Tennant Creek.

• Train drivers get gas masks after exhaust leak

  Fetched: August 20th, 2008, 10:59pm CDT

  Queensland Rail says its train drivers are safe despite them being issued with gas masks to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning.

• Breakthrough could mean end to blood shortages

  Fetched: August 20th, 2008, 9:06pm CDT

  Scientists in the United States say they've shown that there will one day be an unlimited supply of disease-free blood.

• Tourism council sees big benefits in health travel

  Fetched: August 20th, 2008, 9:06pm CDT

  A tourism leader says the Gold Coast in Queensland's south-east would reap some of the biggest benefits if Australia developed a health travel industry.

• Qld vet dies of Hendra virus

  Fetched: August 20th, 2008, 7:55pm CDT

  A south-east Queensland veterinarian has died of the Hendra virus after being infected at work several weeks ago.

• MLAs urged to declare abortion views

  Fetched: August 20th, 2008, 7:55pm CDT

  The ACT Government has put abortion back on the political agenda, two months out from the election.

• Pressure for public access to private cancer scanner

  Fetched: August 20th, 2008, 7:55pm CDT

  The State Government has been urged to ensure public patients gain access to the new cancer detecting PET scanner.

• Opposition blames bureaucracy for drug trial delays

  Fetched: August 20th, 2008, 7:55pm CDT

  The State Opposition says vital anti-cancer drug trials are being delayed in Queensland by ludicrous bureaucracy.

• Operation holiday: push for Aust medical tourism industry

  Fetched: August 20th, 2008, 7:55pm CDT

  A tourism lobby group says Australia should build a health travel sector in the same way it has developed education tourism.

• Patients' group angry over Patel funding

  Fetched: August 20th, 2008, 7:55pm CDT

  The Bundaberg Burnett Patient Support Group (BBPSG) says it is unfair the Queensland Government is paying more than $1,500 a fortnight to house US surgeon Jayant Patel while he awaits trial.

• ER, Grey's Anatomy draw objections in Italy

  Fetched: August 20th, 2008, 6:30pm CDT

  Television programs with medical and hospital themes get so many details wrong, according to a leading Italian medical group, that broadcasters should refrain from airing them.

• 61yo surrogate mum reportedly gives birth

  Fetched: August 20th, 2008, 10:22am CDT

  A 61-year-old Japanese woman has given birth to a surrogate child, an obstetrician in central Japan said.

• Asbestos fund threatened by tax case: James Hardie

  Fetched: August 20th, 2008, 7:19am CDT

  James Hardie says the fund set up to compensate victims of asbestos-related diseases is in a good cash position but future contributions could be under threat if it loses a disputed tax case.

• Noseless bike seats a less pressing option

  Fetched: August 20th, 2008, 7:19am CDT

  A long day on the bike leaves most of us uncomfortable, but US scientists have good news for those men who find themselves with more than a numb backside at the end of a big ride.

• Govt guarantee may sway Greens on Medicare changes

  Fetched: August 20th, 2008, 2:59am CDT

  The chance of the Government's changes to the Medicare levy threshold passing the Senate are improving with the Greens offering their conditional support for the measure.

• Garlic bread recalled for turning blue when cooked

  Fetched: August 20th, 2008, 2:59am CDT

  Twelve types of garlic bread have been recalled by Food Standards Australia New Zealand because they turn blue when cooked.

• Vet in hospital after Hendra virus needle accident

  Fetched: August 20th, 2008, 2:59am CDT

  A Department of Primary Industries vet is in hospital as a precaution, after being pricked with a needle while putting down a horse that had been infected with Hendra virus in south-east Queensland.

• Aust vehicle safety standards not high enough: report

  Fetched: August 20th, 2008, 2:59am CDT

  A report into vehicle safety says standards in Australia are not high enough.

• Prisoners' health, Indigenous incarceration under scrutiny

  Fetched: August 20th, 2008, 2:59am CDT

  Key health and Indigenous research groups are calling for greater efforts to improve the health of Australian prisoners, with a new report saying a particular focus is needed to reduce Indigenous incarceration.

• Pool rules toughened for SA homes

  Fetched: August 20th, 2008, 2:59am CDT

  From next month, South Australians will have to make sure their backyard swimming pools or spas meet safety standards before a house can be sold.

• Labor promises more smoking bans

  Fetched: August 20th, 2008, 2:59am CDT

  The State Government says it will step up smoking bans throughout Western Australia if it wins the election.

• No 'quick fix' for surgery cancellations

  Fetched: August 20th, 2008, 2:59am CDT

  Tasmania's Health Minister, Lara Giddings, says there are no quick fix solutions to the problems at the Launceston General Hospital.

• Labor promises more smoking bans

  Fetched: August 20th, 2008, 2:59am CDT

  The State Government says it will step up smoking bans throughout Western Australia if it wins the election.

• New health centres rolled out in far north

  Fetched: August 19th, 2008, 8:41pm CDT

  The Queensland Government says a health clinic building program for Cape York and Torres Strait, in the far north, will be finished in the next few years.

• Alco-pop tax 'completely fails' in Darwin

  Fetched: August 19th, 2008, 8:41pm CDT

  The Distilled Spirits Industry Council says the Federal Government's "alco-pop" tax trial has completely failed to reduce binge drinking in Darwin.

• Quick RAH discharges 'responsible'

  Fetched: August 19th, 2008, 8:41pm CDT

  Health Minister John Hill says the Royal Adelaide Hospital dealt responsibly with a bed shortage last week.

• Xenophon pushes indexed Medicare levy

  Fetched: August 19th, 2008, 8:41pm CDT

  South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon says he wants the Federal Government to consider indexing the Medicare levy threshold instead of locking it in at $100,000 for singles.

• Jade Goody diagnosed with cancer

  Fetched: August 19th, 2008, 8:41pm CDT

  British TV personality Jade Goody has pulled out of India's Bigg Boss show after being diagnosed with cancer.

• Applegate cancer-free after double mastectomy

  Fetched: August 19th, 2008, 6:45pm CDT

  Actress Christina Applegate, 36, is free of cancer after having both breasts removed.

• Abattoir slaughter restriction upheld

  Fetched: August 19th, 2008, 6:45pm CDT

  The Environment Court has dismissed an appeal by the former operator of a Waikerie abattoir against the council's restriction on operations.

• WA cancer services 'overstretched'

  Fetched: August 19th, 2008, 6:45pm CDT

  A new report has found treatment services for cancer patients in Western Australia are overstretched and the State Government has failed to adequately plan for future demand.

• Tas scientists make diabetes breakthrough

  Fetched: August 19th, 2008, 6:45pm CDT

  Tasmanian scientists are one step closer to slowing the rapid rise in the incidence of type 2 diabetes, with groundbreaking new research.