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• Golden Staph vaccine trial

  Fetched: February 24th, 2010, 11:10am CST

  Perth researchers have launched a trial of a vaccine for Golden Staph.

• Cattle Council mad over pie protest

  Fetched: February 24th, 2010, 4:13am CST

  The Cattle Council of Australia says opposition to the Government's plan to lift a ban on imported meat is protectionist.

• Herbal remedy linked to liver failure

  Fetched: February 24th, 2010, 4:13am CST

  More and more Australians are trying a natural approach to solving their ills and herbal remedies are now part of a multi-million dollar business.

• Patients to be cared for at home where possible

  Fetched: February 24th, 2010, 4:13am CST

  The State Government will spend more than $20 million a year on a program to bring more health care services into people's homes.

• Costing vs costing hospital fight

  Fetched: February 24th, 2010, 4:13am CST

  The State Opposition has produced costings it claims show the South Australian Government's planned new hospital will cost about $2 billion more than estimated.

• Naked grandads bust a move for bowel cancer

  Fetched: February 24th, 2010, 4:13am CST

  A group of Brisbane grandfathers have stripped down to their jocks, dancing for all the world to see, in an online bid to raise bowel cancer awareness.

• Bad mum won't be charged over son's death

  Fetched: February 24th, 2010, 4:13am CST

  South Australian police say they do not plan to charge a mother whose son died of an ear infection.

• Private health changes blocked again

  Fetched: February 24th, 2010, 4:13am CST

  The Senate has blocked the Federal Government's proposed changes to private health insurance for a second time.

• Union concerns about private operators

  Fetched: February 24th, 2010, 4:13am CST

  A union representative for ACT Ambulance officers has expressed concerns that private paramedics at events in Canberra are practicing first aid beyond their training.

• First cancer patients assessed at oncology unit

  Fetched: February 24th, 2010, 4:13am CST

  The first 10 cancer patients will be assessed in Royal Darwin Hospital's new oncology unit today, a month after it was officially opened.

• Sharp rise in dementia cases predicted

  Fetched: February 24th, 2010, 4:13am CST

  A new report suggests the rate of dementia in Tasmania will soar by mid-century.

• Health insurance to cost more

  Fetched: February 24th, 2010, 4:13am CST

  Western Australia's biggest private health insurer HBF says it will increase its premiums by 4.95 per cent this year.

• CMC to review report into foetus dumping claims

  Fetched: February 24th, 2010, 4:13am CST

  Queensland Health says it will wait for the Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) to review a report into alleged misconduct at a Torres Strait hospital, in the state's far north, before taking action.

• Parties pledge asbestos action

  Fetched: February 24th, 2010, 4:13am CST

  The Tasmanian Government has promised more action against asbestos.

• Dialysis treatment hope for APY Lands

  Fetched: February 24th, 2010, 4:13am CST

  Leaders on the remote Aboriginal Lands of South Australia's far north-west say the South Australian Government has committed to funding renal dialysis services on the Lands.

• Woman avoids jail over cancer donation con

  Fetched: February 24th, 2010, 4:13am CST

  A woman who conned her local community into thinking she had terminal cancer has been given a suspended jail sentence.

• Are patients being hoodwinked?

  Fetched: February 23rd, 2010, 10:08am CST

  A new British parliamentary report says patients are being hoodwinked by ineffective homeopathic treatments.

• Xstrata did not pollute: Minister

  Fetched: February 23rd, 2010, 10:08am CST

  The Queensland Government says a high lead level reading in Mount Isa in the state's north-west was wrong.

• Paracetamol could treat heart problems

  Fetched: February 23rd, 2010, 10:08am CST

  Australian researchers say preliminary findings indicate paracetamol could be used to treat heart disease.

• Health department agrees to further water investigations

  Fetched: February 23rd, 2010, 10:08am CST

  Tasmania's public health authorities have agreed to further investigate research showing tree plantations in the north-east are contaminating drinking water supplies.

• AMA says on-call funding deal not enough

  Fetched: February 23rd, 2010, 10:08am CST

  The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has described an agreement between the Rural Doctors Association and Country Health SA for on-call funding and arrangements as a bargain for the State Government.

• Workers Compensation premiums could increase

  Fetched: February 23rd, 2010, 10:08am CST

  Workers Compensation premiums in Queensland might have to be increased.

• Homeopathy not for children: pharmacist

  Fetched: February 23rd, 2010, 10:08am CST

  A prominent pharmacy consultant is calling for the Federal Government to ban the use of homeopathic treatments on children.

• Industry welcomes back down on live music laws

  Fetched: February 23rd, 2010, 10:08am CST

  There is new hope that Collingwood's The Tote hotel may reopen, after the State Government bowed to pressure and softened its new liquor licensing laws.

• Child drownings prompt rural safety warning

  Fetched: February 23rd, 2010, 10:08am CST

  A farm safety group says people moving to rural areas need to be mindful of water hazards on or near their property.

• Obama's medical overhaul plan revealed

  Fetched: February 23rd, 2010, 10:08am CST

  US president Barack Obama has unveiled his version of a plan to overhaul America's healthcare system in a last-ditch attempt to save his key domestic priority.

• Govt to probe Xstrata lead level anomaly claims

  Fetched: February 23rd, 2010, 10:08am CST

  Queensland Government officials will meet Xstrata representatives in Mount Isa in the state's north-west today to check the mining company's assurances about lead levels.

• Forestry calls for more investigations into toxic water claims

  Fetched: February 23rd, 2010, 10:08am CST

  Tasmanian timber company Gunns is supporting calls for an investigation into allegations the company's tree plantations are contaminating drinking water supplies.

• Talkin' about your grandma's generation

  Fetched: February 23rd, 2010, 10:08am CST

  It was a cartoon that summed up the feeling of a group of seniors sitting around a table at a meeting in Brisbane last week.

• Homeopathy doesn't work: British panel

  Fetched: February 23rd, 2010, 10:08am CST

  Britain should end its state funding for homeopathic treatments because they are "scientifically implausible" and work no better than placebos, an influential parliamentary panel says.

• Diabetes drug under US review

  Fetched: February 23rd, 2010, 10:08am CST

  A report to the United States senate contains a leaked memo which estimates there are more than 500 heart attacks per month among American users of the diabetes type 2 drug, Avandia.

• Organ transplant funding scheme 'not an incentive'

  Fetched: February 21st, 2010, 4:41am CST

  The Federal Government has denied it is encouraging public hospitals to harvest organs by paying them to find organ donors.

• New children's hospital

  Fetched: February 21st, 2010, 4:41am CST

  The state government has announced the launch of the first phase of a new children's hospital, which will replace Princess Margaret Hospital.

• Stroke victims regain speech through singing

  Fetched: February 21st, 2010, 4:41am CST

  US scientists are restoring speech to stroke victims by getting them to sing words instead of speaking them, a leading neurologist says.

• US scientist warns of fraudster stem cell banks

  Fetched: February 21st, 2010, 4:41am CST

  Clinics that offer to "bank" stem cells from the umbilical cords of newborns for use later in life when illness strikes are fraudsters, according to a top US scientist.

• 'Egg timer' test to help couples plan pregnancy

  Fetched: February 21st, 2010, 4:41am CST

  IVF Australia says a new test that can detect the possibility of early menopause will allow women to better plan when they want to have children.

• Ponting's big hit for cancer cause

  Fetched: February 20th, 2010, 4:44am CST

  Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has returned to his home ground in Launceston to donate $200,000 to help children with cancer.

• Swimmers urged to stay vigilant ahead of floods

  Fetched: February 20th, 2010, 4:44am CST

  Authorities are concerned heavy rain in far north Queensland could turn a number of popular swimming spots into danger zones this weekend.

• Oats key ingredient to making smart cookies

  Fetched: February 20th, 2010, 4:44am CST

  Researchers at the University of South Australia believe an ingredient in oats could improve the brain power of seniors.

• Police hunt nurse attacker

  Fetched: February 20th, 2010, 4:44am CST

  Police are searching for a man who attacked a nurse at a hospital at Jeparit in Victoria's north-west on Friday afternoon.

• Stem cell expert confident of diabetes cure

  Fetched: February 20th, 2010, 4:44am CST

  The head of the world's richest stem cell research fund says he expects to see a cure for diabetes in little more than a decade.

• Drunk mum caught with kids in car

  Fetched: February 20th, 2010, 4:44am CST

  A woman has been charged after allegedly driving three times the legal blood alcohol limit with her children in the car.

• Water tanks spark dengue pandemic fears

  Fetched: February 20th, 2010, 4:44am CST

  There is growing concern rainwater tanks are fuelling a mosquito problem, potentially helping to spread the mosquito-borne dengue virus around Australia.

• Rock fall stops Cataract Gorge climbing

  Fetched: February 20th, 2010, 4:44am CST

  The Launceston City Council has removed rock climbing bolts from an area in the Cataract Gorge for public safety.

• Heroin hot spot: Footscray's dubious honour

  Fetched: February 20th, 2010, 4:44am CST

  Footscray in Melbourne's inner west has trumped a national survey which found almost half of people detained by police are heroin users.

• Happiness linked to healthy heart

  Fetched: February 20th, 2010, 4:44am CST

  New research shows that people who are cheery are less likely to develop heart disease than those who are down in the dumps.

• Placebos activate brain's 'heal switch'

  Fetched: February 20th, 2010, 4:44am CST

  Can the act of simply taking a pill make you feel better, regardless of what's in it?

• Save RAH campaigner defends Liberal ad job

  Fetched: February 20th, 2010, 4:44am CST

  The Save the RAH party has denied it is a front for the Liberals after one of its candidates appeared in the Opposition's first TV ad of the South Australian election campaign.

• Memories of Madeline

  Fetched: February 20th, 2010, 4:44am CST

  As a journalist, I'm used to asking the questions.

• Hot student worries prompt new buses

  Fetched: February 20th, 2010, 4:44am CST

  The Murray Mallee Local Government Association says an inquiry is warranted into the lack of air-conditioned country school buses.

• Police probe shonky insulation installers

  Fetched: February 20th, 2010, 4:44am CST

  Environment Minister Peter Garrett's office has confirmed that the Australian Federal Police is conducting investigations into alleged fraud carried out by some installers working under the Government's troubled home insulation program.

• Spoonful of sugar helps the medicine keep cool

  Fetched: February 18th, 2010, 3:54am CST

  British scientists have found a way of keeping vaccines stable without refrigeration, a discovery which they say could transform immunisation campaigns in the developing world.

• Facebook users asked to dob in tobacco firms

  Fetched: February 18th, 2010, 3:54am CST

  Researchers have launched a Facebook site calling for people to dob in tobacco companies advertising their products online.

• Community groups get funding to fight binge drinking

  Fetched: February 18th, 2010, 3:54am CST

  Two south-east Queensland organisations have received more than $400,000 in federal funding to reduce youth binge drinking in Brisbane and Woodridge.

• The day in Qld politics: valuations, privatisations, condoms

  Fetched: February 18th, 2010, 3:54am CST

  Premier Anna Bligh has defended planned changes to land valuations law.

• Qld researchers discover how anti-depressants work

  Fetched: February 18th, 2010, 1:35am CST

  A medical study in Queensland has shed new light on the impact that some anti-depressants have on a person's brain.

• Whooping cough warning issued by Qld Health

  Fetched: February 18th, 2010, 1:35am CST

  Queensland Health is renewing its call for parents and carers of babies to be immunised against whooping cough with the illness still on the rise.

• Women march to protect rights to midwives

  Fetched: February 18th, 2010, 1:35am CST

  More than 60 people have marched in Hobart to protest against proposed changes to federal laws affecting midwives.

• Baby died despite domestic violence concerns

  Fetched: February 18th, 2010, 1:35am CST

  The high number of child abuse notifications in the Northern Territory reflects a problem in society, the Child Protection Minister says.

• ACT Govt fights workplace bullying

  Fetched: February 18th, 2010, 1:35am CST

  The ACT Government has launched a new campaign against workplace bullying in the Territory.

• Australians warned to avoid Bangkok

  Fetched: February 18th, 2010, 1:35am CST

  The Tourism Council of Thailand is warning Australians to avoid Bangkok, after two attempted bombings in the past two days and rumours of a coup.

• Residents demand toxic metals test results

  Fetched: February 18th, 2010, 1:35am CST

  Residents of the north-west Tasmanian town of Rosebery want the release of environmental sampling conducted two years ago by the local mine.

• Tutu's DNA could point to medical cures

  Fetched: February 18th, 2010, 1:35am CST

  A research team led by an Australian scientist has uncovered the first indigenous DNA sequence, a discovery that has vast implications for medical research.

• Opposition pledges more for disability services

  Fetched: February 18th, 2010, 1:35am CST

  The Opposition has pledged to boost funding by another $10 million to help Disability SA support people at risk of harming themselves or others.

• Abbott leading by example on road safety

  Fetched: February 18th, 2010, 1:35am CST

  By now we've all seen the miraculous near-miss video, Tony Abbott's brush with several tonnes of hurtling steely death.

• Maternity unit tension threatens training

  Fetched: February 18th, 2010, 1:35am CST

  The Canberra Hospital's obstetric training program could be at risk unless more doctors with surgical experience are found.

• Calvary, Canberra Hospital 'to work more closely'

  Fetched: February 18th, 2010, 1:35am CST

  The ACT Government and the Catholic owner of Calvary Public Hospital have agreed the current situation over the hospital's future cannot continue.

• 'Pay as you go' budget

  Fetched: February 17th, 2010, 1:29pm CST

  Labor has accused the Premier of adopting a 'pay as you go' approach to the state's finances.

• Restaurants welcome food safety ratings

  Fetched: February 17th, 2010, 1:29pm CST

  The Restaurant and Catering Association (RCA) has welcomed a new food safety rating system for Brisbane businesses.

• Parties pledge health boosts

  Fetched: February 17th, 2010, 1:29pm CST

  The Tasmanian Liberals have announced $155 million of health funding for northern Tasmania if they win Government at next month's state election.

• AMAQ critical of hospital waiting times

  Fetched: February 17th, 2010, 1:29pm CST

  The Australian Medical Association Queensland (AMAQ) says the total number of Queenslanders waiting too long for elective surgery compares poorly to other states.

• Health blowout risks budget surplus

  Fetched: February 17th, 2010, 1:29pm CST

  The Premier says Treasury will have to cover a forecast $250 million health budget blowout despite admitting it will make it harder to keep the budget in the black.

• Doctors warned to look out for 'canecutters disease'

  Fetched: February 17th, 2010, 1:29pm CST

  A Queensland researcher says medical authorities should be on the lookout for signs of the disease leptospirosis, particularly among young backpackers.

• Royal Children's Hospital boss demoted

  Fetched: February 17th, 2010, 1:29pm CST

  A senior staff member at Brisbane's Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been demoted for what Queensland Health describes as "financial mismanagement".

• Rudd pledges $10m for mentally ill

  Fetched: February 17th, 2010, 1:29pm CST

  The Federal Government has announced an extra $10 million to help mentally ill people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.

• 'No complaints to investigate': Gallagher

  Fetched: February 17th, 2010, 1:29pm CST

  ACT Health Minister Katy Gallagher says she has not received any formal complaints about bullying in the Canberra Hospital's maternity unit.

• Calma to lead fight against Indigenous smoking

  Fetched: February 17th, 2010, 1:29pm CST

  The man in charge of a national effort to reduce Indigenous smoking rates says the campaign will have to recognise Aboriginal people's distinct relationship with tobacco.

• ADHD medication may be ineffective

  Fetched: February 17th, 2010, 1:29pm CST

  A long-term study has cast doubt on the use of stimulant medication to treat children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

• Warning of poor air quality in Melbourne's west

  Fetched: February 17th, 2010, 1:29pm CST

  The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has issued a warning to residents about poor air quality in parts of Melbourne's west.

• Libs to target Launceston hospital

  Fetched: February 17th, 2010, 1:29pm CST

  Tasmania's Opposition will today turn its election focus north, with a major health announcement the Liberals say is bigger and better than Labor's.

• Garrett phones mum after son's insulation death

  Fetched: February 17th, 2010, 1:29pm CST

  Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett has called to offer his condolences to the mother of a young man who died while installing roof insulation.

• Govt bill 'locks in' drinking water for patrons in bars

  Fetched: February 17th, 2010, 1:29pm CST

  New legislation will be introduced into the Victorian Parliament to require bars, pubs and clubs to serve free drinking water.

• Insulation inquiry: more alarming stories emerge

  Fetched: February 16th, 2010, 9:39am CST

  The Federal Government is preparing for even more unpalatable revelations about its insulation scheme when a Senate inquiry begins public hearings today.

• Drunk soldiers to get the sack

  Fetched: February 16th, 2010, 9:39am CST

  The commander of the Northern Territory's biggest army barracks says troops who are repeatedly caught drink-driving or involved in alcohol-fuelled violence will face the sack.

• Baby born healthy after hospital advised abortion

  Fetched: February 16th, 2010, 9:39am CST

  The ABC has learned that Canberra Hospital recommended a late-term abortion for a baby who was later born healthy.

• Obstetricians quit amid bullying claims

  Fetched: February 16th, 2010, 9:39am CST

  There are fears Canberra Hospital's new maternity unit will face a doctor shortage because obstetricians do not want to work there.

• Health budget blow-out

  Fetched: February 16th, 2010, 9:39am CST

  The acting Health Department Director General has confirmed the agency is facing a $250-million budget blow out, unless spending cuts are made.

• Alzheimer's gene sharpens young minds

  Fetched: February 16th, 2010, 9:39am CST

  The genetic variant linked to Alzheimer's can also improve the brain function of carriers when they are younger, researchers have found.

• Smoking ban outside restaurants

  Fetched: February 16th, 2010, 9:39am CST

  Smoking outside of restaurants and cafes in a northern Tasmanian city will be banned from next year.

• Boil water alert continues

  Fetched: February 16th, 2010, 9:39am CST

  Tasmania's Health Department warns a boil water alert for two Northern Midlands towns could last until Monday.

• Superclinic construction begins

  Fetched: February 16th, 2010, 9:39am CST

  Work is underway on one of Tasmania's four GP Super Clinics.

• Aviation body defends cabin crew cutbacks

  Fetched: February 16th, 2010, 9:39am CST

  The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) says its move to reduce the number of cabin crew on aircraft will not compromise safety.

• Coalition plans to sell Medibank Private

  Fetched: February 16th, 2010, 9:39am CST

  Opposition treasury spokesman Joe Hockey has announced that a Coalition government would sell private health insurance company Medibank Private.

• Rosebery residents call for sackings

  Fetched: February 16th, 2010, 9:39am CST

  A group of Tasmanians, concerned about alleged heavy metal poisoning in Rosebery, want two senior health department officials to be stood down.

• Public interest debate lost in unholy row

  Fetched: February 16th, 2010, 9:39am CST

  There are some proposals that are doomed.

• Lung cancer higher in Hobart's northern suburbs

  Fetched: February 16th, 2010, 9:39am CST

  A study has found significant variation of cancer rates and diagnoses among Tasmania's municipalities.

• Weighing up the risks of reporting suicide

  Fetched: February 16th, 2010, 9:39am CST

  As you read this, the odds are someone will take their own life: probably a male, more than likely to be aged in his 20s.

• Miaow drug clawing its way into Australia

  Fetched: February 12th, 2010, 6:57am CST

  There are warnings that the popular overseas party drug miaow may soon prove equally popular in Australia.

• Family groups to fight surrogacy laws

  Fetched: February 12th, 2010, 6:57am CST

  Religious and family groups have vowed to go to the electoral barricades in Queensland over what they are calling legislative child abuse - laws allowing gay and single people to use surrogate mothers.

• Liquor ban for PNG province

  Fetched: February 12th, 2010, 6:57am CST

  A statewide alcohol ban is to be enforced in Papua New Guinea's Highlands in an effort to restore law and order.

• Plane seat safety tests faked

  Fetched: February 12th, 2010, 6:57am CST

  Japan's biggest manufacturer of airline seats has admitted that it falsified seat safety tests.

• ACT bulk billing rate still lowest

  Fetched: February 12th, 2010, 6:57am CST

  The ACT's bulk billing rate has dropped by another 4 per cent, remaining the lowest in the nation.

• Academic urges Indigenous quality of life focus

  Fetched: February 12th, 2010, 6:57am CST

  A professor of Indigenous policy says the Federal Government should focus on improving the quality of life of Indigenous Australians, rather than life expectancy.

• QBuild downplays school asbestos risk

  Fetched: February 12th, 2010, 6:57am CST

  QBuild says there is no reason for parents at a north Queensland primary school to be concerned after contractors inappropriately handled asbestos products.

• WA chips in to train more doctors and nurses

  Fetched: February 12th, 2010, 6:57am CST

  The former WA Health Minister Jim McGinty has been appointed as the chairman of the new national body set up to address workforce issues in the health system.

• Boy falls on dishwasher knife

  Fetched: February 12th, 2010, 6:57am CST

  Ambulance paramedics says an accident involving a young boy who fell on a knife in a dishwasher drawer serves as a reminder of the potential risk to children around open dishwashers.

• Insulation fiasco: actions speak louder than words

  Fetched: February 12th, 2010, 6:57am CST

  There's an old school of Christian thought called via negativa, or the negative way.

• KI doctor warns pregnant women

  Fetched: February 12th, 2010, 6:57am CST

  A Kangaroo Island doctor says pregnant women may be best off going the mainland to have their babies unless working arrangements for doctors are sorted out soon.

• Choppers considered to chase bats

  Fetched: February 12th, 2010, 6:57am CST

  The Queensland Government says helicopters might be used to chase a colony of about 10,000 bats away from a north Queensland hospital.

• Webcam to link soldiers and newborns

  Fetched: February 12th, 2010, 6:57am CST

  Australian soldiers posted overseas now have the chance to see their newborn babies within hours of their birth.

• Outdoor diner smoking ban anticipated

  Fetched: February 12th, 2010, 6:57am CST

  A Launceston City Council Alderman is optimistic smoking at outdoor diners will be banned.

• New health centre opened on Bruny Island

  Fetched: February 11th, 2010, 11:54am CST

  The Tasmanian Government has opened a new health centre on Bruny Island, south of Hobart.

• Hardie profits good for asbestos victims

  Fetched: February 11th, 2010, 11:54am CST

  The Asbestos Diseases Foundation says the latest cash-flow results from James Hardie is good news for victims of asbestos building products.

• Red wine and chocolate 'are cancer killers'

  Fetched: February 11th, 2010, 11:54am CST

  Cabernet and chocolate are potent medicine for killing cancer, according to research.

• Mad Cow ban backdown blasted

  Fetched: February 11th, 2010, 11:54am CST

  The Federal Government has defended its decision to lift a ban on the import of beef from countries that have had an outbreak of Mad Cow Disease, or BSE.

• Water visibility decreases in Fremantle Port

  Fetched: February 11th, 2010, 12:24am CST

  The Fremantle Port's latest report says all environmental and health criteria have continued to be met though water visibility in some areas has decreased.

• Cutting the fat from advertising

  Fetched: February 11th, 2010, 12:24am CST

  
  There is a common perception that children are becoming overweight by sitting in front of the television for too many hours.

• Warning over alcoholic energy drinks

  Fetched: February 11th, 2010, 12:24am CST

  The National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre says alcoholic energy drinks are a growing danger because they fool people into thinking they are less drunk than they really are.

• Aboriginal health services get extra $9m

  Fetched: February 11th, 2010, 12:24am CST

  The Federal Government has announced $9 million over three years will be given to 10 Aboriginal health services to improve mother and infant care.

• Insulation safety push too late: union

  Fetched: February 11th, 2010, 12:24am CST

  The Electrical Trades Union (ETU) says the Federal Government has taken too long to introduce extra safety measures to its home insulation program.

• Swearing surgeon snaps over woman's 'lifestyle' choice

  Fetched: February 11th, 2010, 12:24am CST

  A surgeon in New Zealand has received a dressing down for swearing at a severely obese patient.

• Health experts probe E. coli outbreak

  Fetched: February 11th, 2010, 12:24am CST

  Residents of Bowen in north Queensland have been told to boil their tap water after bacteria was found in the local supply.

• Doctors concerned about assistants trial

  Fetched: February 11th, 2010, 12:24am CST

  The medical profession is continuing to raise concerns about new doctor's assistants positions in Queensland.

• Obamas tackle problem of child obesity

  Fetched: February 11th, 2010, 12:24am CST

  The US President and First Lady have set an ambitious goal of eliminating childhood obesity in America within a generation.

• Low IQ among top heart health risks

  Fetched: February 11th, 2010, 12:24am CST

  Intelligence is second only to smoking as a predictor of heart disease, scientists say, suggesting public health campaigns may need to be designed for people with lower IQs if they are to work.

• Premier denies heavying Hawks over health walk

  Fetched: February 11th, 2010, 12:24am CST

  The Tasmanian Premier's office has given its account of discussions which prompted the Hawthorn Football Club to pull out of an event on the state's north-west coast.

• Experts wary of teen gastric band surgery

  Fetched: February 11th, 2010, 12:24am CST

  A new Australian study has found obese teenagers who have gastric band surgery lose more weight than those on a diet, but critics warn the procedure is risky and should only be used as a last resort.

• Lifesavers bid to cut Asia drownings

  Fetched: February 11th, 2010, 12:24am CST

  Australian lifesavers will launch a research centre in Asia in a bid to reduce the number of child drownings.

• I disclosed donations, says Thomson

  Fetched: February 11th, 2010, 12:24am CST

  Federal Labor MP Craig Thomson has denied he is responsible for the Health Services Union's (HSU) failure to properly declare political spending and donations.

• MP demands dental contamination scare answers

  Fetched: February 11th, 2010, 12:24am CST

  The Member for Burnett, Rob Messenger, has asked the Queensland Government to reveal who was at fault for a dental contamination scare at the Bundaberg Hospital, in the state's south-east, last year.

• Anxious start to school year for autistic students

  Fetched: February 9th, 2010, 8:53am CST

  Parents of autistic children who have been participating in a specialist program in Tasmania's north are uncertain about the future, despite classes resuming for the year.

• Two new swine flu cases spark warnings in Tasmania

  Fetched: February 9th, 2010, 8:53am CST

  There have been two new cases of swine flu in Tasmania as authorities prepare to vaccinate 350,000 people before a predicted second wave of the virus hits.

• Tai Chi could beat obesity, diabetes and depression

  Fetched: February 9th, 2010, 8:53am CST

  University of Queensland (UQ) researchers say an ancient Chinese form of meditation could be the key to tackling some illnesses reaching epidemic proportions in western society.

• Abbott against drinking age hike

  Fetched: February 9th, 2010, 8:53am CST

  Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says he does not support raising the drinking age to 21.

• Blood lead fight must continue

  Fetched: February 9th, 2010, 8:53am CST

  Author Diana Scharf-Hunt once said "Goals are dreams with deadlines".

• Hoteliers against raising legal drinking age

  Fetched: February 9th, 2010, 8:53am CST

  The Queensland Hotels Association (QHA) has dismissed the idea for the legal drinking age to be lifted to 21.

• Expert rejects chemical cancer link

  Fetched: February 9th, 2010, 8:53am CST

  A cancer cluster expert says a farm chemical in a former Eyre Peninsula reservoir in South Australia could not be responsible for cancer in the local population.

• Shot Australian leaves South America

  Fetched: February 9th, 2010, 8:53am CST

  A Queensland man who was shot in South America last month has been admitted to a London hospital.

• Soft drink doubles pancreatic cancer risk: study

  Fetched: February 9th, 2010, 8:53am CST

  A team of international researchers claim to have found a link between soft drink and pancreatic cancer.

• Call to check homes after insulation ban

  Fetched: February 9th, 2010, 8:53am CST

  The Master Electricians Association says the Federal Government's ban on foil insulation in its energy efficiency program will save lives, but every home that has had the product installed must now be checked.

• Pubs face early closure as council clamps down

  Fetched: February 9th, 2010, 8:53am CST

  Darwin City Council has asked the Northern Territory Licensing Commission to force the city's drinking venues to close at 2am instead of 4am.

• Launceston hospital on the road to recovery

  Fetched: February 9th, 2010, 8:53am CST

  Some of the key problems at the Launceston General Hospital are easing, with more permanent specialists recruited to reduce the reliance on locums.

• Govt 'in a bind' over Calvary

  Fetched: February 9th, 2010, 8:53am CST

  ACT Health Minister Katy Gallagher says the Government will have to negotiate a new funding arrangement with the owners of the Calvary Public Hospital now the deal to buy it has collapsed.

• Foil insulation banned amid electrocution fears

  Fetched: February 9th, 2010, 8:53am CST

  Environment Minister Peter Garrett has suspended the use of foil insulation under the Government's home insulation program after it was linked to a number of deaths.

• Asbestos contractor under 'strictest conditions'

  Fetched: February 9th, 2010, 8:53am CST

  The construction union says an asbestos exposure incident at a Canberra auction house last year could have been prevented.

• Consumers fed up with misleading food labels

  Fetched: February 8th, 2010, 8:52am CST

  Consumer groups say the serving sizes listed on food packaging may be giving people the wrong impression about how much they should eat.

• Waiting list blowout

  Fetched: February 8th, 2010, 8:52am CST

  The W-A Opposition says patients at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital have been forced to wait longer for elective surgery after operating theatres were closed for 42 days over the Christmas period.

• Abbott attacks PM as 'weak and tricky'

  Fetched: February 8th, 2010, 8:52am CST

  Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, accusing him of being untrustworthy, deceptive and "tricky" with voters.

• Charles Darwin Uni gets $10m research boost

  Fetched: February 8th, 2010, 8:52am CST

  Charles Darwin University has received a further $10 million in federal funding to develop its research sector.

• Child burn injuries spike over summer

  Fetched: February 8th, 2010, 8:52am CST

  A conference in northern Tasmania has heard there has been a sharp rise in the number of children needing treatment for burns this summer.

• Emergency waiting times put lives at risk: Opposition

  Fetched: February 8th, 2010, 8:52am CST

  The Queensland Government has defended the performance of the State's public hospital emergency departments, and promised to release a more detailed report card.

• China seizes more tainted milk powder

  Fetched: February 8th, 2010, 8:52am CST

  Chinese authorities are shutting dairy companies down following the discovery of new batches of poisoned milk powder.

• Nurses welcome changes to migration rules

  Fetched: February 8th, 2010, 8:52am CST

  The Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) says it welcomes changes the Federal Government is introducing to the skilled migration program.

• Researcher warns on herbal medicines

  Fetched: February 8th, 2010, 8:52am CST

  A forensic pathologist thinks some people's embarrassment about taking herbal medicines can leave them vulnerable to taking a lethal cocktail of drugs.

• Swine flu vaccine push

  Fetched: February 8th, 2010, 8:52am CST

  The New South Wales Government has launched a month-long push to get people to vaccinate themselves and their children against swine flu.

• Beaches reopen after stinger threat

  Fetched: February 8th, 2010, 8:52am CST

  Beaches across far north Queensland reopened yesterday afternoon four days after they were closed due to the potentially fatal irukandji jellyfish.

• Hospital delays pressuring remote health: RDAQ

  Fetched: February 8th, 2010, 8:52am CST

  The Rural Doctors Association (RDAQ) of Queensland says patients in remote areas of north Queensland may suffer if Townsville hospital's waiting lists remain high.

• Toddler in front seat with alleged drink driver

  Fetched: February 8th, 2010, 8:52am CST

  Police have arrested a man who they say was drunk, while driving with his 18-month-old son in the front seat.

• No deal: Calvary sale falls through

  Fetched: February 8th, 2010, 8:52am CST

  The deal to sell Canberra's Calvary Public Hospital has been called off.

• Doctors 'not trained to deal with death'

  Fetched: February 7th, 2010, 3:13pm CST

  Two leading medical specialists are warning that a cultural failure to confront death - and an increasing faith in doctors' ability to cure - means governments are spending millions on acute care beds when the money would be better spent on palliative care.

• Church politics sink hospital sale

  Fetched: February 7th, 2010, 3:13pm CST

  The deal to sell Canberra's Calvary Public Hospital has been called off.

• Black Saturday anniversary brings breakdown risk

  Fetched: February 7th, 2010, 3:13pm CST

  A leading psychologist involved in the Victorian bushfire Emergency Recovery Plan says the anniversary of Black Saturday could trigger breakdowns for many of the survivors.

• Police praised for cannabis busts

  Fetched: February 7th, 2010, 3:13pm CST

  The New South Wales Government has commended the state's police for seizing $50 million worth of cannabis in the past three months.

• Public urged to get swine flu shots

  Fetched: February 7th, 2010, 3:13pm CST

  Australia's chief health officer is urging people to take the renewed threat of swine flu seriously and get vaccinated.

• Kids show strength after firestorm

  Fetched: February 7th, 2010, 3:13pm CST

  ABC reporter Michael Vincent spent the first week of the bushfires in Kinglake last February.

• Indigenous patients in limbo over dialysis row

  Fetched: February 7th, 2010, 3:13pm CST

  South Australian Aborigines are travelling hundreds of kilometres away from their communities for renal dialysis because of an impasse between the South Australian and Northern Territory Governments.

• Motorbike rider charged over drunken speeding

  Fetched: February 7th, 2010, 3:13pm CST

  Police say a they have arrested and charged a drunk motorbike rider who led them through a chase in Sydney's south west last night.

• Drunk mother crashes car with children on board

  Fetched: February 7th, 2010, 3:13pm CST

  A mother who crashed her car in Melbourne's north with two children on board has allegedly recorded a blood alcohol reading more than four times over the limit.

• Freighter let crew go hungry, union says

  Fetched: February 7th, 2010, 3:13pm CST

  The International Transport Workers Federation says it is concerned about the welfare of 22 Chinese crew working on a freighter moored at South Australia's Wallaroo.

• Drug and alcohol group vow to recover from fire

  Fetched: February 7th, 2010, 3:13pm CST

  The Tasmanian rehabilitation group that lost its premises in a fire remains upbeat about the future.

• Drug and alcohol group's oast house damaged in fire

  Fetched: February 5th, 2010, 8:36am CST

  Fire has caused more than half a million dollars' damage to an old oast house in Tasmania's Derwent Valley.

• Binge-drinking inquiry hears about emergency room impact

  Fetched: February 5th, 2010, 8:36am CST

  A Queensland parliamentary inquiry has been told the rise of a binge-drinking culture has led to a rapid rise in the number of alcohol-related trauma patients.

• Norovirus outbreak at central Qld hospital

  Fetched: February 5th, 2010, 8:36am CST

  Restrictions on new admissions at a central Queensland hospital have been imposed after the outbreak of an infectious disease.

• Special needs school stays open

  Fetched: February 5th, 2010, 8:36am CST

  The New South Wales Government says there has been no change to its pledge to keep open a Sydney residential school for children with severe learning disorders.

• Reservoir not a health risk: SA Water

  Fetched: February 4th, 2010, 11:42pm CST

  SA Water is under pressure to fully disclose any dangerous chemicals in what was once Port Lincoln's main reservoir.

• Public warned to be dengue savvy

  Fetched: February 4th, 2010, 11:42pm CST

  The Townsville City Council in north Queensland is worried residents are becoming blase about mosquito awareness, after inspecting more than 130 homes in North Ward.

• Special needs school stays open: govt

  Fetched: February 4th, 2010, 11:42pm CST

  The New South Wales Government says there has been no change to its pledge to keep open a Sydney residential school for children with severe learning disorders.

• Rosebery awaits toxic metals poisoning tests

  Fetched: February 4th, 2010, 11:42pm CST

  Tasmania's Health Department is waiting on advice from clinical toxicologists interstate, about a possible cluster of heavy metal poisoning cases in the state's west coast.

• Eye surgeons decide not to quit

  Fetched: February 4th, 2010, 11:42pm CST

  A Royal Adelaide Hospital specialist says a crisis has been averted with opthamologists withdrawing a threat to resign over cataract procedures being moved to Modbury Hospital.

• Zuma's affair 'undermines safe sex campaign'

  Fetched: February 4th, 2010, 11:42pm CST

  South African President Jacob Zuma is not having a good week.

• Media 'censored' over China milk scandal

  Fetched: February 4th, 2010, 11:42pm CST

  Chinese officials have banned independent reporting on the latest toxic food scandal involving melamine, a chemical blamed for the deaths of six babies in 2008, a press watchdog said.

• Hill and campaigners at odds on RAH vote

  Fetched: February 4th, 2010, 11:42pm CST

  Health Minister John Hill believes a vote by members of the Royal Adelaide Hospital Staff Association shows little opposition to building a new hospital.

• WA to set up Mental Health Commission

  Fetched: February 4th, 2010, 3:02am CST

  The State Government has reaffirmed its plans to establish Australia's first Commission for Mental Health.

• Vegetative patient 'talks' via brain scan

  Fetched: February 3rd, 2010, 11:51pm CST

  A man in a deeply unconscious state for five years has been able to communicate with doctors using just his thoughts in a study scientists say is a "game changer" for care of vegetative state patients.

• Measles alert over infected plane passenger

  Fetched: February 3rd, 2010, 11:51pm CST

  The Northern Territory Centre for Disease Control has issued a measles alert after confirming an infectious person passed through Darwin last week.

• Self-help guru charged over sweat lodge deaths

  Fetched: February 3rd, 2010, 11:51pm CST

  The American self-help guru who presided over a sweat lodge ceremony where three people died last October has been arrested and charged with three counts of manslaughter.

• Heavy metals info session for Rosebery

  Fetched: February 3rd, 2010, 11:51pm CST

  The community of Rosebery on Tasmania's west coast is being urged to attend a public meeting about alleged heavy metal poisoning in the area.

• Disability advocate Mary Guy remembered

  Fetched: February 3rd, 2010, 11:51pm CST

  The federal government has paid tribute to Tasmanian disability activist Mary Guy, who died in Hobart this week.

• Zuma admits fathering child out of wedlock

  Fetched: February 3rd, 2010, 11:51pm CST

  South African President Jacob Zuma has confirmed he fathered a child outside of wedlock last year.

• Scientists seek support for dengue fight

  Fetched: February 3rd, 2010, 11:51pm CST

  A team of University of Queensland (UQ) researchers says it wants to get community support before trialing a new dengue fever control measure.

• Dengue fever fears loom in cyclone Olga's wake

  Fetched: February 3rd, 2010, 11:51pm CST

  As residents across Queensland continue to mop up from ex-tropical cyclone Olga, dengue fever is emerging as the new danger in the north of the state.

• Cataract surgeons to reconsider quit threat

  Fetched: February 3rd, 2010, 11:51pm CST

  The South Australian Government has expressed confidence that opthamologists will not quit the public hospital system.

• Port Pirie lead fight 'won't meet deadline'

  Fetched: February 3rd, 2010, 11:51pm CST

  South Australian Health Minister John Hill has conceded Port Pirie will need to continue its efforts to reduce lead levels in children beyond a community program which ends this year.

• Drunk driver caught with 49 children in taxi

  Fetched: February 3rd, 2010, 11:51pm CST

  A South African minibus taxi driver five times over the legal blood alcohol limit at breakfast time was arrested for transporting 49 children in a 16-seat vehicle.

• Health chief resigns to take Victorian job

  Fetched: February 3rd, 2010, 3:05am CST

  The head of the Northern Territory Department of Health and Families has resigned.

• Outbreak of parvovirus in Ipswich dogs

  Fetched: February 3rd, 2010, 3:05am CST

  
  The Booval Vet Hospital in Ipswich, west of Brisbane, says there has been a significant increase in the number of dogs suffering from parvovirus.

• Liquor restrictions still divide Halls Creek

  Fetched: February 3rd, 2010, 3:05am CST

  In the Kimberley, there are three issues with the potential to divide families and dampen the mood of any barbeque.

• Superbug research gets a boost

  Fetched: February 3rd, 2010, 3:05am CST

  A Queensland researcher has been given a $2 million grant to develop antibiotics and policies to prevent superbugs from arriving in Australia.

• Pigs susceptible to Hendra virus: new research

  Fetched: February 3rd, 2010, 3:05am CST

  The Australian Veterinary Association (AVA) says research showing that pigs are susceptible to Hendra virus is a concern.

• Townsville hospital investigation will be handed to CMC

  Fetched: February 3rd, 2010, 3:05am CST

  Queensland Health (QH) says an investigation into the running of the cardio-thoracic unit at the Townsville Hospital will be handed to the Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) next month.

• Discovery aids treatment of severe swine flu cases

  Fetched: February 3rd, 2010, 3:05am CST

  Doctors in Melbourne believe they have found a new and effective way to treat people with severe swine flu.

• Concerns doctor left 'in limbo' by investigation

  Fetched: February 3rd, 2010, 3:05am CST

  Supporters of a north-east Tasmanian doctor being investigated by the state's Medical Council, are frustrated a resolution has not yet been achieved.

• Preventative health care the key: Opposition

  Fetched: February 3rd, 2010, 3:05am CST

  The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has backed ACT Opposition calls for the Government to focus more on preventative health care.

• Hobart man leads charity shave push

  Fetched: February 3rd, 2010, 3:05am CST

  The Leukaemia Foundation in Tasmania is looking for people who are prepared to shave their heads for next month's fund-raising event.

• Tributes flow for disability advocate Mary Guy

  Fetched: February 3rd, 2010, 3:05am CST

  The Glenorchy Mayor Adriana Taylor has paid tribute to disability advocate and former Glenorchy alderman Mary Guy who died yesterday.

• Launceston hospital dubbed 'baby-friendly'

  Fetched: February 3rd, 2010, 3:05am CST

  The Launceston General Hospital has been awarded 'baby-friendly' status by the Australian College of Midwives.

• SIDS deaths linked to brain chemical imbalance

  Fetched: February 3rd, 2010, 3:05am CST

  Researchers have found more evidence to support the theory that babies who die of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) have a chemical deficiency in the brain.

• Liquor restrictions still divisive

  Fetched: February 3rd, 2010, 3:05am CST

  There has been a mixed response to the release of the first report into Halls Creek's liquor restrictions.

• Lancet climbs down on autism vaccine link

  Fetched: February 3rd, 2010, 3:05am CST

  A British medical journal has retracted a controversial study which suggested a link between autism and the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine known as MMR.

• Port dredging safe: Department

  Fetched: February 2nd, 2010, 10:39am CST

  The Health Department has moved to reassure Perth residents that the dredging of Fremantle harbour does not pose a risk to human health.

• Fish oil hope for schizophrenia patients

  Fetched: February 2nd, 2010, 10:39am CST

  A new study suggests that fish oil could be the key to a safe and effective form of treatment for young people with schizophrenia.

• Energy drinks 'increase heart attack risk'

  Fetched: February 2nd, 2010, 10:39am CST

  Gulping down a single energy drink can significantly boost the blood pressure in healthy adults, according to new Australian research.

• Suicide attempts: patients lacking support

  Fetched: February 2nd, 2010, 10:39am CST

  A mental health group is warning that too many people who attempt suicide are released from the emergency room without being directed to follow-up services.

• Brisbane chemical spill injures two people

  Fetched: February 2nd, 2010, 10:39am CST

  Fire crews have contained a chemical spill at a commercial processing factory in Brisbane's north.

• First 2010 case of dengue fever confirmed

  Fetched: February 2nd, 2010, 10:39am CST

  The Townsville City Council has begun home inspections after the first confirmed case of dengue fever this year.

• Council admits some residents drinking recycled water

  Fetched: February 2nd, 2010, 10:39am CST

  The Gold Coast City Council says residents living in eight properties have been receiving recycled water in their drinking supply.

• Government seals deal with UAE to train nurses

  Fetched: February 2nd, 2010, 10:39am CST

  The Queensland Government has signed an agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to train nurses.

• Polygamist president under fire over affair

  Fetched: February 2nd, 2010, 10:39am CST

  South African President Jacob Zuma has been accused of setting a poor example in his attitude to safe sex, after reportedly fathering a child out of wedlock.

• Rudd caught out over health rebate claim

  Fetched: February 2nd, 2010, 10:39am CST

  The Federal Government has been caught out over its claim that the intergenerational report would show that blocking a private health insurance rebate would cost $100 billion over 40 years.

• 50-somethings key to increasing productivity

  Fetched: February 2nd, 2010, 10:39am CST

  A national seniors group says the Government's first step to increasing productivity should be to focus on keeping people in their 50s in work.

• New technology to turn patients into doctors

  Fetched: February 1st, 2010, 3:53am CST

  A US doctor is predicting members of the public will soon be able to use technologies like smart phones to monitor and even treat their own health conditions.

• New technique for dealing with periodontal disease

  Fetched: February 1st, 2010, 3:53am CST

  A dental researcher at Brisbane's Griffith University plans to use harvested cells to regenerate the damaged tissue of sufferers of periodontal disease.

• Australians to 'work harder for less reward'

  Fetched: February 1st, 2010, 3:53am CST

  Opposition treasury spokesman Joe Hockey says the Government has delivered nothing in today's intergenerational report.

• Doctor resignations spark hospital fears

  Fetched: February 1st, 2010, 3:53am CST

  The Rural Doctors Association of Queensland (RDAQ) says a major southern inland hospital is in crisis after the resignation of three doctors last week.

• Libs promise autism special school

  Fetched: February 1st, 2010, 3:53am CST

  A school specifically for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been promised by the South Australian Liberals if they are elected in the March 20 state poll.

• Ageing population dragging Australia into the red

  Fetched: February 1st, 2010, 3:53am CST

  Australia will be forced to look overseas for more new citizens as rising health and aged care costs threaten to drive the country into debt by 2050, Treasury figures released today show.

• Junior doctors feel unprepared after uni: report

  Fetched: February 1st, 2010, 3:53am CST

  A Government study has found many medical students leave university feeling they have not had enough training to handle simple medical procedures.