Doctors and Medical Professionals
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Duress alarms rolled out to combat violence in ambulances
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A new million-dollar safety alarm system will be rolled out to Gold Coast paramedics in an effort to curb violence.
Topics: assault, doctors-and-medical-professionals, southport-4215
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UN ready to send humanitarian aid to Syria as rebels agree to aid delivery
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Rebels in besieged East Aleppo agree to a plan for aid delivery and medical evacuations, the United Nations says, as reports surface that rebels were preventing civilians from fleeing the war-torn city.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, charities, doctors-and-medical-professionals, syrian-arab-republic
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Queensland woman with rare 'stiff person syndrome' walks again
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After being bedridden for 12 years, a Queensland woman with the rare condition known as stiff person syndrome is able to walk again thanks to the work of Brisbane doctors.
Topics: doctors-and-medical-professionals, medical-procedures, science-and-technology, health, toowoomba-4350, qld, brisbane-4000
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Sugar tax could cut soft drink consumption by 15pc: Grattan Institute
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A tax on sugar could cut soft drink consumption by 15 per cent and raise $500 million for the budget, new economic modelling shows.
Topics: sugar, obesity, health, tax, government-and-politics, doctors-and-medical-professionals, australia
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Queensland medics look to kill off 'Dr Google'
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Alarmed by stories of patients self-diagnosing their illnesses and "scaring themselves silly in the middle of the night", a group of Queensland health professionals embarks on the Words for Wellbeing project.
Topics: alternative-medicine, brain-and-nervous-system, health, medical-research, doctors-and-medical-professionals, internet-technology, people, ipswich-4305, qld, australia
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'Strictly forbidden': Nurses gave patients anaesthetic drugs against guidelines
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Nurses at The Canberra Hospital have been administering powerful anaesthetic drugs during endoscopies for more than a decade without the supervision of an anaesthetist, in contravention of industry guidelines.
Topics: doctors-and-medical-professionals, healthcare-facilities, health, canberra-2600
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Topics: doctors-and-medical-professionals, regional, mallacoota-3892
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Remote doctors need help overcoming GP shortage
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The only doctor working in one of Victoria's most remote towns is calling on the State and Federal Governments to do more to help relieve doctor shortages in the rural areas.
Topics: doctors-and-medical-professionals, federal-government, mallacoota-3892
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Curtin's new medical school to open Midland campus by 2019 (photos)
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Perth's eastern suburbs will have their first tertiary education campus, in the form of a medical school, by 2019 under an agreement signed between the Barnett Government and Curtin University.
Topics: university-and-further-education, access-to-education, doctors-and-medical-professionals, midland-6056, perth-6000
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Call for better Transgender community health services
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Victoria's growing transgender community demands greater action to tackle long public waiting lists to access hormone therapy.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, community-and-society, sexual-health, health, sexuality, doctors-and-medical-professionals, health-administration, government-and-politics, state-parliament, vic, melbourne-3000
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Catherine Hamlin ferry graces Sydney Harbour for the first time
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The first of six new ferries powers into Sydney Harbour — the first major upgrade to the fleet since River Cats were introduced in 2001.
Topics: states-and-territories, doctors-and-medical-professionals, sydney-2000, nsw
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Study indicates high rate of drug-related deaths among nurses
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More nurses die from deliberate drug overdose than any other health care professionals, according to a landmark new study that experts say raises real concerns about whether enough is being done to monitor health workers for mental health problems and drug use.
Topics: health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, death, suicide, monash-university-3800
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Syrian bombings force suspension of Aleppo hospitals
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The World Health Organisation and Aleppo health directorate say all hospitals in the city's besieged east are out of service after days of heavy air strikes.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, community-and-society, doctors-and-medical-professionals, syrian-arab-republic
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CPR breathes life into teen's paramedic dreams
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Normally Schoolies is a time to cut loose but it inspired one girl to chase her dream of becoming a paramedic.
Topics: community-and-society, youth, university-and-further-education, doctors-and-medical-professionals, people, surfers-paradise-4217
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New blood test delivers rapid cancer diagnosis: researchers
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Scientists at a Melbourne cancer institute say a new "liquid biopsy" blood test will prove life saving for sufferers of certain types of cancer by saving precious time between diagnosis and treatment.
Topics: medical-research, cancer, doctors-and-medical-professionals, melbourne-3000, vic, heidelberg-3084
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Topics: community-and-society, surfers-paradise-4217, youth, university-and-further-education, doctors-and-medical-professionals, people, surfers-paradise-4217
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Nursing student Laura Rogers practices CPR at Schoolies image
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Topics: community-and-society, youth, university-and-further-education, doctors-and-medical-professionals, people, surfers-paradise-4217
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Topics: community-and-society, youth, university-and-further-education, doctors-and-medical-professionals, people, surfers-paradise-4217
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Woman suffers months of chemo after incorrect cancer diagnosis
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A woman is wrongly diagnosed with late-stage liver cancer and undergoes six months of unnecessary chemotherapy at a NSW hospital, a Health Care Complaints Commission report reveals.
Topics: medical-ethics, doctors-and-medical-professionals, medical-procedures, health-policy, healthcare-facilities, nsw
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Doctor denies giving wrong dose of childbirth drug
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Bonnie Shi suffered a massive stroke during the birth of her second child. She had no way of knowing her obstetrician had been quietly settling medical negligence claims by women he had treated.
Topics: doctors-and-medical-professionals, medical-procedures, melbourne-3000
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Summer illnesses: what to look out for
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As we eagerly shed the jumpers and say farewell to the cold and flu season, there are some other nasty illnesses that come with summer fun.
Topics: health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, sydney-2000
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Doctor accused of sexually assaulting female patients
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A doctor in the northern NSW town of Lismore has been charged with sexual assault of three women in his care.
Topics: sexual-offences, doctors-and-medical-professionals, law-crime-and-justice, lismore-2480
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Father of baby who died during home birth disputes being warned of dangers
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The father of a baby who died during a home birth lays part of the blame on a "communication problem" with doctors.
Topics: pregnancy-and-childbirth, babies---newborns, community-and-society, death, doctors-and-medical-professionals, health, nimbin-2480
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Push to bring stem cell for treatment for paralysed patients to Australia
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A stem cell treatment which has successfully restored some movement in quadriplegics' arms and hands will soon be on offer in Australia if a US company has its way.
Topics: stem-cells, medical-procedures, medical-research, doctors-and-medical-professionals, australia
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Drones to trial delivering blood, organs to remote NSW communities
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Australians in remote communities in need of vital medical supplies including blood and organs may soon be able to receive them by drone, according to leading neurosurgeon Charles Teo.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, doctors-and-medical-professionals, nsw
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