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Confusion reigns over WA disability scheme as state, Commonwealth seek consensus
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Some disability service providers in Western Australia are being forced to operate in three systems, creating a financial burden and causing anxiety for clients, while they wait for the state and federal governments to agree on a model of the national disability scheme.
Topics: government-and-politics, disabilities, health, wa
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What is South Australia's EPAS patient record system?
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SA's Enterprise Patient Administration System is part of the State Government's ambitious plan to develop an electronic medical record that can be used in hospitals and other health services, but it has been fraught with operational issues and has been subject to extensive criticism by health professionals.
Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, healthcare-facilities, health, health-administration, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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Avoiding cricket injuries with the Roar's Isobel Joyce
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It's cricket season — a time when many a backyard or amateur player can pull up with a sore shoulder or twisted ankle. Tasmanian Roar player Isobel Joyce shares some tips on how to not get injured.
Topics: cricket, sport, sports-injuries, health, exercise-and-fitness, human-interest, hobart-7000
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Margaret Court: I would have won six Wimbledons if I had found God earlier
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Margaret Court, the most decorated tennis player in history, believes she could have been even better if she had found God during her career.
Topics: tennis, gays-and-lesbians, marriage, christianity, religion-and-beliefs, mental-health, health, perth-6000, wa, australia
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Computer crash creates patient records chaos for SA hospitals
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An electronic patient records system crashes at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, throwing medical care into chaos, as extra staff are called in to help deal with the workload.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, health-policy, health, unions, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, woodville-5011, adelaide-5000, sa
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Premature birth study in mice offers hope to expectant mothers
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Premature births have been entirely prevented in mice with the use of a drug that switches off inflammatory pathways, according to Adelaide researchers, looking to solve the problem in pregnant women.
Topics: babies---newborns, babies, family-and-children, pregnancy-and-childbirth, health, infant-health, adelaide-university-5005, adelaide-5000, sa
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Australian hospitals failing stroke victims: Stroke Foundation
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A Stroke Foundation report finds the nation's stroke care system has made little improvement in the past four years, with one in five patients being discharged from hospital without proper medication or a care plan.
Topics: health, diseases-and-disorders, stroke, sydney-2000, australia
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Early child births can lead to developmental delays: study
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Planning to deliver a baby before 39 weeks can significantly increase the risk of the child having developmental delays, according to a new Australian study of more than 150,000 babies.
Topics: pregnancy-and-childbirth, children, family-and-children, child-health-and-behaviour, health, reproduction-and-contraception, community-and-society, research, medical-research, australia
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Melbourne sneezes through worst hayfever season in years
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Warnings that 2016's hayfever season would be the worst in years has come to pass, with sufferers across Melbourne reporting severe symptoms.
Topics: allergies, health, melbourne-3000
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Peter Tiernan mistakenly targeted by anti-vaccination activists Audio
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Peter Tiernan speaks about being mistakenly identified as pro-vaccination blogger 'Reasonable Hank.'
Topics: health, social-media, vaccines-and-immunity, byron-bay-2481
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Topics: health, vaccines-and-immunity, social-media, crime, byron-bay-2481
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Nearly half of Australian women not up to date with cervical cancer screening
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Forty-three per cent of Australian women are not being screened regularly enough for cervical cancer, a fatal disease that is almost completely preventable, according to the Australian Cervical Cancer Foundation.
Topics: cervical-and-vulval-cancers, cancer, diseases-and-disorders, health, science-and-technology, melbourne-3000, vic, wa, tas, sa, qld, nsw, nt, act, australia
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'The pain disappears': Underwater world wins for its immersion therapy
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Underwater therapy, a dementia friendly community, tireless advocates — they are all amongst the winners for the National Disability Awards announced on Monday night.
Topics: disabilities, health, alzheimers-and-dementia, diseases-and-disorders, computers-and-technology, science-and-technology, inventions, kiama-2533, nsw, australia, adelaide-5000, sa
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Lack of funding 'sees scientists leaving labs in droves'
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Australia's scientists say the "innovation nation" is crumbling as more of them consider leaving the profession because of limited career prospects, a study reveals.
Topics: science, science-and-technology, work, careers, health, australia
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Deadly summer feared as new drugs like 'N Bomb' emerge
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There are fears this summer could be the deadliest yet for Australian 'party drug' takers, with hundreds of new and unpredictable substances on the market, one of which a Brisbane woman tells the ABC "terrified" her.
Topics: drug-use, health, drug-education, education, drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, drug-offences, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, southport-4215, vic
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Transgender people facing long waiting lists in Adelaide for specialists
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Transgender people are facing waiting lists of up to six months to see a specialist and a lack of training is compounding the issue, a leading specialist says.
Topics: health, mens-health, womens-health, sexual-health, adelaide-5000, sa
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What is it like for a blind person to navigate Canberra?
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Blind Canberra student David Saxberg relies on public transport to get around, but he says there is still a way to go before the system is fully accessible.
Topics: disabilities, health, road-transport, canberra-2600, act, australia
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Topics: science, health, research, medical-research, science-and-technology, australia
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Glitz, glamour and support at Ladies Day in Betoota
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The population of Australia's smallest town increases from zero to 200 for the fifth annual Channel Country Ladies day.
Topics: people, human-interest, community-organisations, community-and-multicultural-festivals, charities-and-community-organisations, womens-health, health, rural-women, rural, birdsville-4482, longreach-4730, qld, australia
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Michael Buble says 3yo son Noah diagnosed with cancer
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Canadian singer Michael Buble says he and his wife are "devastated" after learning their three-year-old son has been diagnosed with cancer.
Topics: cancer, health, family, arts-and-entertainment, united-states
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What sleep tips helped our volunteers get longer and better rest?
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Three volunteers who got expert advice on their sleep struggles as part of ABC Health & Wellbeing's Reboot Your Life project report back on what worked best for them.
Topics: health, sleep, caffeine, computers-and-technology, australia
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Coal miner describes ordeal of living with black lung disease
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A former coal miner who has unwillingly become a symbol of black lung disease details his plight, telling a state parliamentary committee there are moments he no longer wants to live.
Topics: community-and-society, health, environmental-health, health-policy, health-administration, occupational-health-and-safety, diseases-and-disorders, rural, mining-rural, government-and-politics, brisbane-4000, ipswich-4305, qld
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Meningococcal B vaccine 'too costly to subsidise'
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There is renewed debate over whether the expensive meningococcal B vaccine should be available free to children, after the death of a toddler from a suspected case of the disease in South Australia.
Topics: meningococcal-disease, diseases-and-disorders, health, vaccines-and-immunity, family-and-children, community-and-society, australia, sa
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Firefighting chemicals found in shellfish in Darwin creeks
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There are fresh calls for people not to eat aquatic food from two local creeks near a RAAF base, after toxic chemicals were found in some shellfish.
Topics: environmental-health, air-force, health, darwin-0800, ludmilla-0820, rapid-creek-0810
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Meningococcal death prompts warning to SA parents
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Parents are urged to consider paying hundreds of dollars to vaccinate their children against the potentially deadly B-strain of meningococcal disease by South Australian health authorities, after this week's death of a toddler at an Adelaide hospital.
Topics: meningococcal-disease, diseases-and-disorders, health, child-health-and-behaviour, community-and-society, family-and-children, health-policy, adelaide-5000, sa
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