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Members of the public trained in first aid will be able to respond to triple-0 emergencies with the help of a new app being developed by Ambulance Victoria.
Topics: health, government-and-politics, vic
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If your child does not like to read, sits as close as they can to the television or acts up in the classroom, it is probably time to have their eyes tested.
Topics: eyes, adolescent-health, health, child-health-and-behaviour, children, schools, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedIt may be possible one day to grow human organs inside other animals for use in transplants, with scientists hailing the successful creation of the first human-pig hybrid embryo.
Topics: science-and-technology, animal-science, breakthroughs, medical-research, health, research, research-organisations, united-states, australia, spain
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| UpdatedAustralian of the Year recipient Alan Mackay-Sim used his acceptance speech to urge politicians to think beyond the political horizon when it comes to research funding — so where does Australia sit in comparison with the rest of the world?
Topics: medical-research, science-and-technology, health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, human-interest, awards-and-prizes, australia
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Computer scientists develop an artificial intelligence that is just as good at picking out skin cancers as dermatologists, according to a new study.
Topics: robots-and-artificial-intelligence, science-and-technology, doctors-and-medical-professionals, health, skin-cancer, skin, diseases-and-disorders, united-states, australia
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If Australian lawmakers can learn anything from Canada's experience with euthanasia, it's that difficult issues don't finish with passing the law.
Topics: ethics, euthanasia, health, medical-ethics, canada
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| UpdatedFor thousands of years it was thought impossible to regenerate the spinal cord. Now we know it's both possible and safe, thanks to the pioneering work of the 2017 Australian of the Year.
Topics: science-and-technology, stem-cells, medical-research, health, research, australia, brisbane-4000, qld
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Seven out of 10 Australian men are overweight or obese, yet when it comes to weight loss much of the focus is on women.
Topics: health, mens-health, diet-and-nutrition, exercise-and-fitness, australia
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The Netherlands launches a global fund to help women access abortion services to compensate for US President Donald Trump's ban on federal funding for foreign groups providing abortions abroad.
Topics: health, reproduction-and-contraception, abortion, world-politics, netherlands
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Beverley O'Connor asks UK molecular biologist Nicola Patron, of the Earlham Institute about a potentially groundbreaking way to edit DNA.
Topics: science-and-technology, health, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedHealth authorities confirm lead levels in the water at Perth's Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre (QEII) were above the Australian drinking standard in early January, but insist there is no risk to public safety.
Topics: government-and-politics, health, wa, perth-6000
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The Tasmania health service is under fire as Deklyn Gibson awaits a new prosthetic foot
Topics: healthcare-facilities, health, tas
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| UpdatedA ninth person dies of thunderstorm asthma after the freak weather events in Victoria last November, which saw 8,500 people seek hospital treatment.
Topics: death, asthma, health, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedMadeline Luk has a rare form of dwarfism but it doesn't stop the six-year-old from tottering about the classroom or playing handball in her power wheelchair in the playground.
Topics: disabilities, education, schools, health, human-interest, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedThere are concerns that exploitation and abuse of older people is being allowed to flourish in NSW because the state is delaying introducing safeguards to protect the rights of the elderly.
Topics: older-people, health, aged-care, community-and-society, health-policy, government-and-politics, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedLead has been found in the water being supplied to the yet-to-be-opened $1.2 billion Perth Children's Hospital, the project's builder says, as water regulators move to reassure the public the drinking water in the area is safe.
Topics: government-and-politics, health, wa, perth-6000
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Another two cases of legionnaires' disease are reported in South Australia, bringing to eight the number linked to a single cluster.
Topics: diseases-and-disorders, health, infectious-diseases-other, adelaide-5000, sa
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The Royal Adelaide Hospital, which has been plagued with controversy since its announcement, has no clear opening date and will be Australia's most expensive building.
Topics: government-and-politics, health, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedAustralian women are outperforming men when it comes to keeping active across the country, with the difference starkest in Queensland, according to data from the Australian Sports Commission.
Topics: exercise-and-fitness, health, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedPolice are investigate the death of a young western Sydney girl from a suspected overdose of methadone — the substance used to treat heroin addicts.
Topics: crime, health, drugs-and-substance-abuse, drug-use, drug-offences, community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, quakers-hill-2763
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Researchers stumble across a major breakthrough in their quest to treat the potentially fatal pregnancy complication pre-eclampsia.
Topics: pregnancy-and-childbirth, reproduction-and-contraception, health, babies, babies---newborns, family-and-children, community-and-society, australia
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| UpdatedConcern is growing in regional South Australia that people with a disability will miss out on the support they need despite the roll out of the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
Topics: disabilities, health, community-and-society, port-pirie-5540, kadina-5554, moonta-5558, sa
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The reason you find it difficult to get a good night's sleep on hot summer nights is all about the thermal-neutral zone.
Topics: health, weather, human-interest, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedThere is still no firm completion date for the new Royal Adelaide Hospital after years of delays and legal disputes. Take a look back at the history of the hospital.
Topics: health, healthcare-facilities, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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As construction continues on the often-delayed new Royal Adelaide Hospital, the ABC looks at the big questions surrounding the costly project.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, health, health-policy, adelaide-5000, sa