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| UpdatedThe Essendon Football Club offers its support to former coach and player James Hird, after he was hospitalised following a suspected overdose.
Topics: health, sport, australian-football-league, melbourne-3000, essendon-3040
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| UpdatedA woman whose home was raided by police for supplying cannabis oil products to terminally ill people says has has been trying to meet with SA's Health Minister for two years in a bid to legalise the use of medicinal cannabis.
Topics: cannabis, drug-use, health, states-and-territories, state-parliament, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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| UpdatedA proposal to convert potentially toxic ash dust at Port Augusta into building blocks and pavers could create hundreds of jobs, senator Nick Xenophon says.
Topics: pollution, building-and-construction, environment, health, port-augusta-5700, adelaide-5000, sa
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New South Wales Health authorities renew mosquito warnings for residents and holiday makers in the state's Riverina after a fivefold increase in the number of Ross River virus infections.
Topics: health-policy, diseases-and-disorders, hendra-virus-infection, health, nsw, griffith-2680
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| UpdatedQueensland Health confirms a sixth case of meningococcal disease detected in the space of a week, this time in Toowoomba.
Topics: meningococcal-disease, diseases-and-disorders, health, cairns-4870, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedWhen Australian retiree Ray Ingram heard the sad story of a Thai classical guitarist forced to sell her prized instruments to pay for her dying mother's medical treatment, he decided to donate his vintage guitar.
Topics: human-interest, arts-and-entertainment, music, lifestyle-and-leisure, guitar, health, cancer, thailand, australia, asia
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| UpdatedResearch finds children given alcohol by parents are more likely to start drinking earlier, but less likely to binge.
Topics: alcohol-education, alcohol, health, education, adolescent-health, australia
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| UpdatedFormer Essendon footballer and coach James Hird is reportedly receiving medical treatment following a major health scare.
Topics: health, sport, australian-football-league, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedPeople who live near busy roads laden with heavy traffic face a higher risk of developing dementia than those living further away, according to researchers in Canada.
Topics: alzheimers-and-dementia, health, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedConcerned parents express fears for the lives of dozens of sick Queensland children following raids on a South Australian cannabis oil producer.
Topics: cannabis, drug-use, health, laws, law-crime-and-justice, state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, activism-and-lobbying, qld, sa, australia
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US Vice President-elect Mike Pence describes scrapping the controversial Obamacare legislation as the "first order of business" for Donald Trump's administration.
Topics: government-and-politics, health, health-policy, united-states
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| UpdatedAn Adelaide woman who gives away cannabis oil products to the sick and terminally ill for free has been reported for drug offences after police raided her home, her lawyer says.
Topics: drug-offences, crime, law-crime-and-justice, drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, drug-use, health, hillier-5116, adelaide-5000, wollongong-2500, sa
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| UpdatedA baby from Bandyup Women's Prison in Perth has been diagnosed with meningococcal disease, a second infant is undergoing assessment and eight others are being treated as a precaution, health authorities say.
Topics: meningococcal-disease, health, perth-6000, wa
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Topics: health
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| UpdatedTasmania's doctors' lobby is concerned about the impact of a downgrade of one of the Launceston General Hospital's teaching accreditations.
Topics: health, government-and-politics, launceston-7250, tas
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New figures put North America's legal marijuana "green rush" above the dot-com boom of the early 2000s in terms of industry growth, according to Forbes.
Topics: cannabis, drug-use, health, business-economics-and-finance, united-states
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Residents wearing face masks heckle SA's Environment Minister, demanding an end to a dust problem emanating from Port Augusta's former power station.
Topics: land-pollution, air-pollution, respiratory-diseases, health, pollution, environmental-health, environment, port-augusta-5700, sa, adelaide-5000
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Researchers warn Australia is in the midst of a synthetic drug explosion, and authorities must drastically re-think the way the dangerous substances are policed.
Topics: drug-offences, crime, law-crime-and-justice, drug-use, health, drug-education, drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, qld
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| UpdatedThe death of Will Carrigan prompted his parents to rally the community of Scone, in the New South Wales Upper Hunter, to come together and tackle the problem of anxiety and depression in young people using "positive education".
Topics: suicide, education, mental-health, health, scone-2337
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| UpdatedA year after the State Government introduced the 'no jab, no play' policy making it mandatory for children attending pre-school to be vaccinated, Victoria's immunisation rate remains a problem.
Topics: vaccines-and-immunity, health, state-parliament, melbourne-3000, daylesford-3460, vic, castlemaine-3450
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| UpdatedFrance becomes the latest country to introduce an opt-out approach to organ donation, but despite the calls of proponents, it seems unlikely Australia will follow suit.
Topics: health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, medical-ethics, australia, france
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The Australian Medical Association (AMA) is calling for a real-time national register for firearms so authorities can have a central point to access information, which it says will help reduce gun violence.
Topics: government-and-politics, doctors-and-medical-professionals, health, death, federal---state-issues, howard-john-winston, states-and-territories, australia
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| UpdatedA California prison official says cult killer Charles Manson is alive, following reports that he was hospitalised.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, health, united-states
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| UpdatedThe accidental death of a 13-year-old Brisbane boy in a "choking game" sparks warnings for parents to talk to their children about the recurring online trend.
Topics: child-health-and-behaviour, health, safety-education, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedAsh blanketing Port Augusta from the regional city's former coal-fired power station is so toxic it could not even be classified as waste fill, South Australian senator Nick Xenophon says.
Topics: pollution, air-pollution, environment, health, port-augusta-5700, adelaide-5000, sa