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Cancer research and treatment is often framed as a 'fight' or 'war' against the disease. But, writes Darren Saunders, we need to tread carefully when taking that language out of the lab.
Topics: cancer, health, journalism, offbeat, australia
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Sue Godfrey is one of those questioning the marketing of new-generation blood thinners including Pradaxa, the medication her elderly mother had been taking before she died of a stroke.
Topics: medical-ethics, doctors-and-medical-professionals, health, stroke, diseases-and-disorders, australia
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An ABC investigation finds pharmaceutical companies spent more than $2.6 million on "educational events" for doctors on new-generation blood thinners in just six months in 2015, raising concerns the potentially risky drugs are being prescribed to some patients who may not need them.
Topics: medical-ethics, doctors-and-medical-professionals, health, stroke, diseases-and-disorders, australia
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| UpdatedThe New South Wales Rural Fire Service urges residents to prepare for catastrophic fire conditions before it's too late as temperatures across the country are set to break records.
Topics: weather, disasters-and-accidents, fires, bushfire, australia, act, nsw, qld, sa
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Melbourne City's second-stringers show their wares, earning a point with a gritty comeback to draw 2-2 with the Roar in Brisbane.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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After leading by 19 points at half-time, Collingwood goes scoreless in the second half as Melbourne wins at Princes Park.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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Carlton is unbeaten after two rounds of the AFL Women's season, coming home with a wet sail to beat GWS by 13 points.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, carlton-3053, vic, australia
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| UpdatedVictoria wicketkeeper Sam Harper heads to hospital for scans after being hit in the head by South Australian Jake Lehmann's bat during a Sheffield Shield match at Adelaide Oval.
Topics: cricket, sport, adelaide-5000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedIt's hot, and residents in some parts of the country are doing everything they can to escape the heat. Here's some of the best photos of how Aussies are spending the day.
Topics: weather, community-and-society, australia
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The heatwave across Australia is expected to worsen over the weekend, with rural fire services warning of potentially catastrophic fire conditions.
Topics: weather, community-and-society, australia
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| UpdatedAs Queenslanders deal with extreme summer heat and closed beaches, records are predicted to tumble on Sunday in the state's south, the Bureau of Meteorology says.
Topics: phenomena, people, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, maroochydore-4558, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350
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| UpdatedAustralian Islamic State fighter Khaled Sharrouf, who slipped out of the country in 2013 using his brother's passport, becomes the first dual national to be stripped of citizenship under the Federal Government's anti-terror laws.
Topics: terrorism, unrest-conflict-and-war, security-intelligence, defence-and-national-security, australia
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| UpdatedA thirsty koala comes down from a tree in Adelaide after Alison McMeekin offered it water.
Topics: animals, tea-tree-gully-5091, australia
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| UpdatedThe Queensland Government talks up its jobs policies after a new opinion poll shows a surge in support for Pauline Hanson's One Nation in the state.
Topics: one-nation, political-parties, government-and-politics, alp, public-sector, elections, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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| UpdatedWhat are the best ways to keep cool during a heatwave — minus air-con? Here are your best tips.
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| UpdatedTwo men who streamed the Anthony Mundine v Danny Green fight live on Facebook offer almost identical apologies after warnings of legal action from Foxtel.
Topics: boxing, sport, television-broadcasting, broadcasting, information-and-communication, australia
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| UpdatedNew South Wales, Queensland and the ACT swelter in a heatwave, while southern Western Australia braced for more rain and flooding.
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| UpdatedCricket Australia is backing the creation of a new Test league, designed to give fans more engagement with the traditional form of the game.
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China sustains its position as Australia's top wine export market, with the value of the market growing by 40 per cent in 2016, according to annual figures released by Wine Australia.
Topics: agribusiness, trade, china, australia
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An Australian man who pleaded guilty to carelessly driving his rented jet ski into his girlfriend in Phuket releases an emotional letter explaining his decision and his "unbearable sorrow".
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, community-and-society, thailand, australia
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| UpdatedConservative senator Cory Bernardi attends the event "Defending Freedom of Speech", organised by anti-Islam group the Q Society.
Topics: race-relations, community-and-society, government-and-politics, liberals, political-parties, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedMuch of Australia is enduring an extreme heatwave, with temperatures exceeding 45C in parts of the country, and conditions are expected to worsen across the weekend.
Topics: weather, environment, bushfire, fires, australia, sa, vic, qld, nsw, act
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Perth Glory maestro Diego Castro orchestrates a 5-0 belting of a demoralised Adelaide United in Friday night's A-League match.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, adelaide-5000, sa, perth-6000, australia
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Adelaide remain undefeated after upsetting the Western Bulldogs in Friday night's AFL Women's encounter.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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| UpdatedJohnathan Thurston is the man of the match as the Indigenous All Stars run out 34-8 winners over the World All Stars in Newcastle.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, newcastle-2300, nsw, australia