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| UpdatedOnce it's fully operational, the NDIS will be one of the biggest Government-funded program after Medicare. But where will those funds come from?
Topics: disabilities, health, health-administration, health-insurance, health-policy, australia
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Researchers discover the three-dimensional structure of a protein responsible for multi-drug resistant bacteria, in a major step forward in the battle against antibiotic resistance.
Topics: health, infectious-diseases-other, diseases-and-disorders, wa, australia
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| UpdatedAdelaide's Women's and Children's Hospital failed to report the deaths of eight infants over a nine-year period, and the delays in reporting have serious ramifications for investigations, coroner Mark Johns says.
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| UpdatedA 65 per cent hike in the price of ice-cream might not sound like a great idea, but what if it meant you could live longer? Melbourne researchers say a sugar tax, combined with subsidies for healthy foods, could increase Australians' life expectancy.
Topics: obesity, diet-and-nutrition, food-and-cooking, food-and-beverage, health, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedDementia is set to cost Australia an estimated $18 billion a year by 2025, as Alzheimer's Australia calls for a national strategy to combat the disease.
Topics: alzheimers-and-dementia, diseases-and-disorders, health, federal-government, australia, canberra-2600, act
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Victoria's residential care system is failing the young people it is set up to care for, a former workers says.
Topics: carers, youth, community-and-society, health, child-abuse, child-health-and-behaviour, vic, geelong-3220
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Emergency defibrillators that come with recorded verbal instructions are installed in the CBD as part of a $25,000 trial hoped to save the lives of cardiac arrest victims, with people urged to use them even if they are untrained.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, heart-disease, health, adelaide-5000
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Tougher laws, more drug-driving tests and greater search powers for police are all options on the table as South Australia sets up a taskforce to urgently tackle growing use of the drug ice.
Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, drug-offences, drug-use, health, drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, sa
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| UpdatedFive-time Paralympian and disability advocate Kurt Fearnley criticises the Federal Government's decision to cut funding to other social services to fund the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
Topics: disabilities, health, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedThe Victorian Government rejected a report it commissioned which recommended the introduction of compulsory mental health and drug treatment for vulnerable children in the strife-torn child protection and youth justice systems.
Topics: youth, drug-offences, crime, law-crime-and-justice, drug-use, health, drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, vic, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedThere are fears the new Royal Adelaide Hospital will struggle to cope with its first winter flu season after the current hospital hits capacity during summer.
Topics: health, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, healthcare-facilities, adelaide-5000, sa
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Queensland researchers map muscle fibres and find calcium levels rising to high levels after a strenuous workout, increasing the risk of damage.
Topics: science-and-technology, research, health, medical-research, exercise-and-fitness, brisbane-4000, university-of-queensland-4072
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| UpdatedMedical professionals are raising concerns about a potential conflict of interest in the widespread practice of pharmaceutical companies sponsoring little-known hospital "journal clubs".
Topics: pharmaceuticals, health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, australia
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It is a national epidemic that leaves its sufferers trapped inside their own bodies; isolated, depressed and misunderstood. Obesity affects almost a quarter of Australians, but help can be almost impossible to find.
Topics: obesity, health, government-and-politics, community-and-society, narellan-2567, australia
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Topics: alternative-medicine, health, education, townsville-4810
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Topics: alternative-medicine, health, education, townsville-4810
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Australia's first university-based healing touch clinic opens in Townsville to offer students the chance to learn more about the therapy.
Topics: alternative-medicine, health, education, townsville-4810
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| UpdatedTreasurer Scott Morrison says he will discuss the establishment of a special savings account to quarantine money for the NDIS with the Senate.
Topics: disabilities, health, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedPregnancy continues to be portrayed through rosy lenses, while the true, sometimes nightmarish side of it remains hidden away.
Topics: pregnancy-and-childbirth, reproduction-and-contraception, womens-health, health, women, community-and-society, australia
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| UpdatedA West Australian company hopes to crack into Australia's lucrative wellness market with what they hope will be the next super food to take health conscious consumers by storm — lupin flakes.
Topics: health, food-and-cooking, lifestyle-and-leisure, wa, australia
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Four Corners reporter Geoff Thompson says a big marketing budget helps drive the demand for supplements and multivitamins in Australia.
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| UpdatedThe opening of the new Royal Adelaide Hospital might come before this year's flu season but talks will continue about the hospital's eventual cost, Health Minister Jack Snelling says.
Topics: government-and-politics, states-and-territories, health, healthcare-facilities, adelaide-5000, sa
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There are concerns drug companies will be better able to hide how much they wine and dine doctors under changes to public reporting rules, with one expert labelling the changes a "step backwards" for transparency.
Topics: medical-ethics, doctors-and-medical-professionals, health, stroke, diseases-and-disorders, australia
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| UpdatedNearly a third of Australian pharmacists are recommending complementary medicine products that are not supported by hard evidence — so why are chemists stocking them and do your herbal supplements actually work?
Topics: vitamins, health, diet-and-nutrition, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle-and-leisure, doctors-and-medical-professionals, australia
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| UpdatedObesity affects almost a quarter of Australians, but help can be almost impossible to find, health specialists say.
Topics: obesity, health, government-and-politics, community-and-society, narellan-2567