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| UpdatedThe way you walk is almost as unique as your fingerprint, and a researcher at the University of Canberra hopes tracking the way older people move could be used to prevent potentially fatal falls.
Topics: older-people, health, medical-research, university-of-canberra-2617, canberra-2600, act, australia
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While relationships between prison inmates and psychologists are rare, one expert says even highly trained therapists are not immune to bias and potential manipulation.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, prisons-and-punishment, mental-health, psychology, health, human-interest, sydney-2000
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An energy therapy clinic operating on James Cook University's Townsville campus has been shut down by the institution.
Topics: alternative-medicine, health, university-and-further-education, townsville-4810
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| UpdatedA portable helmet being trialled by Australian paramedics that uses microwave technology to quickly diagnose a suspected stroke could help doctors save lives and intervene before major brain damage occurs.
Topics: stroke, health, diseases-and-disorders, inventions, australia
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| UpdatedKristy Steenhuis and Jane Fitzgibbon would not recognise each other on the street, but they share the kind of bond you would not wish on your worst enemy. Suicide.
Topics: suicide, youth, community-and-society, mental-health, rural-youth, health, depression, family-and-children, ballarat-3350, ellerslie-3265, warrnambool-3280
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Thousands of counterfeit prescription pills made their way into Australia's official supply chain in 2010, ending up at a children's hospital in Sydney. Now the pharmacist who supplied the fakes is fighting the cancellation of his licence.
Topics: chemicals-and-pharmaceuticals, health, pharmaceuticals, healthcare-facilities, sydney-2000
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Planned changes to the South Australian Ambulance Service will not cost jobs, chief executive Jason Killens promises.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, health, health-policy, government-and-politics, community-and-society, regional, mount-gambier-5290, adelaide-5000, port-pirie-5540, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, renmark-5341
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government has moved to loosen importation laws on medicinal cannabis, and people who use it say they are cautiously optimistic.
Topics: cannabis, health-policy, federal-government, health, australia
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Australia's Ross River virus has the potential to become a global epidemic, similar to the Zika virus, researchers say.
Topics: ross-river-fever, diseases-and-disorders, health, canberra-2600, adelaide-5000, australian-national-university-0200, adelaide-university-5005, sa, act
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South Australian cancer patients who were given incorrect frequencies in doses of a chemotherapy drug may have had their treatment outcomes compromised, a haematology expert tells a coronial inquest.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, healthcare-facilities, health, cancer, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedEven as the Commonwealth Bank last week unveiled another record half-year profit of $5 billion, not everything was rosy — its life insurance arm CommInsure continues to be a headache, and with ASIC campaigning insurers to publicly report claim figures, premiums could rise as a consequence.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, consumer-finance, consumer-protection, economic-trends, banking, insurance, health, australia
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government has approved the importation of medicinal marijuana. But it still won't be easy for people to get a prescription.
Topics: medical-research, health, cannabis, australia
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| UpdatedThe Government looks set to unwind the Medicare rebate freeze in the May budget, in a move that could cost in excess of $3 billion.
Topics: health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, federal-government, budget, australia
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| UpdatedThe PNG Health Department says it will follow up the supply shortage at Port Moresby General Hospital where the head of emergency is under fire after making a public appeal for medical supplies on social media.
Topics: health, pacific, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedPossible disciplinary action against a senior doctor at Port Moresby General Hospital for making a public appeal for basic medical supplies has angered the head of the local Chamber of Commerce.
Topics: health, healthcare-facilities, pacific, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedWhat would you say to your 20-year-old self? Personal trainer, yoga teacher and fitness writer Cassie White sets her younger self straight on exercise, anxiety and booze.
Topics: health, exercise-and-fitness, australia
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| UpdatedA raw and powerful Adelaide Fringe show deals with a range of perspectives after a suicide, with some of its cast members drawn from a mental health support group.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, carnivals-and-festivals, events, suicide, mental-health, health, community-and-society, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedPart of a major Adelaide hospital was cordoned off earlier today after a man turned up feeling ill soon after opening an envelope and medical staff who dealt with him also started feeling unwell.
Topics: health, emergency-incidents, disasters-and-accidents, elizabeth-vale-5112, adelaide-5000, sa
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The YMCA's Ari Kurzeme discusses calls from more than 50 organisations to crack down on junk food advertising and put a tax on unhealthy foods, February 20, 2017.
Topics: obesity, health, diet-and-nutrition, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedA $93 million Federal Government commitment aims to encourage more doctors to take up postings in rural and remote areas across Australia.
Topics: doctors-and-medical-professionals, health, rural, bridgetown-6255, wa
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| UpdatedThe vaccine for Q fever will hopefully soon be available to younger children, pending the results of medical trials.
Topics: infectious-diseases-other, health, community-and-society, family-and-children, livestock, science-and-technology, cobargo-2550, bega-2550
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| UpdatedIce has been called the most dangerous and destructive drug of our time. But what exactly does it do to your body?
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The dean of the ANU's medical school is supporting a new campaign to stem bullying and harassment in the medical profession, saying she herself was a victim as a junior doctor.
Topics: medical-ethics, health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, australian-national-university-0200, canberra-2600, act, australia
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Walking an extra 4,300 steps or about 40 minutes every day can mean less days in hospital for older Australians and reduced risk of cancer, new research shows.
Topics: health, exercise-and-fitness, lifestyle-and-leisure, cancer, older-people, sydney-2000, newcastle-2300
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| UpdatedAustralia is being left behind when it comes to dealing with the obesity epidemic, according to a new report. Take a look at some of the key things it says can help us catch up.
Topics: health, diet-and-nutrition, government-and-politics, obesity, australia