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| UpdatedA man who died of hepatitis B while on dialysis at Melbourne's Northern Hospital contracted the highly contagious virus from another patient, an internal Health Department report finds.
Topics: hepatitis, doctors-and-medical-professionals, state-parliament, health-administration, healthcare-facilities, medical-procedures, epping-3076
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Topics: state-parliament, hepatitis, doctors-and-medical-professionals, health-administration, healthcare-facilities, medical-procedures, melbourne-3000
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Topics: state-parliament, hepatitis, doctors-and-medical-professionals, health-administration, healthcare-facilities, medical-procedures, epping-3076
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| UpdatedCancer patients at Sydney's St Vincent's Hospital may have been given less than the recommended dosage of chemotherapy for head and neck cancer as far back as 2005, not 2012 as previously acknowledged, a new report says.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, medical-procedures, cancer, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedDoctors in the US perform the world's first liver transplant from a donor infected with HIV to an HIV-positive recipient.
Topics: aids-and-hiv, medical-procedures, liver-and-kidneys, doctors-and-medical-professionals, health, diseases-and-disorders, united-states, australia
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| UpdatedWe're always being told that cancers are best picked up early. So why do expert groups say we shouldn't all have regular skin checks?
Topics: health, skin, skin-cancer, older-people, medical-procedures, australia
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| UpdatedTownsville's Mater Hospital is marking ten years and 400 patients treated for prostate cancer using low-dose brachytherapy treatment.
Topics: prostate-cancer, health, medical-procedures, regional, mens-health, townsville-4810, richmond-4822
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| UpdatedThe chemotherapy dosage scandal enveloping St Vincent's Hospital deepens, with revelations 82 patients, not 70 as the hospital previously declared, were given less than the recommended dose.
Topics: state-parliament, cancer, health-administration, medical-procedures, safety, darlinghurst-2010
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| UpdatedFemale parliamentarians and an abortion lobby group call on the NT Health Minister to listen to the advice of his department and medical experts over an amendment to the RU486 abortion drug bill.
Topics: medical-procedures, womens-health, government-and-politics, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedThere's one thing emergency physician Paul Middleton wants everyone to know. You don’t need to be a paramedic to save a life. If you've got two hands, you're half way there.
Topics: health, medical-procedures, brain-and-nervous-system, heart-disease, older-people, self-help, australia
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| UpdatedPatients previously told they were imagining their pain are now finding relief through a new clinic in Brisbane.
Topics: health-policy, healthcare-facilities, doctors-and-medical-professionals, medical-procedures, medical-research, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedChildren between two and 12 should not be given routine antibiotics for middle ear infections, doctors say, as part of a raft of recommendations encouraging doctors and patients to question unnecessary tests and treatments.
Topics: medical-procedures, doctors-and-medical-professionals, australia
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| UpdatedThere is renewed concern about the scale of injuries to women caused by forceps delivery in Australian hospitals, which one expert says is a direct result of efforts to lower caesarean sections.
Topics: pregnancy-and-childbirth, reproduction-and-contraception, health, medical-procedures, australia
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Stephen Whittle is a trailblazer and a professor of law. Only the 13th female to male transsexual in Britain, he has battled discrimination and hate campaigns to win the legal right to be recognised as a husband and a father.
Topics: discrimination, family-and-children, sexuality, suicide, family-law, rights, child-health-and-behaviour, adolescent-health, depression, multiple-sclerosis, medical-procedures, australia, united-kingdom
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The first uterus transplant to be performed in the United States fails after the recipient suffered complications that prompted doctors to remove the organ.
Topics: health, medical-procedures, medical-research, pregnancy-and-childbirth, reproduction-and-contraception, united-states
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| UpdatedAustralian researchers are calling for a national strategy to maintain or improve physical function in older stroke survivors.
Topics: stroke, medical-research, medical-procedures, newcastle-2300
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A 26-year-old woman who received the first transplanted uterus in the United States says she is looking forward to getting pregnant next year.
Topics: health, medical-procedures, medical-research, pregnancy-and-childbirth, reproduction-and-contraception, united-states
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Swan Hill hospital in north-west Victoria is concerned it will have to make cuts to elective surgery to find $270,000 worth of savings over the next four months.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, medical-procedures, swan-hill-3585, mildura-3500
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Participants in the South-West Hospital and Health Service's 'Manage Your Pain' Telehealth group say the program has had an impact on their quality of life
Topics: pain, healthcare-facilities, medical-procedures, st-george-4487, toowoomba-4350, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825
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| UpdatedNSW Health launches a probe into the incorrect dosing of head and neck cancer patients by an oncologist at Sydney's St Vincent's Hospital.
Topics: health, cancer, healthcare-facilities, medical-procedures, safety, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedTopics: health, cancer, healthcare-facilities, medical-procedures, safety, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedAn Australian neurosurgeon completes a world-first marathon surgery, removing cancer-riddled vertebrae from a patient's neck and successfully replacing them with a 3D-printed body part.
Topics: cancer, doctors-and-medical-professionals, medical-procedures, anatomy, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedThe Queensland Opposition says it will not use the absence of balance-of-power MP Billy Gordon to move a no-confidence motion in the Government this week.
Topics: medical-procedures, state-parliament, cairns-4870
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A Bangladeshi father dubbed "Tree Man" for massive bark-like warts on his hands and feet is "relaxed and happy" after some of the growths are removed.
Topics: medical-procedures, health, bangladesh
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Topics: cancer, doctors-and-medical-professionals, medical-procedures, anatomy, sydney-2000