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| UpdatedThree health staff are suspended amid an independent review into the treatment of an aged care patient at a mental health facility run by the South Australian Government.
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| UpdatedA bladder cancer survivor teams up with his urologist to create a new charity and deliver free Australian education resource for patients after frustration about the lack of local information available.
Topics: cancer, diseases-and-disorders, health, australia, canberra-2600, melbourne-3000, act
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| UpdatedA fasting diet has the ability to regenerate the pancreas and could potentially reverse diabetes, US researchers say.
Topics: diabetes, diseases-and-disorders, health, science-and-technology, united-states
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A monthly clinic is helping transgender people previously overlooked by the NT's health system, yet its long-term future is uncertain due to funding concerns.
Topics: sexuality, mental-health, sexual-health, mens-health, womens-health, adolescent-health, gays-and-lesbians, health, suicide, states-and-territories, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedAustralian athletes emphasise the need for more support at a younger age to help sports stars move on when their careers end, saying Dan Vickerman's death is a tragic reminder of the need to focus more on mental health.
Topics: sport, sports-organisations, health, mental-health, sydney-2000
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The ‘Not Our Way’ campaign includes this video which focuses on the effects of methylamphetamine abuse.
Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, health, addictive, drug-use, police, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, nsw
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Parts of Australia's biggest cities could struggle to attract enough disability workers for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, a new report warns.
Topics: disabilities, health, government-and-politics, federal-government, work, australia
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Paralympian Jan Pike Jan Pike is used to battling. But one of the biggest fights of her life has been dealing with the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
Topics: disabilities, health, health-policy, health-insurance, federal-government, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedFor Jan Pike, one of the biggest fights of her life has been dealing with the National Disability Insurance Scheme - so much so, that she says it almost cost her her life.
Topics: disabilities, health, health-policy, health-insurance, federal-government, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedAdelaide medical students will study surgical procedures and simulate operations on computerised mannequins at a new $246 million facility.
Topics: university-and-further-education, health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, human-interest, healthcare-facilities, medical-research, adelaide-5000
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Orthopaedic surgeons at a north Queensland hospital use a 3D printer to build replicas of complex bone fractures, helping them better plan surgeries.
Topics: biotechnology, health, mackay-4740
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There were winners and losers on the Federal Government frontbench this week. Fran Kelly and Patricia Karvelas, hosts of the Party Room, go through their selections.
Topics: turnbull-malcolm, health, political-parties, federal-government, government-and-politics, australia
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Australia's consumer watchdog plans to take legal action against more private health insurers this year, saying many patients are being slugged with unexpected hefty bills after hospital visits.
Topics: health-insurance, health, consumer-protection, australia
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| UpdatedQueensland children in residential care are being given medication to control their behaviour, without appropriate diagnosis and parental consent, the state's Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) says.
Topics: child-health-and-behaviour, health, public-sector, government-and-politics, drug-use, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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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