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Australia needs stronger laws and tougher enforcement to counter fake drugs, writes Bruce Arnold from the University of Canberra.
Topics: health, pharmaceuticals, australia
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Meet the people who work to save lives as Newcastle's 'medical detectives'.
Topics: health, newcastle-2300
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New Canberra residents are warned not to go mushroom picking, as the ACT enters death cap season.
Topics: food-poisoning, health, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedMany Australians suffering from lung cancer are wrongfully accused of being long-term smokers and say they shy away from talking about their illness because they are afraid of being judged.
Topics: lung-cancer, diseases-and-disorders, health, smoking, medical-research, people, human-interest, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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A cartilage transplant allowed 18-year-old Kayla Pheeney to walk pain-free for the first time in nine years.
Topics: health, pain, charities, human-interest, bones-and-muscles, act, canberra-2600
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New antibiotics need to be developed urgently to combat 12 families of bacteria, the World Health Organisation says, describing these "priority pathogens" as the greatest threats to human health.
Topics: health, diseases-and-disorders, medical-research, doctors-and-medical-professionals, united-kingdom
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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.
Topics: mental-health, health, states-and-territories, state-parliament, parliament, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, health-administration, healthcare-facilities, oakden-5086, adelaide-5000, sa
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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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Topics: diabetes, diseases-and-disorders, health
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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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Topics: sexuality, womens-health, mens-health, health, sexual-health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, darwin-0800
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Topics: sexuality, womens-health, mens-health, health, sexual-health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, darwin-0800
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Topics: sexuality, womens-health, mens-health, health, sexual-health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, 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