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| UpdatedSenior doctors at The Tweed Hospital on the NSW far north coast say patients are being forced to go across the border to Queensland because the facility is at breaking point.
Topics: doctors-and-medical-professionals, cancer, diseases-and-disorders, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, health, healthcare-facilities, tweed-heads-south-2486
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| UpdatedSomalia's Prime Minister says 110 people have died from hunger in the past 48 hours in a single region — the first death toll announced in a severe drought threatening millions of people across the country.
Topics: drought, famine, relief-and-aid-organisations, disasters-and-accidents, diseases-and-disorders, somalia
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It is estimated that 134,174 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in Australia this year. Many medical students and newly graduated doctors, however, are still uncomfortable with the disease, writes Ben Bravery.
Topics: diseases-and-disorders, bowel-and-rectal-cancer, doctors-and-medical-professionals, university-and-further-education, australia
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| UpdatedHealth workers say improvements in treatment and early intervention now mean people with HIV have almost the same life expectancy as someone without the infection, while NSW figures show a decline in people diagnosed in 2016.
Topics: aids-and-hiv, diseases-and-disorders, health, nsw
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Offered a meat tray going cheap in Tassie? Before you accept it, police have issued a warning over lead-poisoned cows that were stolen and slaughtered.
Topics: food-safety, food-poisoning, diseases-and-disorders, livestock, sassafras-7307
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Twenty-one-year-old Nick Dempsey's rehabilitation continues after he severely injured his spinal cord diving into his parents' pool.
Topics: health, diseases-and-disorders, water-polo, albury-2640
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| UpdatedTourette's Syndrome doesn't always mean uncontrollable swearing, as Liberal MP Chris Crewther, who has the condition, explains.
Topics: diseases-and-disorders, health, federal-government, parliament-house-2600
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| UpdatedThe small gene pool of Tasmania may be the butt of many jokes, but it could help find a breakthrough in prostate cancer research.
Topics: prostate-cancer, diseases-and-disorders, medical-research, health, tas
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| UpdatedMany people believe they are "tone deaf", but can they be cured with training? We explore why tone deafness may literally be all in the mind.
Topics: science-and-technology, community-and-society, diseases-and-disorders, music-education, music, neuroscience
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The first genetic indicator of an eye disease which results in blindness has been discovered by an international team of researchers.
Topics: dna, science-and-technology, genetics, cloning-and-dna, eyes, diseases-and-disorders, health, medical-research, research, melbourne-3000, australia, vic
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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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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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| 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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| 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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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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| UpdatedThe circumstances surrounding the recent death of a fourth Adelaide cancer patient connected to an under-dosing of a chemotherapy drug, Carol Barinsfather, will be examined at an inquest.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, cancer, diseases-and-disorders, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedQueenslanders are being urged to maintain a healthy weight, be sun smart and do more to take care of their health to reduce their risk of cancer, after diagnoses in the state rose by more than 20 per cent over three decades.
Topics: cancer, prostate-cancer, lung-cancer, bowel-and-rectal-cancer, breast-cancer, diseases-and-disorders, health, qld, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedJohaan Kaa, who lost both his legs and arms to meningococcal in 2014, hopes Queensland parents will take up a new $6-million State Government program to provide free vaccines to all 15 to 19-year-olds.
Topics: meningococcal-disease, diseases-and-disorders, health, government-and-politics, qld, brisbane-4000
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Victorians are again being warned to protect themselves from mosquito bites with reported cases of Ross River virus continuing to "rise significantly".
Topics: ross-river-fever, diseases-and-disorders, health, vic, melbourne-3000
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Australian doctors say viewing X-rays on a smartphone can be just as useful in diagnosing common lung problems in babies as looking at the standard X-ray film, opening up opportunities for rural patients who need quick diagnosis.
Topics: medical-research, health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, babies, family-and-children, infant-health, diseases-and-disorders, child-health-and-behaviour, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedAn 11-year-old girl who died of sepsis after rolling her ankle was sent home from hospital with painkillers and antibiotics after a phone consultation with an on-call doctor, an inquest into her death is told.
Topics: health, child-health-and-behaviour, diseases-and-disorders, nt
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| UpdatedEnergy drinks are linked to a higher risk of sudden cardiac death and increased blood pressure among young people who may be unaware they have a heart condition, a new study finds.
Topics: food-and-beverage, diseases-and-disorders, health, diet-and-nutrition, sydney-2000, australia
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Topics: food-poisoning, food-safety, diseases-and-disorders, health, food-and-beverage, gungahlin-2912, canberra-2600, act, australia