Author: healthprofessionalradio

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• The Cancer Council WA has launched a confronting anti-smoking campaign after fresh research revealed most people do not know smoking can cause cancer in areas of the body other than the lungs, mouth and throat.

• Ansell, best known for making rubber gloves and condoms, has grown its profits by more than a third. The company reported a first-half profit of US $87.7 million ($112.8 million), boosted by acquisitions that its chairman Glenn Barnes said are “delivering ahead of expectations”.

• South African police say they have discovered the frozen corpses of four newborn babies in freezers at a house in the South African city of Mthatha.

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• The float of Medibank Private was one of corporate Australia’s good news stories last year. In a little more than 10 weeks since floating, retail investors have seen their punt return a paper profit of around 20 per cent.

• The dental industry is warning Australians against embracing an overseas trend of spending big money to make good teeth imperfect. Australian Dental Association (ADA) official said he was worried the trend could sweep Australia.

• Canada’s Supreme Court has unanimously struck down a ban on doctor-assisted suicides for mentally competent adults suffering an incurable disease.

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• Doctors treating Ebola in Africa are raising concerns about the emergence of “post-Ebola syndrome” among survivors of the deadly outbreak.

• Authorities are warning residents in Canberra to be careful around wasp nests, with a spate of serious stinging attacks occurring this year.

• Hundreds of schools around New South Wales could be contaminated with deadly asbestos and a government expert warns authorities are using band-aid measures to clean up the problem.

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• An award-winning evolutionary biologist has turned down the most prestigious research fellowship for young scientists in the country in frustration at funding cuts.

• Growing pressure on the South Australian health budget is why services will be wound down at the Repatriation General Hospital at Daw Park in Adelaide’s south, Health Minister Jack Snelling says.

• Britain has become the first country in the world to allow the creation of babies with DNA from three people, after MPs voted for the controversial procedure.

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• The controversy over whether Lyme disease exists in Australia is set to be inflamed by new research that has found no evidence of the bacteria responsible for it around Sydney.

• Jamie Donaldson was unaware he had a common heart condition until he collapsed after a half-marathon and was dead for six minutes.

• Amy Rickhuss recovers after cardiac arrest at The Cosmetic Institute in Parramatta, during breast implant surgery. The clinic had immediately called an ambulance and she had been taken to Westmead Hospital in a serious condition.

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• A woman was taken to hospital in a serious condition on Friday after undergoing a cosmetic procedure at a clinic in Sydney’s west.

• About 150 people have rallied in Melbourne to protest against new requirements to add a bittering agent to raw milk.

• The United States has proposed analysing the genetic information of more than 1 million American volunteers as part of a new initiative to understand human disease and develop medicines targeted to an individual’s genetic make-up.