Author: healthprofessionalradio

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• Queensland Police have wrapped up the Gold Coast’s biggest drug operation in history, arresting more than 150 people on 400 charges.

• The High Court has rejected the application of A Brisbane-born baby and his asylum-seeking family and plans to move the family from detention in Brisbane are underway.

• A growing number of Americans are opposing vaccines and raising concerns about a resurgence in contagious diseases like measles and whooping cough.

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• The Minister for Aged Care and Disabilities Senator Mitch Fifield has said all members of the Coalition are fully committed to the complete delivery of the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

• Young health professionals and students in Queensland have voiced their concerns to the State Government about contracts for senior doctors in public.
  

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• Health unions have spoken out against attempts by the QLD gov to take them to court concerning their opposition to new work contracts for doctors in the state.

• New immunisation statistics show vaccination rates for young children in Western Australia’s Great Southern and south-west are below the national average.

• Research presented at the American College of Cardiology conference recently showed that the start of daylight savings is followed by a spike in heart attacks, and the end followed by a drop.

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• The complete rollout of the National Disability Insurance Scheme is projected to cause a spike in demand for disability-equipped housing.

• Queensland Health Minister Lawrence Springborg has ruled out extending the deadline for senior doctors to sign controversial new contracts.

• Cancer doctors are worried Australian patients will miss out on access to what has been called the biggest breakthrough in pancreatic cancer in two decades. Abraxane is one of the only treatments shown to help patients with advanced pancreatic cancer.

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• South Australian researchers claim they have made a significant breakthrough in tackling HIV and hepatitis C, using a new type of DNA vaccine which protects against the viruses and could possibly provide a cure in five years.

• A new study produced by Alzheimer’s Australia suggests up to 80 per cent of dementia patients in aged care facilities are being treated with psychotropic drugs.

• The Fair Work Commission has dismissed an appeal by the sacked Geelong Hospital anaesthetist, Mark Colson, to try to get his job back.

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• Researchers of Melbourne’s Monash Health have said they have clinical evidence that asthma patients with vocal problems can be effectively treated with Botox.

• In QLD another measles case has been reported on the Sunshine Coast. This marks the third confirmed case in the Sunshine Coast this month.

• Families of disabled people in WA who are in group housing are concerned that management and staff changes will seriously impact on the quality of care provided to them.

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• Disability lobbyists have condemned suggestions the government should delay the roll-out of the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

• 59 people in Guinea, West Africa have died in an outbreak of the Ebola virus. Scientists studying samples in the French city of Lyon confirmed it was Ebola, the Guinean health ministry said.

• In VIC, rights advocates are appealing to the state government to reject a proposal to legalise electroconvulsive therapy for children.