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The News – 22 September 2014

Overview To stop the spread of ebola, there must be no physical contact with the infected - which makes for a particularly cruel fate for those who alre...

Sep 22, 2014 7 min read
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The News – 19 September 2014

Overview The study, published in the journal, Pharmaceutical Biology, looks at how the three major active components in pomegranate interfere with the d...

Sep 19, 2014 6 min read
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The News – 18 September 2014

Overview The New South Wales Government has announced a clinical trial of the medical use of marijuana, making its legal use one step closer in the state.

Sep 18, 2014 6 min read
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The News – 17 September 2014

Overview In the first study designed to assess how partially 'humanising' brains of a different species affects key cognitive functions, scientists repo...

Sep 17, 2014 6 min read
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The News – 16 Septemeber 2014

Overview A coroner has referred a midwife to a the NSW Health Care Complaints Commission (HCCC) after finding a baby died from undiagnosed foetal distre...

Sep 16, 2014 6 min read
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The News – 15 September 2014

Overview The Government has been advised Ms Holden is suing over her termination as head of the Southern Tasmanian Health Organisation. The Heart Founda

Sep 15, 2014 5 min read
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The News – 12 September 2014

Overview Australia's top researchers have gathered in Sydney for the nation's biggest science awards, with the creators of helicopter "floaties" and a H...

Sep 12, 2014 6 min read
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The News – 11 September 2014

Overview A coroner's inquest in Darwin is raising questions about the treatment given to a young Indigenous man who died at a health clinic in the remot...

Sep 11, 2014 7 min read
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The News – 10 September 2014

Overview Melbourne researchers are making progress towards new antimalarial drugs, after revealing how an antibiotic called emetine blocks the molecular...

Sep 10, 2014 6 min read
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The News – 9 September 2014

Overview Cancer survivors and advocates are devastated at a decision by the full bench of the Federal Court that private companies have the right to con...

Sep 9, 2014 7 min read