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- In Far North Queensland, hundreds of local doctors have voted against the individual work contracts currently proposed by the state government.
- Another case of measles has been reported after a traveller returning to Darwin from the Philippines contracted the virus.
- A report has found that Western Australia employs more overseas doctors than anywhere else in the country, and need 950 new doctors to fill existing vacancies.
- The federal health department has been the subject of speculation regarding its taking down of a new website designed to help consumers understand the new front-of-package nutritional labels on food and beverages.
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- Advocates and sufferers of progressive multiple sclerosis are lobbying for the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme to include a drug used to ease symptoms of the disease.
- A South Australian medical training provider says a record number of registered doctors will this week start placements in the state’s regional areas.
- In QLD, the Mount Isa Hospital has said a new lead-testing scheme in the mining city will see significant increases in the number of children tested.
- In Italy, a month-long trial of a bionic hand has given researchers new hope in their aim to solve one of the most arduous challenges in prosthetics.
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- Queensland Health have blamed persistent wet weather for the ongoing dengue fever outbreak around Cairns, with 59 cases in the area, and a further 17 around Port Douglas.
- In Victoria, a record number of GPs have begun rural emergency skills training across the state’s North-East and Goulburn Murray region.
- In NSW, The Federal Assistant Minister of Health Fiona Nash has said that it’s not up to her to improve aged care in the Riverina.
- There was been a red alert issued for dangerous blue-green algae levels in the Menindee Lakes area. Chairman of the Sunraysia Regional Algal Committee, Owen Russell, says the point has been reached where residents must take precautions.
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- A report by the Australian Humans Rights Commission, to be released shortly, finds that discrimination against the disabled is rife within our justice system.
- The NSW southern highlands council of Wingecarribee has stopped all childhood vaccinations for February due to the state government’s withdrawal of indemnity insurance.
- The Therapeutic Goods Administration has said that last year at least 43 children under the age of 5 were given a flu vaccine banned for young children because it can cause fever, vomiting and convulsions.
- In WA, the Country Health Service will call for new tenders for the Esperance interim healthcare facility, after negotiations with a potential partner crumbled.
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- Australia’s Human Rights Commission will conduct an enquiry into children in immigration detention and its effects on them.
- In Victoria, talks between paramedics and the State Government over an ongoing pay dispute have broken down.
- Uncertainty remains about the eligibility criteria for the impending National Disability Insurance Scheme and how assessments will be conducted. A symposium organised by Griffith University yesterday in Brisbane discussed how the scheme will be enacted.
- A South Australian Government move to increase funds available to the Patients Assistance Transport Scheme is receiving widespread commendation.
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- The University of Wollongong has come under fire from the Australian Medical Association for pledging support to a PhD student whose research opposes Human HPV vaccination.
- The ACT state government is receiving widespread criticism for poor management of the state’s health care needs. Recent figures have shown that Canberra Hospital is routinely forced to use emergency beds for over-capacity situations.
- In NSW, the Member for Monaro John Barilaro has said that due to an industrial dispute, some scheduled surgeries at Queanbeyan Hospital are being rescheduled.
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- Researchers from Japan and the US have discovered a method of converting cells from adult mice into embryonic stem cells, a breakthrough which could lead to significant progress in human treatment.
- University of Melbourne vision scientist Dr Ashika Verghese presented her research on visual attention to the Australasian Neuroscience Society conference in Adelaide yesterday.
- Recent figures from the Productivity Commission show large differences between states on elective surgery waiting times. Alarmingly, the number of Tasmanian patients waiting over a year for surgery is 4 times the national average.
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- Scientists at the Queensland University of Technology have discovered two key enzymes that make ovarian cancer resistant to chemotherapy.
- In QLD the federal candidate for Griffith has effectively retracted his support for a General Practitioner co-payment for Medicare ahead of the seat’s by-election.
- In South Australia, the opposition have made a pre-election promise to build a palliative care facility at Port Pirie Hospital, but the current government says they have significantly underestimated the cost.
- The South Australian Government says a new mobile dialysis truck will provide a better level of service to Aboriginal kidney disease patients in South Australia’s outback.
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- Researchers from the University of Toronto have uncovered a potential method to safely administer cancer drugs to tumours. In their report, Professor Warren Chan and colleagues say that DNA could be utilised to link nanoparticle subunits to create “superstructures” that would safely and effectively deliver treatments directly to cancers.
- More than 800 neuroscientists from around the world are currently in Adelaide to discuss developments in their field, including some of the latest research on Alzheimer’s disease.
- An Australian scientist says his recent study should allay fears of the dangers of nano-particles being used in sunscreens. Dr Simon James of the Australian Synchrotron, says the study found the immune system can effectively break down zinc oxide nanoparticles that enter the body.
- In Melbourne a research team from Monash University have discovered that oestrogen could be the basis for an effective new stroke treatment method, and they believe it could lead to the development of separate treatments for males and females.
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- Queensland is working towards a surgery guarantee time for public patients under a revamp of the health system.
- Hong Kong has begun culling 20,000 chickens after the H7N9 bird flu virus was found in poultry imported from mainland China.
- Clinicians at the John Hunter Children’s Hospital have discovered a less invasive way to detect severe allergic reactions to peanuts through a simple breathing and blood test.
- A new health campaign is being launched in Fremantle where vaccination rates are some of the lowest in the state.
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