2014年8月31日 星期日

2014-09-01 Australia Health

  Sydney Morning Herald   
Healthy habits that hold back the clock  Sydney Morning Herald
We might think of Botox and cosmetic repair jobs as the big guns in the anti-ageing armoury, but how about a different approach – like picking up a set of dumb bells and putting down that bag of chips? There's growing evidence that what we do to boost our ...


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  Daily Mail   
A dollar to light up: smokers brace for another jump in tobacco excise  Sydney Morning Herald
Cigarette taxes will jump by a hefty 13.7 per cent on Monday, the second of four outsized increases in as many years. The excise on a pack of 20 will climb from $8.13 to $9.25, an increase of $1.12. The excise on apack of 40 will climb from $16.26 to $18.51.
Smokers to pay more for cigarettes as tobacco taxes rise by 13.7 per cent   The West Australian
Cigarettes set to cost $1 EACH as prices jump 14 per cent today which ...   Daily Mail
Smokers paying more for cigarettes as tax increases   Bundaberg News Mail
Toowoomba Chronicle   
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  Australian Ageing Agenda   
Dementia awareness month gets underway  Australian Ageing Agenda
Short films, public lectures and forums, and arts and cultural events are among the wide range of national initiatives getting underway from today as part of Dementia Awareness Month. The theme of this year's Dementia Awareness Month is 'Creating a ...

A quality life despite dementia   Sydney Morning Herald
A quality life despite dementia diagnosis   The Canberra Times

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  The West Australian   
Women who have cervical cancer vaccine are shunning regular Pap smear tests  NEWS.com.au
YOUNG women who received the cervical cancer vaccine are shunning regular Pap smears at higher rates than unvaccinated women, prompting concern from health experts. A study out today reveals high numbers of women are neglecting their two-yearly ...

Young women avoiding Pap smears   6minutes
Vaccine encourages risky health option   The West Australian
Women who get HPV vaccine still need tests   Herald Sun
Business Insider Australia   
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  The Canberra Times   
Total hospital smoking ban comes into effect  The Canberra Times
Calvary, along with Canberra, National Capital and John James hospitals, is smoke-free. Photo: Melissa Adams. Patients and visitors to hospitals in Canberra will be prohibited from smoking anywhere on ACT Health campuses as new blanket bans come into ...

Blanket smoking ban across Canberra's major hospitals   The West Australian
Patient numbers at Canberra Hospital unsafe, emergency department head says   Yahoo!7 News

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  Salon   
Parents with obese children often don't see it, study finds  Philly.com
Researchers have identified a new culprit in the epidemic of childhood obesity: parents who can't even tell that their pudgy kids are overweight. A new study in the journal Pediatrics finds that American parents are much less likely to make an accurate ...

Parents Can't Tell If Their Kids Are Too Fat Any More   Lifehacker Australia
Many parents can't tell if their child is obese or not   Salon

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AFL committed to kicking gender imbalance into touch, says executive member ...  The Age
The AFL executive steering industry-wide change to address the game's relationship with women says the penny has finally dropped at league headquarters on the complex and historically vexed issue. Speaking to Fairfax on the release of a groundbreaking ...


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  CNN   
Junk food does more than make you fat, and other studies you missed  CNN
(CNN) -- Here's a roundup of five medical studies published this week that might give you new insights into your health, mind and body. Remember, correlation is not causation -- so if a study finds a connection between two things, it doesn't mean that one ...

Junk food addictive, stifles willingness to try new foods   The Herald-Times (subscription)
Junk food makes rats lose interest in varied foods: study   The New Age Online
Eating Junk Food Decreases Ability to Appreciate 'Healthy' Foods, Study Finds   Eat. Drink. Better.
Headlines & Global News   
Science 2.0   
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Drug overdoses on rise in rural areas  Braidwood Times
Alan Fisher is concerned about the prevalence of drug overdoses in regional areas. Picture: DAVID THORPE. Source: The Border Mail. The Border needs more pain and addiction specialists to tackle regional Australia's rising death rate resulting from ...


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Woman with cough billed $35k by 'esoteric healers'  MSN NZ News
A woman who was suffering from a standard cough was sent to undertake new-age medical treatments that cost her more than $35,000 and even included the bizarre recommendation she travel to space for a cure. Australian woman Ira McClure was referred ...

Doctor sent woman for two years of new age healing in a galaxy far, far away for ...   The Daily Telegraph

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