2014年9月3日 星期三

2014-09-04 Australia Health

  BBC News   
Asylum-seeker's family wants organs gifted as aid 'botched'  The Australian
THE Tehran family of 24-year-old Iranian asylum-seeker Hamid Kehazaei was last night trying to come to terms with the news that he is brain dead in a Brisbane hospital, apparently about a fortnight after cutting his foot in a Manus Island compound described ...

Secret isolation unit used for 'misbehaving' asylum seekers on Manus Island   Sydney Morning Herald
Doctors to make a decision about Manus Island detainee on life support   Radio Australia
Asylum seeker's 'brain death' shows failure of care and of democracy   The Conversation AU
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NSW emergency wait times improving  Herald Sun
FIVE of the state's big public hospitals have recorded a significant improvement in emergency waiting times. THE Bureau of Health Information's quarterly report reveals more than 600,000 people visited emergency departments between April and June this ...


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  Daily Mail   
Moles increase melanoma risk 400 per cent  Cowra Community News
HAVING moles on your skin can quadruple your risk of developing melanomas, Australian and British experts say. A team of researchers compared the medical records of two groups of people – more than 271,000 for whom moles had been recorded during a ...

It kills around 2000 Aussies each year, now new research has found that having ...   Daily Mail
Fears of greater cancer risk due to moles   Herald Scotland

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  Sky News Australia   
High levels of 'ice' in Melbourne sewage  Sky News Australia
Tests on Melbourne sewage show high enough levels of ice for the drug to have been used by one in every 20 Victorians. The highest ice usage occurred in the CBD, a study by the Penington Institute and the University of South Australia has found.

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How standing might be the best anti-ageing technique  Telegraph.co.uk
The best anti-ageing technique could be standing up, scientists believe, after discovering that spending more time on two feet protects DNA. A study found that too much sitting down shortens telomeres, the protective caps which sit at the end of chromosomes.
Sit Less, Protect Your DNA and Live Longer?   Philly.com
You Could Live Longer If You Spend More Time Standing And Less Sitting   Business Insider Australia
Stand up and keep out of the armchair for a longer life   The Times (subscription)

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  Science Codex   
Discovery Could Help Turn Antibiotic Into Antimalarial Drug  Infection Control Today
Dr. Wilson Wong and colleagues have found how an antibiotic drug kills the malaria parasite. Melbourne researchers are making progress toward new antimalarial drugs, after revealing how an antibiotic called emetine blocks the molecular machinery that ...

New discovery could help turn antibiotic into antimalarial drug   Medical Xpress

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  Yahoo!7 News   
Parkinson's support group to meet Thursday, Sept. 11  The Sylva Herald
Parkinson's Support in the Mountains will hold its regular monthly meeting at 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, in room 164 of the Senior Center. The group, which serves southwestern North Carolina and northeast Georgia, provides information and support for ...

Researchers work to find treatments for Parkinson's   U-T San Diego

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  Irish Independent   
UN says $600 mn needed to tackle Ebola as deaths top 1900  Livemint
The hemorrhagic fever has spread to Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Nigeria, and Senegal, and has killed more people than all outbreaks since Ebola was first uncovered in 1976. Photo: AFP. Washington/Conakry: The United Nations (UN) said $600 million in ...

At least 600 million USD needed to stem Ebola outbreak in West Africa: WHO chief   Xinhua
Ebola 'not under control anywhere'   Independent Online
Latest US doc to get Ebola skipped protective gear in 100-degree heat, says ...   Fox News
Times of India   
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Mackay's Town Hall will go gold for childhood cancer  Mackay Daily Mercury
MACKAY'S iconic Old Town Hall in Sydney Street will go Gold this September as part of a state-wide initiative to raise awareness of childhood cancer. Five LED floodlights have been installed along with timers and yellow filters have been mounted on the front ...

Go Gold campaign in Times Square brings out local supporters in fight against ...   Staten Island Advance - SILive.com
Belmont County Goes Gold for Childhood Cancer Awareness   WTRF

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  New York Daily News   
Half of young British women can't locate vagina on a diagram: survey  New York Daily News
Could you correctly label a diagram of the female reproductive system? The answer may depend on your age. A new study conducted by UK women's cancer research charity The Eve Appeal found that almost half of female participants aged 26 to 35 could ...

Actually, Women Do Know Where Their Vaginas are, Thanks   Care2.com
Half of young British women can't locate vagina   TheHealthSite
Half Of The British Women Cannot Locate The Vagina In A Picture Of The ...   International Business Times AU
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