2014年12月22日 星期一

2014-12-23 Australia Health


BBC News
   
E-readers 'damage sleep and health,' doctors warn   
BBC News
If you curl up under the duvet with an ebook for a bedtime read then you are damaging your sleep and maybe your health, US doctors have warned. A team from Harvard Medical School compared reading paper books and light-emitting e-readers before ...

Reading iPad before bedtime may adversely impact sleep: study   Xinhua
Tablets before bed can ruin your sleep: New research warns bedtime gadget ...   Daily Mail
Using iPad before bed makes it harder to sleep, research says   The Australian (blog)
Washington Post   
The Seattle Times   
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Central Queensland news
   
Competition tough for rural health scholarships   
Central Queensland news
THE number of rural students looking to study health at university has outstripped supply for rural health scholarships four-fold this year, a key allied health group says. More than 660 prospective students from regional Australia hoping to study degrees ...


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Yahoo!7 News
   
Melbourne hospital evacuated after leak   
Daily Mail
Patients are being moved and surgeries cancelled after a burst pipe flooded three floors of Melbourne's Epworth Freemasons Hospital. A spokeswoman said the pipe burst in the construction zone on the roof of the hospital which is being redeveloped.
Surgery cancelled at Melbourne hospital - Yahoo!7   Yahoo!7 News

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The Age
   
Buying drugs online: NSW lawyers 'radical proposal' to decriminalise drugs   
The Age
The The NSW Bar Association's criminal law committee says existing laws aimed at curbing illicit drug use and supply are not working. A teenager on Sydney's northern beaches orders cocaine online and has it posted to their front door. It is just one of the ...

Law Committee suggests drug control needs radical rethink   Sydney Morning Herald
Aussie lawyers' 'radical proposal' to decriminalise drugs   The Dominion Post

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People with a religious faith are fatter than atheists, research finds   
The Australian (blog)
IT IS a religion which observes fasting during Lent, although there is the carb-laden bread and calorific wine marking the Last Supper, not to mention a sweet, sticky hot cross bun or two on Good Friday. Research has found that people with a religious faith ...

Holy Cannoli   The Times (subscription)

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SBS
   
NSW Government could soon be growing pot for sick kids   
Ballina Shire Advocate
THE NSW Government could soon be growing its own pot on behalf of sick children. In announcing a long-awaited trial of medical cannabis on Sunday, Premier Mike Baird said the Government was prepared to harvest its own if efforts to import the drug failed.
NSW government to fund three trials of medical cannabis   Sydney Morning Herald
Abbott supports NSW marijuana trial   NEWS.com.au
Medical cannabis trials in NSW to begin tomorrow   9news.com.au
Herald Sun   
The Australian Financial Review   
The Daily Telegraph   
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Yahoo!7 News
   
Royal Adelaide Hospital delays confirmed - Yahoo!7   
Yahoo!7 News
The South Australian government has confirmed a cost blowout and delays to the new Royal Adelaide Hospital ahead of a state budget update. Health Minister Jack Snelling says Tuesday's mid-year budget review will include an extra $177 million in funding ...


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Tips for dealing with joint pain   
NEWS.com.au
STIFF, aching joints don't only affect the elderly. AN increasing number of people in their 20s and early 30s have joint problems. Genetics can play a part, and so too can injury and being overweight or obese - which is increasingly affecting the young.

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Brisbane Times
   
Phone apps promote heavy drinking to young people: James Cook University ...   
Brisbane Times
Educating kids on how not to take up the bottle may start with them putting down their phones. submit to reddit · Email article · Print · Reprints & permissions. Drinking apps such as 'Drink Thin' are encouraging kids to drink heavily. Educating kids on how not to ...

Professor calls for ban on 'get wasted' alcohol apps   The Satellite

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La prensa
   
Medicinal Marijuana to be trialled in New South Wales   
ABC Online
SIMON SANTOW: Advocates for medicinal marijuana have welcomed a move to trial the drug in New South Wales to help the chronically ill as well as epilepsy sufferers. The New South Wales Government will spend up to $9 million on at least three trials of ...

Australian state approves medical marijuana testing   Fox News Latino
First trial of medicinal marijuana launched in Australia   The Nation

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