2015年1月19日 星期一

2015-01-20 Australia Health


6minutes
   
Uncontrolled asthma rife among adolescents   
6minutes
Adolescents with poorly controlled asthma are putting their mental health on the line, report Australian researchers. Their survey of 533 people aged 12-25 with asthma shows just over half have K10 scores which suggest they are likely to have a mental health ...

Young asthmatics 'twice as likely to have mental illnesses'   9news.com.au
Poorly managed asthma can harm mental health, researchers say   Herald Sun
Asthma flares up mental health risk   The West Australian
Newcastle Herald   
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6minutes
   
Professors propose plan to improve death experience   
6minutes
Most Australians are denied an opportunity to experience a good death, say two professors who have proposed reforms they believe will solve the problem. A good death, they write in the MJA, is one in which the patient influences where they will die, who will ...

Push to allow to more Australians to die at home   Herald Sun
Lack of community palliative care means people die away from home   The Australian
Doctors propose for over 75s to discuss how they wish to die   Central Queensland news

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SBS
   
When ADHD isn't what it seems   
SBS
Many cases of the disorder might actually be a more subtle form of fetal alcohol syndrome. By. Olga Khazan. Source: The Atlantic. 19 Jan 2015 - 9:43 AM UPDATED 5 MINS AGO. Tweet. 0. RELATED: Is alcohol ever ok for expectant mothers? The number of ...

Shocking rates of foetal alcohol syndrome found by study in Aboriginal community   Daily Mail
The hard truths for a community fighting foetal alcohol syndrome   Brisbane Times
Kids left with alcohol legacy   The West Australian

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6minutes
   
Stomach ulcer bacteria cuts multiple sclerosis risk: WA study   
ABC Online
Women infected with a common stomach bug have a lower risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), a West Australian research team has found. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) bacteria infects about 50 per cent of the world's population. While it remains ...

H.pylori not all bad (for women)   6minutes
Common gut microbe might curb multiple sclerosis risk—at least in women   Medical Xpress
Bacteria exposure helps cut MS risk   The West Australian

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The Sunshine Coast Daily
   
Coast second highest for smoking related hospital admissions   
The Sunshine Coast Daily
THE Sunshine Coast has one of the nation's highest levels of an incurable smoking-related lung disease. University of Adelaide research shows the region is home to about 45,320 smokers. As many as 12,276 are hospitalised each year for treatment of the ...

Hundreds Of Smokers Hospitalised Every Year With Serious Lung Diseases: Study   International Business Times AU
About 700 smokers hospitalised in Bundaberg each year   Bundaberg News Mail
Toowoomba region home to 22300 smokers   Toowoomba Chronicle
Coffs Coast Advocate   
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Pharmacy News
   
Pharmacies key to better health   
Sunraysia Daily
ANY solutions to ensure the future sustainability of Medicare must fully utilise Australia's 5450 strong community pharmacy network to deliver better and more cost-effective health outcomes, according to the Pharmacy Guild of Australia. Sussan Ley. The guild ...

Pharmacy services could offset Medicare costs   Illawarra Mercury
Pharmacy Guild cites regional benefits in pharmacists giving flu shots   ABC Online
Pharmacy the answer to health spend crisis: Guild   Pharmacy News

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Central Queensland news
   
Women with big bums give birth to smarter children   
Central Queensland news
THE development of a baby's brain relies on the supplies of fat held in its mothers thighs and buttocks, according to science. Professors William Lassek and Steven Gaulin from the University of Pittsburgh have been studying bottoms and believe their findings ...

Better babies: Why women evolved curves   Sydney Morning Herald
Fat found in women's bottoms makes up babies' brains say scientists,   Daily Mail
Scientists closely examine big butts   NEWS.com.au
Headlines & Global News   
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ABC Online
   
Government back down on Medicare rebate changes   
Moree Champion
A TWENTY dollar cut to the Medicare rebate on short GP consultations which was meant to come into effect this week has been scrapped at the last minute by the new federal health minister. Moree was already going to be largely sheltered from the changes ...

Royal Flying Doctors Service hopeful future Medicare reforms won't threaten ...   ABC Online
Superficial debate on health policy   The Australian
Southeast doctors claim victory for patients after Federal Government about-face ...   Herald Sun
Central Western Daily   
Daily Liberal   
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Yahoo!7 News
   
Health groups want tax on junk food   
NEWS.com.au
A TAX on sugary drinks would help stem the rise of childhood obesity and save the country billions in medical costs, leading health groups say. FOR the first time four health organisations have come together to urge the federal government to launch a ...

Delicious - or deserves a tax? Source: News Corp Australia   The Australian
Health star rating system for packaged food should be compulsory: poll   Sydney Morning Herald
Obesity More Expensive to Treat Than Smoking   Doctors Lounge
My Champlain Valley FOX44 & ABC22   
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The Age
   
Is weighing yourself a good idea?   
The Age
Is it smart to weigh yourself regularly in the interests of weight management – or is it the sort of behaviour that can help stoke an eating disorder? There's no straightforward answer to this which could explain why attitudes towards regular weigh-ins have ...

Is it time to put eating disorders on the agenda?   Vancouver Sun
Eating disorders on the rise after Christmas excess   Kent News

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