2015年4月16日 星期四

2015-04-17 Australia Health


Sydney Morning Herald
   
Meet the woman who reveals she has genital herpes   
Sydney Morning Herald
Seven months after Ella Dawson says she was diagnosed with genital herpes, she remembers a young man at a college party offering her a sip of his beer. " 'Don't worry,' " she recalled him saying. " 'I don't have herpes or anything.' " Ms Dawson, 22, was just ...

Ella Dawson tells everybody she has genital herpes to destigmatize the STI   Daily Mail

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9news.com.au
   
Doctors want free surgery for obese people   
Daily Mail
Savings will be made if taxpayers fund weight loss surgery for Queensland's morbidly obese, a peak medical body says. Free surgery for the morbidly obese is one of the key recommendations in the Australian Medical Association of Queensland's five-year ...

Proposed plan to make weight loss surgery like lap band 'free' for the obese   3AW
YOUR SAY: Should the morbidly obese get free gastric band surgery?   9news.com.au
Obese Queensland should get free lap band surgery: AMA   Brisbane Times
NEWS.com.au   
Sky News Australia   
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Echonetdaily
   
Hospital funding gap 'to cause greater inequality'   
Echonetdaily
The AMA report shows waiting times for elective surgery procedures had not improved at all in the past four years. Karlis Salna, AAP. The nation's peak medical group has warned a massive shortfall in federal funding for hospitals will lead to even longer ...

Funding gap 'to cause greater inequality'   9news.com.au
AMA warns of hospital funding 'perfect storm' that will lengthen waiting lists   Sydney Morning Herald
AMA hospital report card gives states fuel for fight   The Australian
ABC Online   
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ABC Online
   
Mental health system 'disturbing'   
Cowra Community News
A CRITICAL review of the national mental health system paints a “disturbing picture” and calls for increased efforts to halve the suicide rate and stop people falling through the cracks. Health Minister Sussan Ley says she believes there's enough mental health ...

Ley's mental health redesign   The Australian
Ley says mental health system 'disturbing'   9news.com.au
Mental health review recommends overhaul of complicated system   ABC Online
Sydney Morning Herald   
NEWS.com.au   
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helpmeoutDOC News - A consistent flow of medical news
   
Eye test could detect dementia   
9news.com.au
Alzheimer's disease could be detected in patients up to 20 years before symptoms appear with a simple eye test, researchers say. Trials by US and Australian researchers have found changes in the eye's retina may mirror changes that occur in the brain with ...

Eye imaging technology could be used to detect dementia decades before ...   ABC Online
Virginia seeks to improve care for dementia patients   Roanoke Times

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6minutes
   
Botox finding puts figurative frown on scientists' faces   
6minutes
Researchers from the University of Queensland have discovered that Botulinum neurotoxin serotype A doesn't necessarily degrade upon reaching the central nervous system, as previously thought. The researchers say this discovery is “worrying, considering ...

How Botox Gets Into Your Brain   FoxFM
Botox Safety: Botulinum Neurotoxin Serotype A Escapes To The Central ...   Science World Report
Botox Makes Unnverving Journey into Our Nervous System   Drug Discovery & Development
Science 2.0   
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PS News
   
New ID bracelets for Queensland dementia sufferers   
NEWS.com.au
QUEENSLANDERS are being asked to keep an eye out for special new bracelets designed to help reunite people with dementia who become lost with their families. The new stainless steel bracelets have been engraved with a unique number and will allow ...

Police join Alzheimer's in search plan   PS News
ID bracelets will help reunite wandering dementia sufferers with carers ...   ABC Online
New scheme to protect people with dementia   The Sunshine Coast Daily

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Daily Mail
   
Father teaches son Carter Gentle to be proud of his surgery scars by sharing ...   
Daily Mail
A loving father has helped his seven-year-old son, who suffers from a congenital heart defect, to view his surgery scars as beautiful marks of bravery by proudly sharing a photo of the boy's battle wounds online. When Mark Gentle, from Farmington, Maine, ...

Photo Of Boy After His 12th Surgery Goes Viral, Proves He Should Be Proud Of ...   Huffington Post
'Your surgical scars are beautiful son': Dad's plea for Facebook 'likes' goes viral   mirror.co.uk
'Scars are beautiful': photo of 7yo goes viral   The New Daily
Metro   
Yahoo Parenting   
IJ Review   
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NBC Right Now
   
Benton County Jail Plans for New Mental Health Wing   
NBC Right Now
BENTON COUNTY, WA- It is no secret that mental illness affects many lives but recently, our local jails are seeing a sharp increase in the amount of inmates that need the extra help. With Benton County Commissioners' recent approval, plans for a special ...

Mental health - a crisis-driven system in crisis   Sydney Morning Herald
Grading DC's Progress on Childhood Mental Illness   Huffington Post
Skewed depression statistics hide male suffering   Deutsche Welle
Ghanaian Chronicle   
Huffington Post UK   
Rappler   
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How to persuade people to eat fruit, the easy way   
The Age
An Australian study has found that people will buy 35 per cent more fruit – or 2.4 additional servings – when the price is discounted by 20 per cent. But the effect of discounting was more profound for fruit than vegetables and had no impact when it came to ...


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