au-hotdailynews: 2015-04-28 Australia Health

The Cure for Cancer? Why False Claims Are Dangerous
Huffington Post
A couple of years ago, I blogged on HuffPost imploring well-meaning (and sometimes not-so-well-meaning) folks to refrain from telling me what to do to "cure" my cancer. The premise of the piece was that while I and may of us dealing with serious illness ...

Belle Gibson is only the latest in a long line of hucksters peddling bad science   Brisbane Times
What To Eat Now: are food bloggers always bona fide?   Telegraph.co.uk
Gibson's lies have betrayed cancer victims   Herald Sun
The Daily Telegraph
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Australian Islamic State doctor: Tareq Kamleh a 'lazy doctor who flirted with ...
Sydney Morning Herald
Sudden change after mystery trip. Australian jihadist doctor Tareq Kamleh was a lazy doctor who would flirt with his patients and use his charm and good looks to get nurses to do his work, former colleagues say. An experienced doctor who worked with Dr ...

ISIS doctor Tareq Kamleh STILL allowed to practice medicine in Australia   Daily Mail
Australian Islamic State doctor Tareq Kamleh's sudden change after mystery trip ...   Stuff.co.nz
Australian ISIS doctor failed Otago medical school - report   TVNZ
NEWS.com.au
Courier Mail
The Australian
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Mass demonstration planned over 'beach body ready' tube advert
The Guardian
A Protein World advert displayed at a London Underground station. More than 44,000 people have signed a petition to have the posters removed. Photograph: Catherine Wylie/PA. Caroline Davies. Monday 27 April 2015 10.54 EDT Last modified on Monday ...

Model Renee Somerfield hits back at 'are you bikini ready' social media storm   Sydney Morning Herald
Ads asking 'Are you beach body ready?' spark backlash over 'unrealistic body ...   Today.com
'Are you beach body ready?': Feminists deface 'body-shaming' ad   Telegraph.co.uk
Channel 4 News
mirror.co.uk
Daily Mail
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New app aims to help us battle our need to booze
Herald Sun
YOUR mobile phone could be the secret weapon in the battle to beat the booze. A world-first smartphone app designed specifically to help Australians reduce their dependence on alcohol will be launched today in a bid to change people's drinking patterns.
Smart phone gives a hangover pick-me-up advice   WA today
New smartphone app may help tackle alcohol dependence   Business Standard
App to Help Boozers Fight the Urge to Drink   The New Indian Express

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Some 2-Year-Olds Are Spending Over An Hour A Day On Screened Devices
Morning Ledger
In the ever-changing world of digital media, more and more children are developing a taste for smartphones, computers and tablets, alike. New research shows that more than one-third of babies are tapping into technology; even before they are ready to walk ...

Babies as young as 6 MONTHS are using smartphones and tablets   Daily Mail
Babies using smartphones even before they learn to walk: Study   Times of India
Babies using mobile media, new study reveals   The Australian
Science Daily
Washington Post
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Protection against cancer virus
New Zealand Herald
A Rotorua doctor says more local parents should get their children vaccinated against a cancer-causing virus. The HPV vaccination is available to all Year 8 girls and is free up to their 20th birthday, either through a school-based immunisation programme or ...

Benefits of HPV vaccine can be seen in high school girls, study says   Deseret News
Share “Benefits of HPV vaccine can be seen in...”   NewsOK.com
HPV Vaccine offers early benefits to young girls   Maine News
Medscape
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Blind workers cost Australia $2.07 billion
Byron Shire News
A REPORT to be released today shows one of the leading causes of blindness for working age Australians, which stems from diabetes, will cost Australia $2.07 billion this year and will have a major impact on workforce participation and productivity.
Diabetes-related blindness costing Australian economy $2 billion: researchers   Brisbane Times
Workforce hit hard by diabetic eye disease   9news.com.au

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The Vice Guide to Mental Health launched
Voxy
VICE, the global youth media company and content studio, today announces the launch of The VICE Guide to Mental Health. The weeklong editorial project seeks to address and understand some of the many issues affecting young people living with mental ...

Vice links up with Mind for mental health project   The Guardian
Vice primes 'Mental Health' guide for global launch   Poynter.org
Vice partners with Mind for 'empowering' mental health guide   Media Week (registration)

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Victoria commits $25 million to implement all mine fire inquiry recommendations
The Fifth Estate
The Victorian Government has committed $25.4 million in funding to implement all recommendations made by the Hazelwood Mine Fire Board of Inquiry. Speaking in Morwell on Monday, Premier Daniel Andrews… emissions-cuts-CCA ...

Government commits $25 million to mine fire response   Latrobe Valley Express
Hazelwood mine fire inquiry: Coal mine rehabilitation to be a focus of reopened ...   ABC Online
Vic govt reopens Hazelwood mine inquiry   Perth Now

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Obesity in pregnancy puts child at diabetes risk —Swedish study
GMA News
PARIS - Women who are obese while pregnant may put their offspring at risk of childhood diabetes, a condition that requires lifelong insulin therapy, Swedish researchers said Tuesday. A study of more than 1.2 million children born in Sweden between 1992 ...

Parental link to childhood diabetes   NEWS.com.au
$8m injection for diabetes study   The Australian
National study to test unborn babies for type 1 diabetes   ABC Online
Herald Sun
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