2015年5月4日 星期一

2015-05-05 Australia Health


Sydney Morning Herald
   
Step away from your seat: swap two minutes of sitting for walking each hour to ...   
Sydney Morning Herald
We already know our chairs are out to kill us. Every hour we spend sitting, and being inactive, shaves time off our lives. In fact, physical inactivity is the fourth leading cause of death due to non-infectious disease worldwide. This is significant, given that about ...

How a two-minute walk every hour could save your life   South China Morning Post (subscription)
Hourly 2-Minute Walking Sessions Can Lead to Better Health Outcomes, Longer ...   Latin Post
Walking an extra two minutes each hour may offset hazards of sitting too long   Toronto Sun
Stuff.co.nz   
Health.com   
Intelihealth.com   
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ABC Online
   
Koala goes for a night time wander through western Victoria hospital   
ABC Online
Overnight staff in a western Victoria hospital got a shock when a koala marched into the emergency department. The koala was caught on security cameras on April 20 and the video was posted on the hospital's website. The animal was "very casual, very ...

Curious koala checks itself into Victorian hospital   9news.com.au
Curious koala visits Hamilton Base Hospital emergency department   Warrnambool Standard

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Australian Women's Weekly
   
Kids so obese doctors can't find veins   
Australian Women's Weekly
Australian doctors have revealed that obese children are now facing more health risks than ever. May 5, 2015. Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter Share this on Pinterest Share this on Email. Kids so obese doctors can't find veins. In an interview with ...

Sport needed in schools to curb childhood obesity   3AW
Obese children pose challenges for anaesthetists   The Age
Anaesthetists struggling with dose sizes in childhood obesity cases   Herald Sun
NEWS.com.au   
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Echonetdaily
   
Richmond-Tweed region ranks sixth for obesity   
Echonetdaily
Residents of the Richmond-Tweed region have ranked sixth in a ranking of New South Wales regions suffering obesity. An analysis by the Heath Foundation also found that 70.5 per cent of the people in the region were insufficiently active to remain healthy.
What a waist - one in four Richmond-Tweed residents now classified as obese   ABC Local
Former couch potato urging others to get healthy and active   Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
Australia's fattest and fittest areas revealed   Sydney Morning Herald
The Daily Telegraph   
NEWS.com.au   
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Nature World News
   
Performance-Enhancing Drugs Decrease Performance?   
Nature World News
It has long been thought that performance-enhancing drugs give athletes an edge in tough competitions, but now new astonishing research indicates that these methods actually decrease performance. Share This Story ...

Doping not improving performances: research   ABC Online
Doping hasn't helped athletes: research   Herald Sun
Doping not improving athletes' performances, University of Adelaide report finds   Radio Australia

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Akron Beacon Journal
   
Faith keeps a kidney transplant recipient going strong   
WALB-TV
A Dawson kidney transplant recipient has a message of hope for others who need a transplant. Sixty-eight-year-old Elizabeth Hylick was on dialysis for 12 years and the transplant waiting list for 6 years. Doctors told her a blood problem would make it difficult ...

Rosebud Secondary College students vow to join organ donation register after ...   Herald Sun
Young woman facing death without a lung transplant issues heartbreaking plea ...   mirror.co.uk
Cystic Fibrosis sufferer's emotional plea for organ donors as she faces agonising ...   Manchester Evening News
TucsonSentinel.com   
WCSH-TV   
Portadown Times   
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Daily Mail
   
Elderly drivers are as dangerous as young 'hoons' on the road by taking ...   
Daily Mail
Many elderly drivers are unwilling to surrender their driving licenses, believing they are still competent behind the wheel. However, research has shown that seniors are just as likely to cause an accident as young, inexperienced drivers. The Sydney Morning ...

Reward drivers who refresh their skills   The Age
Elderly drivers as dangerous as young hoons, says geriatrician   Sydney Morning Herald
Elderly drivers at risk as much as young 'hoons': geriatrician   9news.com.au

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ABC Online
   
Pharmacy Guild vows campaign to fight $1 prescriptions discount   
The Australian
The government will save some $400 million over five years introducing an optional $1 discount on prescriptions in the budget. However, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia will launch a fierce advertising campaign against it. The discount is likely to be one of ...

Budget 2015: Clamp down on pension asset test; govt readies for pharmacy ...   SmartCompany.com.au
Pharmacy Guild threatens campaign over $1 discount that could save $400m   The Guardian
Pharmacists call for greater say in funding agreement   ABC Online
New Zealand Doctor Online   
The Australian Financial Review   
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ABC Online
   
Nearly a third of Ballarat residents obese Heart Foundation report finds   
ABC Online
Ballarat Community Health is calling for more preventative education to tackle the city's obesity problem. New National Heart Foundation data has found almost a third of Ballarat residents are obese and the city has the highest rate of physical inactivity in the ...

Young and old enjoy Heart Health Week walk   Ballarat Courier
Unwelcome surprise at health clinic   The Courier

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News-Medical.net
   
Researchers suggest ways to keep harmful tobacco and alcohol products away ...   
News-Medical.net
As the realities of legalized marijuana take hold in four states and the District of Columbia, legislators and regulators could learn a lot from the successes -- and failures -- of the tobacco and alcohol industries in keeping their harmful products out of the hands ...

Johns Hopkins reports plan to keep legal pot away from children   Examiner.com
Seven myths about marijuana and your health   Opelousas Daily World

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