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2015-05-25 Australia Health


ABC Online
   
Albino sparrow snapped in Melbourne's west   
NEWS.com.au
A RARE albino sparrow photographed in Melbourne's west has got twitchers all aflutter. THE pure white bird was snapped by Sanctuary Lakes resident Tom Parkinson, who said it was the seventh confirmed sighting on an albino sparrow globally since 2000.
Rare albino sparrow photographed in Vic   9news.com.au
Is this the world's loneliest bird? The sad life of the rare albino sparrow which ...   Daily Mail
Rare pure white sparrow found in Sanctuary Lakes   Herald Sun

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UQ News
   
Ice Bucket Challenge helps fund research   
9news.com.au
Thousands of Australians who took part in the Ice Bucket Challenge have helped kick-start the country's largest research project into motor neurone disease. A group of 16 researchers from across Australia have been granted $1.05 million to build a genetic ...

Ice bucket challenge raises $1m for Australian motor neurone disease research   ABC Online

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Radio New Zealand
   
Australia pitches $35m to Vanuatu after Cyclone Pam   
Northern Rivers Echo
AUSTRALIA will provide $35 million in additional support to the long-term recovery of Vanuatu from Tropical Cyclone Pam which devastated the Pacific nation earlier this year. Cyclone Pam caused severe damage to housing, health centres, schools and other ...

Australia boosts Vanuatu's Cyclone Pam recovery effort by $35 million   Radio Australia

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Brisbane Times
   
Canberra breast cancer survivor has scars tattooed   
Brisbane Times
For Sherry McGregor, the tattoos hidden under her shirt are a powerful tribute to the enormous battle she has overcome. For the breast cancer survivor and courageous Canberra mother, her tattoos have allowed her to reclaim her femininity and take back ...

A punishing reminder   Sydney Morning Herald
Underwear Company Features Double Mastectomy Breast Cancer Survivors In ...   Huffington Post
Toon princesses turn breast cancer survivors   The Asian Age

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Financial Times
   
Suffering Australian miners look to capitalise on 'pot boom'   
Financial Times
A downturn in the resources industry has prompted a growing number of struggling Australian miners to switch their focus to the booming medicinal marijuana market in an effort to stimulate investor interest. At least three resources companies are aiming to ...

Survey finds two-thirds of Australians support medicinal pot   Bundaberg News Mail
Support grows for medical marijuana   The Age

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ABC Online
   
Child sexual abuse can shorten life expectancy, shrink brain, royal commission ...   
ABC Online
There is still a long way to go in understanding how best to help victims of child sexual abuse, which can shorten a person's life expectancy and result in the shrinkage of their brain, a royal commission is told. Psychiatrist Dr Carolyn Quadrio, an Associate ...

Catholic celibacy does not drive child abuse, royal commission hears   The Guardian
Celibacy doesn't drive sex abuse: expert   Daily Mail

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ABC Online
   
Monash Medical Centre senior surgeon Helen Maroulis under investigation over ...   
ABC Online
A senior surgeon at one of Australia's most prestigious teaching hospitals is under investigation after being accused of bullying colleagues and intimidating nursing staff over a period of years. The ABC has learned that an internal investigation at Melbourne's ...

Tears, intimidation and throwing surgical instruments: Junior doctor claims top ...   Daily Mail

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The Land Newspaper
   
GP boost for rural communities   
The Land Newspaper
SMALL regional and rural communities will be more able to attract and retain general practitioners (GPs) under changes announced by Assistant Minister for Health Fiona Nash today. Speaking at the National Rural Health conference in Darwin, Minister Nash ...

Plan to attract GPs to remote Australia   Sky News Australia
Incentive scheme for bush doctors failing, funds to be redirected, Assistant ...   Radio Australia

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The Inquisitr
   
Suicide Rates Doubled Among African-American Children Ages 5 To 11 Since ...   
The Inquisitr
Researchers have found that rates of suicide among African-American children, specifically boys, have doubled since 1993, surpassing for the first time the rates among white children which dropped over the same period. The study published in the journal ...

Suicides rare in young children; rate edged up in black boys   STLtoday.com
Suicide Rate Among Black Children Increases, Study Says   GoodTherapy.org (blog)
Suicide Rate Nearly Doubles for Black Youth   KQED

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Sydney Morning Herald
   
New Zealand woman appeals to court for the right to die   
Sydney Morning Herald
Knowing she could be helped to die would be a great comfort in her final days of life, a New Zealand lawyer fighting for her right to die says. Lecretia Seales, a 42-year-old policy adviser at the NZ Law Commission, has begun her application in the High Court ...

Right to die case: 'Patient able to give consent'   New Zealand Herald
Lawyer's euthanasia battle begins   3News NZ

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