au-hotdailynews: 2015-07-02 Australia Health

40000 Sydney dental patients face anxious wait after HIV scare
Sydney Morning Herald
Patients who may be at risk should talk to their GP, or they can call a public information line on 1800 610 344. As the line has been receiving a high volume of calls, an alternative number and email have also been set up: 1300 066 055 or ...

Public assured after Sydney dental scare   9news.com.au
HIV scare for Australian dental patients   Telegraph.co.uk
6 dentists suspended after 12k patients may have been exposed to HIV or hepatitis   Daily Mail
The Daily Telegraph
Stuff.co.nz
Bangkok Post
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NT News

18 people hospitalised after Territory Day
Herald Sun
A WOMAN and three girls are being treated in Darwin hospital after suffering burns caused by fireworks on Territory Day. THERE have been 18 people treated at Northern Territory hospitals in the aftermath of the day, which celebrates the 37th year of ...

Fireworks injure 18 after NT celebrations   The Australian (blog)
Territorians went crackers   NT News
18 people attend NT hospitals for firework-related injuries, firefighters ...   NEWS.com.au

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Telstra launches dial-a-doctor service
NEWS.com.au
AUSTRALIANS can connect with a doctor by phone or video to get advice, treatment, diagnosis and prescriptions through a new service launched by Telstra. READYCARE, which will operate 24 hours a day, has employed registered Australian doctors, ...

Telstra's health tech service goes live   iT News
Telstra launches its telemedicine service   Computerworld Australia
Telstra expands health offering with ReadyCare   Finance News Network

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CBC.ca

Avoiding Diseases Caused From Tick Bites
KVRR
It's the busiest time of the year for ticks and with that comes the threat of serious diseases. Lyme disease is just one of the illnesses that can be transmitted by deer ticks. Last year there were around 1,500 new reported cases of Lyme disease in ...
Sudbury toddler treated for possible Lyme disease   CBC.ca
More Ticks Could Lead To More Disease In Southwest Michigan   WMUK
What is Lyme disease, what are the symptoms and is treatment readily available?   The Independent
The Post
Stroud Life
kawarthaNOW.com
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New Murray Primary Health Network to operate Swan Hill Headspace mental ...
ABC Online
It has been announced the Murray Primary Health Network (PHN) will operate the Headspace mental health centre in Swan Hill in northern Victoria. Primary Health Networks officially took over from Medicare Locals yesterday and the Murray PHN will ...

What the Primary Health Network changes mean for Gladstone   Gladstone Observer
40 jobs lost at Medicare Local Care now contracted out   Fraser Coast Chronicle
Abbott government's rebadged Medicare Locals tied up in legal stoush over name   Sydney Morning Herald
Bundaberg News Mail
Crikey (registration)
ABC Local
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Woman has half her face removed after doctor mistakes cancer for hayfever
Fox News
A young British woman had to have half of her face removed after severe nosebleeds that were misdiagnosed as hayfever turned out to be cancer, news.com.au reported. Six months after finding a strawberry-size tumor in her nose, Jannine McHaffie, 25, was ...

Woman lost part of her face to a misdiagnosis of hay fever   SheKnows.com
'My GP said my cancer was hayfever'   NEWS.com.au
Jannine McHaffie has half her face removed to try and beat adenoids cystic ...   Daily Mail
The Australian Women's Weekly
Mirror.co.uk
Metro
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Nursing home ills in Ontario tied to heavy antibiotic use
The Globe and Mail
Antibiotics are likely being overused in some nursing homes in Ontario – and that misuse is putting all residents of these facilities at risk, a study suggests. With most drugs, inappropriate use only threatens the health of the person who takes the ...
Australia's antibiotic overload the target of new study   UQ News
Consumer Reports: Dangerous overuse of antibiotics   9NEWS.com
Nursing Home Antibiotic Overuse Endangers Residents: Study   Newsmax

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After-School Sports Give Kids Academic Boost
Physicians News Digest
youth sports Extracurricular sports may help children develop the discipline they need to succeed in the classroom, a new study suggests. Kids' attention span and level of self-control are linked to their participation in organized, after-school sports ...
Participation in extracurricular activities predicts self-discipline in preteens   News-Medical.net
Extracurricular Sports May Give Kids' Academics a Boost   Doctors Lounge
Team sports give young children a boost in class   CBC.ca

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Recurrent Major Depression May Damage Hippocampus
Doctors Lounge
Smaller hippocampal volumes are seen in patients with major depressive disorder, and the association appears to be moderated by age of onset and first episode versus recurrent episode status, according to new research published online June 30 in ...

Suffering From Major Depression May Shrink The Brain's Hippocampus   Medical Daily
Why do some people suffer from recurrent depression? Illness SHRINKS key ...   Daily Mail
Scans Suggest Recurrent Depression May Take Toll on the Brain   Philly.com
Times of India
NEWS.com.au
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'Safe Alternative' St. John's Wort Has Same Side Effects as Antidepressants
Laboratory Equipment
Image: Univ. of Adelaide St. John's Wort can produce the same adverse reactions as antidepressants, and serious side effects can occur when the two are taken together, according to new University of Adelaide research. In a study published this month in ...
St. John's Wort May Cause Same Side Effects As Antidepressants, And Probably ...   Medical Daily
Share this story   Herald Sun
Herbal remedy can have similar side effects as Prozac   Nursing Times
European Pharmaceutical Review
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