au-hotdailynews: 2015-08-19 Australia Health

Give up alcohol if cancer runs in your family, Harvard study warns
The Australian
People with a family history of cancer should consider giving up alcohol, an expert has said, after a Harvard study linked even moderate drinking to increased cancer rates. A small glass of wine a day raises a woman's risk of developing certain cancers ...
Cancer risk 'even from light drinking'   BBC News
Just one drink can raise breast cancer risk - experts   New Zealand Herald
One drink a day increases a woman's risk of breast cancer: study   Sydney Morning Herald
NEWS.com.au
Telegraph.co.uk
Irish Times
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Hot chilli may be the secret ingredient to weight loss, Adelaide University ...
ABC Online
A chemical found in hot chilli peppers could hold the key to helping people to eat less to lose weight, and ultimately fight obesity. Researchers at Adelaide University are investigating how a chemical receptor in chilli can activate nerves in the ...
Hot chilli research for weight loss   The Australian (blog)
Hot chilli receptor may unlock a new treatment for obesity   NEWS.com.au
Appetite-suppressing power of hot chilli could lead to a new weight loss drug   Sydney Morning Herald
Newswise (press release)
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Chilrden must eat 23 McDonald's Happy Meals in just two months to collect book ...
Daily Mail
Furious parents are calling for a McDonald's Happy Meal promotion to be pulled, claiming Australian children would need to buy 23 Happy Meals in just eight weeks to collect a series of books. Children's health advocacy group, The Parents' Jury argues ...

Parents' Jury not happy about McDonald's book promotion   Herald Sun
Australian Parents Angry Over Books in Happy Meals   GalleyCat
Parent Advocacy Group Takes on McDonald's   Pro Bono Australia

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Woman Stands in Her Underwear in London Street to Promote Self-Love
People Magazine
Jae West stripped down to her underwear and a blindfold in the middle of London's Piccadilly Circus – and what happened next was truly inspiring. The 24-year-old stood with a whiteboard that read, "I'm standing for anyone who has struggled with an ...
Why a semi-naked woman asked strangers to draw hearts on her body   Telegraph.co.uk
Eating Disorder Survivor Bravely Undresses In Public To Promote Body Love   Huffington Post
Eating Disorder Survivor Undresses in Public to Encourage Women to Love Their   The Weather Space
Rapid News Network
iFreePress.com (blog)
NEWS.com.au
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Isabelle and Mia Smith saved their mum when she had a seizure
Herald Sun
SISTERS Isabelle and Mia Smith are two little girls with the biggest of brave hearts. The siblings, aged seven and five respectively, knew exactly what to do when their mum, Kelly McLean, had a seizure while putting their baby brother to bed at home in ...
Penrith mum Kim McLean saved by daughters' call to triple-zero   Sydney Morning Herald
Her daughter's call saved her life   The Australian Women's Weekly
Mum Kim McLean saved by daughters' emergency call   Stuff.co.nz

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Ovarian cancer sufferer's family shares story in #10Hours awareness campaign
Sydney Morning Herald
Lisa Robey fondly remembers family friend Sue Gane cutting it up on the dance floor at her sister's wedding. Four months later, she was buried in the same dress she'd been dancing in. "Aunty Sue", as Ms Robey affectionately calls her, died within two ...
Ovarian Cancer Action says being too embarrassed to say "vagina" puts women at ...   Metro
Women risking their health as too embarrassed to talk about sex   Burton Mail
Breaking the 'verbal' barrier: Talking about sexual health should not ...   International Business Times AU
Telegraph.co.uk
TV3.ie
Medscape
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Coroner criticises care after disabled Hawke's Bay man eats himself to death
Stuff.co.nz
A disabled man with an insatiable appetite for food ate himself to death, and his minders have been criticised for their shoddy care. Paul Douglas Thompson, of Hastings, died on April 8, 2013, after eating a "very large volume of food" at his supported ...
Overeating contributes to man's death   New Zealand Herald
The man who ate himself to death   Sky News Australia
Care of man who ate himself to death 'inadequate' - coroner   TVNZ
Hawke's Bay Today
Mackay Daily Mercury
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Former Victorian state ward tells of sex abuse by staff and resident of home
The Guardian
BDB told the commission her marriage broke down because her history of abuse meant she did not know how to give or accept love. Photograph: Jeremy Piper/AAP/royal commission. Melissa Davey · @MelissaLDavey. Monday 17 August 2015 23.27 EDT ...

Care homes 'treat kids like old TV sets'   The Australian (blog)

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