2015年8月20日 星期四

2015-08-21 Australia Health


The Australian
   
Chemicals 'build up' in breast milk   
The Australian
A Harvard University public health expert says Western mothers should limit breastfeeding to a few months, after his team found that contaminants had accumulated in the blood of breastfed babies. The Danish and American study found that a widely used ...

Breast-Fed Babies Show Buildup of Potentially Harmful Chemical   Live Science
Breastfeeding 'could be passing on toxic chemicals to babies', Harvard warns   Daily Mail
Toxic Chemicals Taint The 'Best Possible' Food For Babies   Huffington Post
eNews Park Forest   
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Herald Sun
   
Medibank members face new hospital charges of up to $1000   
Herald Sun
Medical war ... Medibank members face out of pocket charges of up to $1,000 as the health fund goes to war with private hospitals. Picture: Thinkstock. EXCLUSIVE. MEMBERS of Australia's largest health fund face new out of pocket expenses of up to $1 ...

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BBC News
   
Dementia levels 'are stabilising'   
BBC News
The proportion of people living with dementia is levelling-off in parts of western Europe, a report says. The University of Cambridge study shows the proportion of elderly people with the condition in the UK has fallen, contrary to predictions that ...
Dementia rates lower than feared in Europe, research shows   Irish Times
New Study Identifies 9 Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Disease   TIME
Fears of Alzheimer's explosion 'overblown', study finds   Irish Examiner
Daily Mail   
CBC.ca   
Pulse   
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Sentinel Republic
   
Tobacco firm seeks Cancer Council Vic data   
Sentinel Republic
The Cancer Council of Victoria will fight a freedom of information request by a big tobacco company to access information from classroom surveys about young people's attitudes towards smoking. 'We thought that once journal articles analysing this data ...
Report titled 'Smoky Truth' about tobacco industry's tactics launched   Business Recorder (press release) (blog)
Cancer Council spends thousands fighting big tobacco over children's survey data   Sydney Morning Herald
Cancer Council fights big tobacco on school survey data   ABC Online

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ABC Online
   
Five measles cases confirmed at University of Queensland at St Lucia on ...   
ABC Online
There is a measles outbreak at the University of Queensland, with five cases now confirmed. Queensland Health has escalated its response to the spread of the virus, with more than 30,000 people attending the university. The first case was reported five ...

Fifth measles case at Qld uni   The Australian (blog)
UQ measles outbreak spreads to fifth student   Brisbane Times
Vaccination clinic set up for UQ after measles outbreak   The Sunshine Coast Daily

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Toronto Star
   
Campaign launched to promote South Asian organ donation   
Toronto Star
Shilpa Raju was given a new lease on life in 2012 when she found a suitable — and more important, willing — donor for a double lung transplant for cancer. However, not everyone is as fortunate as the Toronto epidemiologist, especially those in need ...
Setback for organ donors database   Gulf Digital News
Organ donation: Hornsby MP Matt Kean slams NSW process   NEWS.com.au
MP slams NSW organ donor scheme   Perth Now
Coeur d'Alene Press   
South Wales Evening Post   
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Sex abuse in Vic kids' care: report   
Yahoo7 News
Victoria's child residential care system creates opportunities for kids to be sexually abused, a Children's Commission report says. A report found 189 allegations of sexual abuse against 166 children in residential care, and children who reported abuse ...

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Sky News Australia
   
WA premier backs hospital in AMA attack   
Sky News Australia
The West Australian premier has taken aim at the Australian Medical Association, accusing it of running a campaign against the trouble-plagued Fiona Stanley Hospital. Some medical staff have quit in frustration over continuing problems with private ...

Fiona Stanley Hospital war of words   The Advertiser
AMA running FSH campaign: WA premier   Weekly Times Now

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PS News
   
Review shows hospital rushed to opening   
PS News
Creating a healthy work-life balance for the public sector is a critically important role for PS News, as this entertaining rundown of the cultural and lifestylish shows. After all, your mental health is as important as ours.

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9news.com.au
   
Girl runs for the first time because of the kindness of strangers   
9news.com.au
August 21, 2015: The kindness of strangers has helped purchase 'running' prosthetic legs for a young girl. fteAPGd. A young girl has achieved her dream to run for the first time after strangers helped raise money for special prosthetic legs that her ...
Meet this little girl who gets prosthetic legs through help!   Zee News
4-Year-Old Girl 'Flies' Thanks to Crowdfunded Prosthetic Legs   People Magazine
Girl, 4, gets running prosthetic legs with help of strangers   Palm Beach Post
Today.com   
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