2015年8月22日 星期六

2015-08-23 Australia Health


Sky News Australia
   
New smoking bans for outoor dining in Vic   
Sky News Australia
Smokers will be banned from lighting up at all outdoor dining areas in Victoria within two years. The ban from August 2017 will cover all outdoor dining areas at restaurants, cafes, take-away shops and licensed premises. The Victorian government says ...

Victoria the last Australian state to introduce smoking bans in outdoor dining ...   9news.com.au
Victorian smoking ban in outdoor dining areas to begin in August 2017   ABC Online
Outdoor areas in Victorian restaurants to be a smoke-free zone from mid-2017   The Guardian
The Age   
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ABC Online
   
Sixth case of measles confirmed for University of Queensland's St Lucia campus   
ABC Online
Another measles case linked to the University of Queensland's (UQ) St Lucia campus has been confirmed, bringing the total number of cases to six in just five weeks. The Darling Downs Public Health Unit said the person became ill after coming into ...
Risk zone widens in Qld measles outbreak   The Australian (blog)
Sixth measles case confirmed in Toowoomba   Brisbane Times
Person infected with measles visited Toowoomba   Toowoomba Chronicle

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NEWS.com.au
   
Organ donation: Hornsby MP Matt Kean slams NSW process   
NEWS.com.au
A NSW Liberal MP has slammed his own government for a substandard organ donation scheme, saying people on the NSW transplant list would have a better chance at survival if they moved interstate. Hornsby MP Matt Kean called on Health Minister Jillian ...

Become an organ donor, save lives   WHIO

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Courier Mail
   
University of Queensland molecular bioscience experts say Vegemite can be used ...   
Courier Mail
Vegemite, along with any sugar-containing food including fruit and fruit juices, can be used in the manufacture of alcohol. SCIENTISTS have confirmed that Vegemite can be used in the brewing of homemade booze. The Sunday Mail recently reported a ...

Alcohol from Vegemite? Don't let the facts ruin a good story   Green Left Weekly

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NEWS.com.au
   
Australia's drug epidemic: a 9000km trip through the heart of our Ice Nation   
The Daily Telegraph
ON DESCENT into Perth after a long shift in the Pilbara, Johnny Mitchell's ice cravings really kick in. His legs ache, his mouth is dry. He's badly missed his wife but it's not her waiting for him in the carpark. Mitchell, 27, has known about drugs ...
The crisis we can no longer ignore   NEWS.com.au

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Brisbane Times
   
Robotronica 2015 introduces Queensland to the future   
Brisbane Times
Queensland University of Technology is hosting its Robotronica spectacular today, a one-day free event offering Brisbanites the chance to connect with the latest innovations in robotic technology. The robot-infested QUT campus is showcasing workshops ...
Robotronica: 3D printing replacement parts for human bodies seen in hospitals ...   ABC Online

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NDTV
   
Sierra Leone Gold And Diamond Exports Plummet Due to Ebola   
NDTV
Freetown: Sierra Leone said Saturday gold exports had plunged three-fold and diamond exports nearly halved in the first half of 2015, a sign of the devastation wrought on the mining industry by the Ebola epidemic. Gold exports went from 11,751 grams in ...

Attention, world: The Ebola fight isn't over   Jakarta Post
Teen's killing highlights crime wave in Ebola-hit Sierra Leone   Reuters

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Newstalk ZB
   
Rat chews ear of sleeping 9-year-old   
Northern Rivers Echo
This undated photo shows a rat in the a pipe in London. Ageing sewers, insufficient garbage collection, a lack of resources to tackle the problem: it all adds up to a growing rat population in London, one of the world's wealthiest capital cities. AFP ...
Rat chews ear of sleeping boy   Newstalk ZB
Rat bites sleeping Auckland boy's ear   Otago Daily Times

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Soaring rates of mental illness, substance abuse for children in care: report   
Brisbane Times
Children in care are suffering significantly higher rates of mental health problems than their peers and are far more likely to smoke, drink and abuse drugs, a damning new report has revealed. They are also five times more likely to be admitted to ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Young swear off booze as middle-age binge drinking grows - often on the quiet   
Sydney Morning Herald
It's 4.30 on Friday afternoon and Nick Swifte​ is cracking open a beer with colleagues. By his own admission, the 45-year-old advertising executive is a "drinker of some renown". "I like getting drunk. I'm a big fan of it. Working as a media buyer ...

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