au-hotdailynews: 2015-10-28 Australia Health

Linking sausages to tobacco risk is a farce: Australia
Economic Times
SYDNEY: One of the world's top meat exporters Australia today ridiculed a landmark UN report linking sausages and ham to cancer, saying it was "a farce" to suggest they could be as lethal as cigarettes. The World Health Organisation's International ...
Cancer, bacon and misrepresenting statistics   The Australian Financial Review
Worried eating meat will give you cancer? Then you should visit your local butcher   Irish Independent
It was "just a coincidence" that hot dogs were added to the menu   The Guardian
Irish Examiner
Times of India
Independent Online
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Sky News Australia

Govt calls for health insurance feedback
Sky News Australia
The public and industry representatives will have a chance to give feedback on private health insurance, the federal government has announced. Roundtable discussions will be held in coming weeks, with former competition watchdog chair Graeme Samuels ...

Sussan Ley to trial new e-health record for the Fitbit generation   Sydney Morning Herald
Private health insurance review: Government seeks consumer input   SBS
Medicare data to be used in smartphone and smartwatch apps   Herald Sun
ABC Online
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Echonetdaily

Nine out of ten Aussies support medical cannabis
Echonetdaily
The NSW Government has announced trials of medical cannabis as a new survey shows nine out of ten Australians support the legalization of cannabis for medical purposes. Premier Mike Baird said Epidiolex will start to be prescribed to children with ...
NSW to host cannabis trial for epileptic children   ABC Online
Green light for NSW cannabis trials   The Australian (blog)
Concerns over placebos for epilepsy cannabis trial   Northern Star
Sydney Morning Herald
The Australian Women's Weekly
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Xconomy

Machine learning tech coming to healthcare with new Capitol deal
The Australian
ASX-listed health firm Capitol Health today signed a landmark deal with artificial intelligence firm Enlitic, run by Australian data scientist Jeremy Howard. Enlitic, recently voted 39th on Technology Review's list of the world's 50 smartest companies ...
Tumor-Spotting Startup Enlitic Raises $10 Million in Funding   Bloomberg
Deep learning startup Enlitic raises $10M from radiology company Capitol Health   VentureBeat
Enlitic and Capitol Health Announce Global Partnership Leveraging Deep ...   CNNMoney

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UPI.com

Oxytocin spray helps some kids with autism
9news.com.au
The social skills of children with autism improved after using a nasal spray containing the hormone oxytocin, according to a small Sydney study. "The potential to use such simple treatments to enhance the longer-term benefits of other behavioural ...
New hope in autism fight   The New Daily
Gail Alvares   The Conversation AU
Oxytocin 'Love Hormone' Nasal Spray Shows Promise in Kids With Autism   Philly.com
Science Recorder
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Sky News Australia

PTSD guide to be launched by NSW government
Sky News Australia
Australian experts have developed the world's first clinical guidelines to tackle the scourge' of post-traumatic stress disorder in emergency workers. Around 10 per cent of police, fire, rescue and ambulance workers are suffering PTSD, although rates ...
At least 8000 police, fire and ambulance officers are believed to be living ...   ABC Online
PTSD guide to be launched by NSW govt   SBS
Man with PTSD moves to Sudbury for mental health treatment   CBC.ca
PR Web (press release)
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NDTV

There's a gender gap in heart-attack care and it's bad for women
Sydney Morning Herald
There's long been a belief that heart disease is primarily a man's disease – even as evidence has emerged that it is the No. 1 killer of women. New research suggests that this inaccurate assumption can be extremely dangerous for women. One study found ...

When Can You Start Having Sex After A Heart Attack?   Lifehacker Australia
“Heart disease is the number one killer of women in Norway”   HealthCanal.com (press release) (blog)
Many young women not receiving adequate counseling on heart disease   News-Medical.net
Houston Chronicle
Financial Express
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Junk food tops supermarket catalogues
The Australian (blog)
AUSTRALIAN supermarkets are putting the junk in their junk mail, say obesity prevention researchers. TWO-THIRDS of the food advertised in the catalogues of the nation's four leading chains were not among the five core foods recommended for a healthy ...

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