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2015-11-02 Australia Health


Sydney Morning Herald
   
Medicare claims worth millions ordered to be repaid: report   
Sydney Morning Herald
The public health watchdog has ordered health practitioners to repay millions of dollars in Medicare benefits this year, with more cases of alleged misuse referred to it for investigation. The Professional Services Review Agency investigates suspected ...
Doctors to repay $4m for rorting Medicare   Herald Sun
Doctors rorting Medicare Benefits Schedule ordered to repay $4 million in 12 ...   ABC Online

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ABC Online
   
Alcohol-related injuries down at St Vincent's Hospital since Kings Cross ...   
ABC Online
Sydney's lockout laws have led to a significant decrease in the most life-threatening alcohol-related injuries, doctors from St Vincent's Hospital in Darlinghurst say. In the 12 months since the laws were introduced, there was a 25 per cent decrease in ...
Lockout laws led to fewer near-dead emergency patients: researcher   Brisbane Times
Lockout laws cut alcohol injuries: hospital   Sky News Australia
ED sees fewer alcohol-related injuries post lockout   AustralianDoctor.com (subscription)

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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Health experts question Turnbull government's 'no jab no play' policy   
Sydney Morning Herald
Immunisation experts and the Royal Australasian College of Physicians have warned the federal government's "no jab no play" legislation will do little to boost childhood immunisation rates and could penalise children from lower socio-economic ...
News Corp Australia   The Australian

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Fat people more likely to have fat dogs   
The Australian (blog)
IS your puppy fat? Then the chances are you are too. THAT'S the latest finding from a research paper into chubby pooches and the lifestyles of their owners. Fat dog owners spoil their pets more often and are more likely to underestimate their dog's ...

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NEWS.com.au
   
iPods with personalised playlists which bring relief to people with dementia ...   
NEWS.com.au
IT'S cheap, easy, could provide relief to thousands of Australians coping with chronic conditions and almost all of us are carrying around one in our pocket or handbag. The humble mobile phone, or rather the technology within it, is being credited with ...

How iPods are used to help dementia patients at long-term care homes   CBC.ca

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Courier Mail
   
Erin Brockovich campaigns to end Bayer's Essure contraceptive as women face ...   
Courier Mail
Consumer advocate Erin Brockovich is fighting for contraceptive device Essure to be banned, after over 20,000 women have joined together to report debilitating side effects. November 1st 2015; 12 hours ago; /video/video.news.com.au/News/. THOUSANDS ...

Controversial ... Bayer describe Essure as a fuss-free non-surgical permanent ...   NEWS.com.au
If 20000 men s penises were falling off, the world would stop - Yahoo7   Yahoo7 News
Erin Brockovich joins campaign to pull Essure contraceptive from market   Daily Mail

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The Australian
   
Supermarkets spell out baby formula limit in Chinese as Perth mums struggle to ...   
The Australian
RATIONING: Supermarkets put limit on baby formula purchases; Coles and Woolworths customers can buy up to four cans; Perth mums struggle to feed babies as local stores sell out. PERTH'S baby milk formula shortage is worsening as shops struggle to ...

Baby formula drought spelt out in Chinese   Perth Now
Coles imposes four-can limit on baby formula after 'cans are sold to China'   Daily Mail

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Herald Sun
   
Brisbane Convention Centre food poisoning caused by salmonella on stick blender   
Herald Sun
The Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre said it was the first incident of its type in the centre's 20-year history. A KITCHEN stick blender contaminated with salmonella was the source of a mass food poisoning outbreak in Brisbane early this year.
Almost 300 sickened: Brisbane Convention Centre food poisoning caused by ...   Barfblog (blog)

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Government lists leukaemia treatment   
Herald Sun
Patients with two rare types of leukaemia will be able to access a key medicine at a fraction of its normal $66,500 cost. The federal government is investing $20 million over five years to list Iclusig, a treatment for sufferers of chronic myeloid ...

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NEWS.com.au
   
Yvana Bischoff and Noelene Bischoff died in Bali after suspected food ...   
NEWS.com.au
THE number of Australians getting into trouble or being hurt overseas is growing, new figures show. Thailand remains the destination where the most Australians travellers needed help, with a total of 667 cases (down 13 per cent) last year including 163 ...


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