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Van stops in to check up on men's health

Health & Fitness – BY GEOFF SMITH The Rotary Clubs of the western area of district 9670 are combining with the Greater Western Area Health Service (GWAHS) to assist Men's Educational Rural Van (MERV) and its nurse unit manager, Andrew Whale to provide the community with ...

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Prison for Man With HIV Who Spit on a Police Officer

Health & Fitness – By GRETEL C. KOVACH DALLAS - A homeless man who spit in the mouth and eye of a police officer and then taunted him, saying he was HIV positive, was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Wednesday for harassing a public servant with a deadly weapon: his ...

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Cancer care

Health & Fitness – LEAH Taylor knows first hand what it is like to physically and emotionally support someone through cancer. Last July Leah quit her job in Canberra and moved to Stroud to be by the side of her mother, Dulcie Craig, who had just been diagnosed with a ...

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Towns look for natural fit in Bundy

Health & Fitness – THERE is a new battle looming for Baffle Creek, and this time they have got two regional councils onside. Gladstone Regional Council has suggested redrawing its boundary so that Baffle Creek, Lowmead and Rosedale fall in the Bundaberg Regional Council ...

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Lawmakers want better treatment for detainees

Health & Fitness – WASHINGTON (AP) - Top lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee are demanding more information from the Homeland Security Department about medical treatment provided to illegal immigrants detained in the US Recent news reports have detailed ...

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MP wants more time for regional plan say

Health & Fitness – The independent Member for the Sunshine Coast State seat of Nicklin says the Queensland Government should allow extra time for community input into the South-East Queensland Regional Plan.

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Food industry shares a role in dealing with anaphylaxis

Health & Fitness – Russian roulette is an appropriate description for living with anaphylaxis. We were happy to see it brought to light since our 13-year-old-daughter suffers from anaphylaxis and we know only too well the anxiety of living with life-threatening allergies ...

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Research questions stockpiling of bird flu drugs

Health & Fitness – TONY EASTLEY: New research brings into question Australia's stockpiling of antiviral drugs to combat a bird flu epidemic. A paper published today in Nature Online has found that a prominent mutation of the avian influenza virus known as H5N1 is ...

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AMA recognises Latrobe hospital admission woes

Health & Fitness – The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has acknowledged problems with admission times at the Latrobe Regional Hospital. A Victorian Government report shows an increase in the number of patients waiting more than eight hours on hospital trolleys for a ...

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Australia's pregnant drinkers exposed

Health & Fitness – MORE than one third of pregnant women drink despite most knowing the harmful effects alcohol can have on unborn children, a study has found.

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Transport key gripe for Blayney seniors

Health & Fitness – Access to transport for medical and social appointments was one of the key bugbears for seniors surveyed as part of a Charles Sturt University pilot study into ageing issues in the Bathurst-Blayney area.

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Robertson 'regrets' storeroom treatment for pregnant woman

Health & Fitness – The Queensland Health Minister says he deeply regrets the treatment a maternity patient and her husband received at the Gold Coast Hospital, but admits it has been difficult to keep pace with the demand for obstetric services.

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Humidicrib failure kills premature baby

Health & Fitness – By Leanne Edmistone THE death of a baby in north Queensland has prompted an urgent state and federal investigation into a widely-used ventilator.

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Parents doping up kids

Health & Fitness – PARENTS are dosing up their babies on over-the-counter medicines, despite concerns some are dangerous. An Australian-first study found 98 per cent of parents had bought non-prescription drugs to treat their infants' pain, fever, coughs and colds.

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Walk to help raise funds

Health & Fitness – A MIXTURE of paws and feet will be running along the foreshore when Port Lincoln canines and their owners participate in this Sunday's Million Paws Walk

Submitted and Voted for on May 16, 2008 10:25am