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Saturday, May 7, 2005.
Saturday, May 7, 2005. 16:21 AEST
A Rockhampton psychiatrist who had a sexual relationship with a patient he had been treating for depression has been deregistered for four years after losing an appeal to the Health Practitioners Tribunal.
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Saturday, May 7, 2005. 07:16 AEST
More than 65 organisations and programs were nominated at last night's ACT Health Promotion Awards.
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Friday, May 6, 2005.
Friday, May 6, 2005. 19:37 AEST
A new after-hours GP clinic has opened at the Canberra Hospital.
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Friday, May 6, 2005. 16:10 AEST
Queensland Premier Peter Beattie says patients of Dr Jayant Patel, who may need corrective surgery, will be given priority in the public or private health systems.
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Friday, May 6, 2005. 15:01 AEST
A national charity helping people with mental illness says mental health patient suicides occur in all Australian states.
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Friday, May 6, 2005. 13:36 AEST
Taking a combination of three drugs, instead of just one of them, can improve survival for patients suffering from heart disease, researchers say.
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Friday, May 6, 2005. 13:21 AEST
Cigar bars may be forced to close because of anti-smoking legislation tabled in the Victorian parliament last night.
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Friday, May 6, 2005. 11:24 AEST
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) president has slammed the Queensland Government for the failures that have led to an inquiry into psychiatric and surgical services.
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Friday, May 6, 2005. 11:22 AEST
The Western Australian Government is considering relocating Perth's children's hospital to the Royal Perth site.
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Friday, May 6, 2005. 11:09 AEST
An orthopaedic surgeon from Jakarta will spend six months working at the Royal Darwin Hospital as part of a new plan to help Indonesia recover from the Boxing Day tsunami.
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Friday, May 6, 2005. 08:08 AEST
An inquest has criticised the level of communication between authorities at the Royal Hobart Hospital's psychiatric ward and the families of patients.
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Thursday, May 5, 2005.
Thursday, May 5, 2005. 19:04 AEST
The Federal Government has agreed to contribute $1 million to a campaign to stop a new outbreak of polio in Indonesia.
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Thursday, May 5, 2005. 13:43 AEST
The Opposition does not support a Federal Government review of Medicare funding for invitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment.
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Thursday, May 5, 2005. 13:00 AEST
The South Australian Health Minister says she has been assured by Mount Gambier Hospital that any claims of bullying or harassment of staff will be thoroughly investigated.
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Thursday, May 5, 2005. 12:47 AEST
New research on the impact of asthma on people aged over 65 has found an increased incidence of depression and osteoporosis.
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Thursday, May 5, 2005. 12:31 AEST
NSW Health Minister Morris Iemma has confirmed that a man was allowed to continue working at the Kempsey Base Hospital after he was charged with child pornography offences.
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Thursday, May 5, 2005. 12:04 AEST
A new study raises serious concerns about the side-effects of nitrous oxide, the gas commonly known as laughing gas and used in general anaesthetics.
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Thursday, May 5, 2005. 11:18 AEST
The Queensland Coroner says no-one has come forward with information as he investigates the deaths of patients treated by Dr Jayant Patel.
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Thursday, May 5, 2005. 10:49 AEST
More than 100 workers are refusing to return to a redevelopment site in Brisbane after asbestos was found in the building yesterday.
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Thursday, May 5, 2005. 10:26 AEST
Nurses at central western NSW public hospitals have voted to strike next week.
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Thursday, May 5, 2005. 09:12 AEST
Former patients of Dr Jayant Patel, the surgeon at the centre of Queensland's foreign trained doctor scandal, are meeting tonight to discuss how they can get another opinion on whether they need further treatment.
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Thursday, May 5, 2005. 08:22 AEST
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) says referring the issue of IVF funding to an expert review is a sensible way forward and the Government should be commended if that is the path it takes.
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Thursday, May 5, 2005. 07:30 AEST
Queensland Premier Peter Beattie says it may be necessary to conduct more regular background checks on doctors in the public health system.
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Thursday, May 5, 2005. 07:14 AEST
The Rural Doctors Association of New South Wales says it is unacceptable for country women to give birth on the side of the road because of a lack of obstetric services in the bush.
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Wednesday, May 4, 2005.
Wednesday, May 4, 2005. 19:39 AEST
Queensland's doctor crisis has widened, with revelations that a psychiatrist practicing on the Sunshine Coast was was 'struck off' in the United States 10 years ago.
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Wednesday, May 4, 2005. 16:01 AEST
A doctor who treated a Perth man just before he died from deep vein thrombosis (DVT) has told a coronial inquiry he realised the patient had blood clots within 10 minutes of seeing him.
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Wednesday, May 4, 2005. 14:23 AEST
Children are 10 times more likely to develop the potentially fatal meningococcal disease if their mothers are pregnant, according to startling new Dutch research.
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Wednesday, May 4, 2005. 12:00 AEST
A study has found that acupuncture and a sham version of the same thing both helped reduce the frequency of migraine headaches for reasons that are not clear, researchers say.
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Wednesday, May 4, 2005. 10:41 AEST
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says more funding is need to combat malaria around the world.
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Wednesday, May 4, 2005. 09:04 AEST
There appears to be more trouble over mental health staffing at Mount Gambier Hospital, in south-eastern South Australia.
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Wednesday, May 4, 2005. 08:45 AEST
A dentist from Dalby, in southern Queensland, says soft drink companies are offering bribes to parents and children associations to stock their products.
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Wednesday, May 4, 2005. 06:18 AEST
The head of the children's ward at a New South Wales hospital was allowed to stay in the job for several months after he was charged with child pornography offences, NSW Parliament has heard.
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Wednesday, May 4, 2005. 00:01 AEST
Indonesia has detected its first case of polio for nearly 10 years.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2005.
Tuesday, May 3, 2005. 19:49 AEST
Friday night's AFL match between Melbourne and Adelaide at the MCG will be highlighted by a half-time march made by 11,500 women to raise awareness of breast cancer.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2005. 17:17 AEST
A new hearing aid being developed by Australian scientists is described as surround-sound inside your ears.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2005. 17:14 AEST
The death toll from the outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus in Angola has reached 280, most of whom succumbed to the disease in the northern Uige province, according to the health ministry and the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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Tuesday, May 3, 2005. 14:36 AEST
A study into private health insurance has found that many people who pay for private cover do not use it when they need to go to hospital.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2005. 10:34 AEST
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) remains hopeful the Federal Government will back away from proposed restrictions on Medicare funding of IVF treatment.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2005. 10:33 AEST
The Australian Nursing Federation says there are common misconceptions about the type of work carried out by nurses and midwives.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2005. 08:50 AEST
The NSW Dust Diseases Board has announced it will conduct more tests on residents of the Baryulgil community near Grafton in northern New South Wales.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2005. 07:20 AEST
The Western Australian Health Department says it is as prepared as it can be if a deadly flu pandemic were to break out in Australia.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2005. 00:02 AEST
Western Australian researchers have found that people trying to get off heroin are less likely to overdose if they have a naltrexone implant.
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Monday, May 2, 2005.
Monday, May 2, 2005. 22:19 AEST
The bad hearts of thousands of Australians are reportedly costing the economy more than $14 billion a year, and the problem is predicted to get worse.
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Monday, May 2, 2005. 20:15 AEST
A new study suggests that loneliness can be bad for the heart.
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Monday, May 2, 2005. 16:26 AEST
Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott says there is a very real prospect of a deadly flu pandemic in Australia.
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Monday, May 2, 2005. 16:07 AEST
A coronial inquest has heard a Perth man, who died as a result of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), was not given competent treatment by his doctor.
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Monday, May 2, 2005. 16:07 AEST
A new report on children in Australia shows a remarkable drop in the country's infant mortality rate over the past 20 years.
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Monday, May 2, 2005. 16:00 AEST
New Cancer Council research shows four in five Victorians now support smoking bans in bars and clubs.
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Monday, May 2, 2005. 14:14 AEST
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) has opened its first base without a plane, to provide primary health care for isolated communities.
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Monday, May 2, 2005. 12:42 AEST
The South Australian Health Minister is calling on women in rural and remote areas to be tested to prevent cervical cancer.
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Monday, May 2, 2005. 12:20 AEST
A new survey on attitudes to abortion has found that nearly nine in 10 Australians want to see the number of abortions reduced but say restricting legal access is not the answer.
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Monday, May 2, 2005. 10:15 AEST
There are new calls for Queensland patients not to lose confidence in overseas trained doctors.
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Monday, May 2, 2005. 10:02 AEST
Prime Minister John Howard says the Government's proposed policy on IVF is not a cost-cutting exercise.
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Sunday, May 1, 2005.
Sunday, May 1, 2005. 16:26 AEST
An editorial published in today's Medical Journal of Australia says the country could face a serious shortage of obstetricians within a decade.
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Sunday, May 1, 2005. 14:00 AEST
An anti-smoking lobby group has called on the Federal Government to ban cigarette advertising on the Internet.
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Sunday, May 1, 2005. 13:06 AEST
The Royal Children's Hospital will be completely rebuilt in a major spending project announced today by the Victorian Government.
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Sunday, May 1, 2005. 13:00 AEST
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) says young footballers could put their health at risk if they copy the Fremantle Dockers' use of caffeine tablets.
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Sunday, May 1, 2005. 11:44 AEST
Scientists in Hong Kong and Britain have discovered a gene responsible for hearing, a breakthrough that could eventually lead to a cure for congenital deafness.
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Sunday, May 1, 2005. 10:11 AEST
New South Wales Premier Bob Carr says the State Government will spend $227 million on providing 800 new hospital beds.
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Sunday, May 1, 2005. 00:10 AEST
A United States judge has temporarily blocked a 13-year-old girl from getting an abortion, ordering her to undergo psychological testing before the procedure, local media reports.
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