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Sun, sand, the sea - and a boob job  11/30/2012
Sun, sand, the sea - and a boob job
The combination of sun, sand, the sea and a boob job is proving an irresistible lure to scores of young Australian women travelling to exotic destinations for cosmetic surgery.
Complaints data shortage a problem for health system  11/14/2012
Complaints data shortage a problem for health system
A lack of national data on health care complaints is a major obstacle to making improvements to the health care system, a study led by the University of Sydney claims.
Shutting down: good night's snooze a web click away  11/12/2012
Shutting down: good night's snooze a web click away
Do insomniacs dream of electric sleep?
Stopping forced removal of babies from intellectually disabled parents  11/5/2012
Stopping forced removal of babies from intellectually disabled parents
Professor Gwynnyth Llewellyn: "When babies are taken away from their mothers early on and the mother doesn't really understand why, then you have the potential for very distressed ...
Fat chance: the battle of the bulge continues in Australia  11/5/2012
Fat chance: the battle of the bulge continues in Australia
Australians are smoking and drinking less but they are still putting on weight, with more than 60 per cent of the population deemed overweight or obese.
Young footballers endangering their health  10/30/2012
Young footballers endangering their health
Dr Frédéric Gilbert from the University of Tasmania has warned that youth suffering repeated concussions while playing in any of Australia's three football codes are endangering ...
A new approach to deadly influenza outbreaks in nursing homes  10/22/2012
A new approach to deadly influenza outbreaks in nursing homes
In developed countries people over 65 years old are the most likely to die from an influenza outbreak and people in nursing homes, where the virus is difficult to control, are ...
The battle diggers face after war  10/12/2012
The battle diggers face after war
For hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Australian troops, withdrawal from Afghanistan will simply bring a new battle - with mental illness.
Depression: experts outline innovative approaches  10/10/2012
Depression: experts outline innovative approaches
Depression can be a stubborn problem — at least one in three patients fail to respond to proven therapies — and experts in the field have put their heads together to outline practical ...
Olive oil could provide insight into its anti-inflammatory properties  10/10/2012
Olive oil could provide insight into its anti-inflammatory properties
Deakin University researchers are investigating the anti-inflammatory properties of virgin olive oil to see if it as the potential to protect against the inflammation involved in ...
Bottled beverage sales expected to grow despite call for bans  10/10/2012
Bottled beverage sales expected to grow despite call for bans
Health experts across the United States and Australia have highlighted soft drinks as one of the culprits for their places as the first and second ranking countries respectively in ...
Infectious disease risk low priority for Australian travellers  10/10/2012
Infectious disease risk low priority for Australian travellers
New research led by the University of Sydney's Family Medicine Research Centre reveals many Australians are inadequately protecting against potentially serious infectious diseases ...
Anti-cancer traits found in faba beans: research  10/10/2012
Anti-cancer traits found in faba beans: research
Anti-cancer properties have been found in extracts from Australian-grown faba beans, along with effects that may have implications for treating hypertension and maintaining healthy ...
Study finds most children eat four times the daily salt limit  10/10/2012
Study finds most children eat four times the daily salt limit
A Deakin University study has found seven in ten children are eating more than the recommended upper limit of salt each day, putting their health at serious risk.
What if your antibiotics didn't work?  10/9/2012
What if your antibiotics didn't work?
Experts call for simple measures to stem the tide of antimicrobial resistance.
Advancing the treatment of trauma  9/25/2012
Advancing the treatment of trauma
With traumatic injuries claiming almost six million lives a year, improvements in care, including in the challenging areas of brain and bone injuries, and haemorrhage, are urgently ...
Trial strawberry variety shows exciting health potential  9/19/2012
Trial strawberry variety shows exciting health potential
A Queensland strawberry-breeding program has uncovered what could become the nutritional power-berry of the strawberry industry.
Online treatment dramatically cuts suicide risks  9/19/2012
Online treatment dramatically cuts suicide risks
Web-based treatment for people with depression cuts by half the number of people with the illness contemplating suicide, Australian research shows.
Two-thirds of people who have a stroke become depressed  9/19/2012
Two-thirds of people who have a stroke become depressed
Up to two-thirds of people who have a stroke will experience depression and although it is more common in the first year after the stroke - stroke survivors, friends and family need ...
Australians are feeling the urge to donate to science  9/19/2012
Australians are feeling the urge to donate to science
When Ron announced to his family that his body would be donated to science, no one was going to stand in his way.
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