Indigenous health: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smoking rate drops below 40%
For the first time the rate of smoking among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people has dropped below 40% and a third of those who have previously smoked have now successfully quit, new data shows. However, the rate remains much higher than non-Indigenous Australians and it is unlikely the gap will close any time soon. The data comes from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, which has released its six-yearly National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey on Thursday. The sur..>> view original21-year old Sydney man suffers redback spider bite on penis
Spiders in Australia continue to bite more people, killing a baby and injuring a man on a sensitive body part in the same day. The culprit behind the bite on the adult male victim was also a redback spider, the same species of arachnid which killed a 22-year-old Aussie man two weeks ago. On Wednesday morning, the redback spider bit a 21-year-old Sydney man on his penis, reports The Daily Telegraph. The incident happened inside a portaloo in Kogarah when the victim sat down on a toilet bowl but ..>> view originalGuide dogs and their owners walk through CBD for International Guide Dog Day
Anthea Ellis, 2, meets Guide Dog Ariel as she relaxes before the walk. Picture: Sarah MatrayGUIDE dogs and their owners set tongues and tails wagging in Melbourne’s CBD yesterday as part of International Guide Dog Day.Owners and their guide dogs took to the city centre for a walk from Federation Square to the State Library for the opening of the Recollections exhibition.Tian You with Billy, Jessica Arena with Dane, Jo Rice with Aramis, Wendy Lyons with Clarke and Belinda Grant with Ariel. Pictur..>> view originalImmune system key to fighting cancer
A person's own immune system could hold the key to fighting cancer.Immunotherapy research has gathered momentum in recent years and now Queensland scientists have shone a light on how it could improve and prolong the lives of people with breast, lung, prostate and melanoma cancers.Researchers at the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Brisbane announced on Thursday it had made a breakthrough in the future treatment of cancer.The research - which took four years to complete - was publish..>> view originalQueensland paramedics given power to chemically sedate violent patients
All Queensland paramedics will be able to chemically sedate violent patients as part of new powers announced on Thursday.It was one of 15 recommendations from the state government's Paramedic Safety Taskforce, which Health and Ambulance Minister Cameron Dick said would be adopted in full. Paramedic Brad Johnson speaks to the media after he was attacked by a patient in December. Mr Dick said almost all Queensland paramedics would be trained to administer the sedative droperidol to patient..>> view originalThe pricetag of youth homelessness
KIM LANDERS: A world first study into youth homelessness has found early intervention programs - in schools and the community - could save the economy more than $600 million a year in the justice and health sectors alone.Researchers from Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia conducted the study over four years. They're now calling for youth homelessness policy to be shaken up. Rachael Brown reports.RACHAEL BROWN: For Miranda Kelly, who moved out of her parents' home at 16 years old ..>> view originalAll you need is one minute to workout
All you need? One minute to wrecked. The seven-minute workout is old news.I've taken up a strange exercise habit of late. On days when I'm too swamped with work or too uninspired to do 'proper' exercise, I'll spend a few minutes doing handstands or dance maniacally around the room. That, or I'll race down to the evil steps near where I live, the ones where the trainer stands leisurely at the bottom checking his stopwatch while shouting random words of encourag..>> view originalSome hospitals spending twice per patient compared to others
SOME Australian hospitals are spending twice as much as others to treat patients, the National Health Performance Authority report says. It shows some hospitals spend up to $6100 for patients requiring acute care, while others spend as little as $3100 on similar patients. The major metropolitan public hospitals with the lowest costs in the 2013-14 financial year were all in Victoria - Frankston Hospital, Casey Hospital, Western Hospital and Dandenong Campus Hospital. In the same peri..>> view originalMake clearer how much sugar is in food and drinks
The Straits Times | Dr Edmund Lam | Thursday, Apr 28, 2016 In 2014, I proposed that a sugar tax be introduced to discourage the overconsumption of sugar to control obesity and related illnesses that affect our population ("Combat obesity with 'fat' tax"; April 1, 2014). The suggestion was not taken up. Since then, the situation has deteriorated to the extent that the Ministry of Health has had to declare war on obesity and diabetes ("MOH to wage wa..>> view original
Thursday, April 28, 2016
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