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Liberal candidate for Maitland, Steve Thomson says he has no problem going to next week's election without being able to tell voters what the funding model is for the city's new hospital.
Topics: health, elections, federal---state-issues, maitland-2320, metford-2323
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| UpdatedA union official says waste dumped in Adelaide's north-west, close to the Port River, appears to include asbestos.
Topics: asbestos, land-pollution, pollution, environment, unions, health, osborne-5017, port-adelaide-5015, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedNearly 250,000 Australians with Hepatitis C hope new drugs to treat the disease will be approved by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
Topics: hepatitis, pharmaceuticals, health, health-policy, australia, qld
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Whooping cough vaccinations will soon be available to pregnant women in Western Australia in a bid to protect newborn babies from the disease after the death of a four-week-old child this week.
Topics: vaccines-and-immunity, infant-health, pregnancy-and-childbirth, child-health-and-behaviour, babies---newborns, health, wa
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Arthritis South Australia is funding the state's first dedicated paediatric rheumatology nurse, in response to the growing number of children suffering from arthritis.
Topics: family-and-children, health, community-and-society, arthritis, diseases-and-disorders, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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| UpdatedThe first comprehensive evaluation of Australia's ground-breaking plain packaging tobacco laws shows they are working, the Victorian Cancer Council says.
Topics: smoking, health, research, cancer, melbourne-3000, australia
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| UpdatedA study that followed 3,500 newborns over 30 years finds that babies who are breastfed are more intelligent and that the boost in intelligence persists into adulthood.
Topics: breastfeeding, breast-feeding, health, australia, brazil
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| UpdatedBoth major parties announce $300 million hospital plans for Sydney, with the Coalition wanting to build a new hospital at Rouse Hill while Labor promises an upgrade of Concord Hospital.
Topics: elections, states-and-territories, health-policy, health, nationals, political-parties, liberals, alp, sydney-2000, nsw, rouse-hill-2155, concord-2137, strathfield-2135, drummoyne-2047
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Topics: health, newcastle-2300
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A team of researchers at the University of New England are pioneering new ways to identify and treat depression.
Topics: health, depression, mental-health, armidale-2350
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| UpdatedMore than 30 patients will be moved out from a community hospital north-west of Adelaide ahead of its April closure.
Topics: health-policy, healthcare-facilities, health, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, mallala-5502, port-pirie-5540, adelaide-5000, sa
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Demand for gluten-free food has skyrocketed, with more than half a million Australians avoiding gluten completely and many more reducing their intake. But just how in touch are most of us about the dangers of coeliac disease? Earlier News Breakfast spoke to Dr Jason Tye-Din from Coeliac Australia
Topics: health, diet-and-nutrition, australia
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| UpdatedA backdown on several aspects of the South Australian Government's Transforming Health Plan did not properly consider feedback from war veterans, according to a prominent member of the veteran community.
Topics: health-policy, healthcare-facilities, health, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, noarlunga-centre-5168, daw-park-5041, bedford-park-5042, adelaide-5000, sa
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A vaccine for malaria is a step closer to reality after Melbourne researchers make a significant discovery about how the human body's immune system fights the infection.
Topics: malaria, diseases-and-disorders, vaccines-and-immunity, health, medical-research, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedNew South Wales Health authorities say there has been a huge jump in people suffering Ross River virus after being bitten by infected mosquitoes.
Topics: health, diseases-and-disorders, nsw
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| UpdatedBig drug companies come under fire from the Federal Government for pushing costly cancer medications that have limited benefit, in an explosive submission to a Senate inquiry.
Topics: pharmaceuticals, health, diseases-and-disorders, cancer, doctors-and-medical-professionals, chemicals-and-pharmaceuticals, australia
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| UpdatedA proposed ban on the sale of cigarettes to anyone born after the year 2000 risks turning Tasmania into a "nanny state" one retailer says.
Topics: health, health-policy, smoking, government-and-politics, state-parliament, tas
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The WA Government finally fills the position of director-general of the Department of Health, which has been without a permanent boss since March 2013.
Topics: public-sector, health, healthcare-facilities, government-and-politics, wa
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Anyone having cosmetic surgery may soon have to undergo a mandatory seven-day cooling-off period before going under the knife.
Topics: health-policy, adolescent-health, health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, medical-ethics, medical-procedures, australia
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The manager of a Gold Coast cafe at the centre of a salmonella outbreak says he expects the eatery to be shut for another week while professional cleaners work their way through the premises.
Topics: food-poisoning, food-and-beverage, health, food-safety, broadbeach-waters-4218, qld
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Flipping burgers may be a straightforward task, but it is also a dangerous one with new evidence pointing to a sharp increase in hot oil burns in commercial kitchens around Australia.
Topics: workplace, occupational-health-and-safety, food-and-beverage, food-and-cooking, health, australia
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| UpdatedStung by criticism of planned health system changes, the South Australian Government makes key revisions to its Transforming Health manifesto.
Topics: health-policy, healthcare-facilities, health, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, noarlunga-centre-5168, daw-park-5041, bedford-park-5042, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedTwenty-four people have been killed by Cyclone Pam which tore through Vanuatu, the UN says, as the Pacific nation's president pleads for help to rebuild the archipelago's "completely destroyed" infrastructure.
Topics: storm-disaster, disasters-and-accidents, cyclone, weather, cyclones, health, relief-and-aid-organisations, government-and-politics, vanuatu, australia, solomon-islands, kiribati, tuvalu, fiji, pacific
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| UpdatedThree leading health organisations set medical researchers a challenge to make an affordable dialysis machine capable of using non-purified water as new figures show more people will experience terminal kidney failure.
Topics: health, liver-and-kidneys, diseases-and-disorders, australia
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| UpdatedPublisher Penguin Random House will stop printing The Whole Pantry, amid uncertainty around whether author Belle Gibson had cancer.
Topics: books-literature, health, australia