Heart disease map reveals Tasmanian hotspots
Heart disease map reveals Tasmanian hotspots By Keiva de Gooyer Updated August 17, 2016 12:38:54 Tasmania's West Coast and Derwent Valley are the state's top heart attack hotspots, according to new Heart Foundation data. Key points:Eight areas with highest admission rates are in the top three of the ten poorest categoriesTasmania also ranks above nation in high cholesterol, blood pressure and smokingDoctor calls for education and for better services The Australi..>> view originalFour-year-old kicked in the head by a horse is on the mend, hospital says
The four-year-old boy who was rushed to hospital after being kicked in the head by a horse is making a recovery. The incident occurred at a property in Millbrook, near Ballarat on Tuesday afternoon. The boy was flown to the Royal Children's Hospital on Tuesday afternoon. Photo: Channel Seven He was airlifted to the Royal Children's Hospital in a critical condition. A spokeswoman for the hospital told Fairfax Media that the boy's condition had stabilised.>> view originalStop 'fiddling around' with Medicare: AMA president
The new head of the Australian Medical Association has warned conservative politicians to stop "fiddling around" with Medicare, saying it is a "totem" for voters who do not want it changed.Dr Michael Gannon told the National Press Club in Canberra that Labor's so-called Mediscare campaign in the federal election campaign was successful because there was a "very strong undercurrent of fear and uncertainty" among voters as a result of the Coalition's 2014 budget. More News Videos Pr..>> view originalSnake bites woman at Gold Coast primary school
A woman was taken to hospital after she was bitten by a snake at a Gold Coast primary school on Wednesday.Paramedics were called to Miami State School on Oceanic Drive at Mermaid Waters to treat a woman who had reportedly been bitten by a snake on her lower leg, above her ankle, about 10am. The woman was transported to hospital after being bitten by a snake. Photo: File/Nick Cubbin The woman, who was a staff member at the school, was transported to Gold Coast Robina Hospital in a stable ..>> view originalVic infant whooping cough cases halve
Infant whooping cough cases in Victoria have more than halved in the last year.Free vaccines for expectant parents and parents of newborns were reintroduced in June 2015.Thirty Victorian babies aged one and under have contracted whooping cough so far this year, compared with 68 cases for the same time last year.>> view originalGallery captures life at Mount Druitt hospital - St Marys
A day in Mount Druitt Hospital’s supportive and palliative care unit has been documented in a moving photo series. Gallery captures life at Mount Druitt hospital exitA day in Mount Druitt Hospital’s supportive and palliative care unit has been detailed in a series of emotive photos.With the consent of patients and families, Western Sydney Local Health District multimedia manager Carlos Furtado was given access to capture patients in the most vulnerable of st..>> view original'Sharelarium' cosmetic tanning business owner found guilty in Australian first
'Sharelarium' cosmetic tanning business owner found guilty in Australian first By Matthew Smith Updated August 17, 2016 16:29:29 A former Adelaide man has become the first person in Australia to be convicted of providing cosmetic tanning for a fee, admitting to a court that he ran a solarium from his garage.Jake Martin-Herde, 28, has admitted to two counts of offering and providing cosmetic tanning for a fee to the public.He used social media to promote his northe..>> view original'It could have killed her': Nationals senator calls for mobility scooter crackdown
A Coalition senator has called for tougher regulations of mobility scooters typically used by pensioners and the disabled after his wife was forced to have a hip replacement when she was hit by one at high speed on a footpath.Nationals Senator John Williams said state governments and local councils should consider on-the-spot fines or a registration regime to ensure pedestrians are safe. A man rides an electric mobility scooter in Sydney. Photo: Ben Rushton Senator Williams' wife owns ..>> view originalScientists make malaria 'breakthrough'
Sarah WiedersehnAustralian Associated PressAustralian scientists believe they've found a new and more effective way to cure people of malaria by stimulating the immune system to fight the disease.Scientists from the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Brisbane have developed a synthetic protein, called PD-L2, that completely cured mice of malaria.The protein was discovered on the surface of a particular immune cell that plays a crucial role in fighting malaria infection - spread to huma..>> view original
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