Tag: Health

Chain-smoking toddler kicks habit

September 2, 2010 20:42:00

A two-year-old Indonesian boy who smoked about 40 cigarettes a day has kicked the habit after receiving intensive specialist care, a child welfare official said.[MORE]

Tags: family-and-children, health, smoking, children, children-toddlers, indonesia

Ex-policeman's cardiac death avoidable: coroner

September 2, 2010 14:09:00

A coronial inquest has found the death of a former policeman after an exercise stress test at a Sydney hospital was avoidable.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, death, health, heart-disease, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, health-administration, australia, nsw, blacktown-2148

NT problem drinker register 'flawed'

September 2, 2010 13:52:00

The Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS) says the Territory Government's plans to establish a register of problem drinkers to address chronic alcoholism sounds like a flawed idea.[MORE]

Tags: government-and-politics, states-and-territories, health, drug-use, alcohol, australia, nt

WA considers alcohol ID scheme

September 2, 2010 12:30:00

The Western Australian Government is considering adopting a drinker identification scheme similar to that implemented in the Northern Territory.[MORE]

Tags: government-and-politics, states-and-territories, health, drug-use, alcohol, australia, wa, broome-6725

People with disabilities encouraged to be active

September 2, 2010 11:47:00

The achievements of people with disabilities will be on display in Rockhampton next week, as part of Disability Action Week.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, health, disabilities, community-organisations, australia, qld, rockhampton-4700

Trots bans alcohol advertising and signs

September 2, 2010 11:07:00

Alcohol advertising and promotion has been banned at Gloucester Park in East Perth.[MORE]

Tags: health, drug-use, information-and-communication, advertising, alcohol, wa, east-perth-6004

Wheatbelt mental health service to re-open

September 2, 2010 11:00:00

Mental health services in the Avon Valley in Western Australia have been boosted with the re-opening of the Wheatbelt Mental Health Service's Northam Clinic.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, suicide, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, health, mental-health, australia, wa, northam-6401

Rural GP says workload contributed to retirement

September 2, 2010 11:00:00

A retiring central Queensland doctor says he would have considered staying in the job longer if he was given more support. [MORE]

Tags: government-and-politics, public-sector, health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, healthcare-facilities, rural, community-development, australia, qld, biloela-4715

Armed men threaten woman in home invasion

September 2, 2010 10:50:00

A 60-year-old woman has been terrorised during a home invasion in Sydney's south-west last night.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, death, health, heart-disease, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, health-administration, australia, nsw, blacktown-2148

Scientists and planners consider street trees' benefits

September 2, 2010 10:05:00

The benefits are being assessed of diverting rain from gutters to water street trees.[MORE]

Tags: environment, climate-change, environmental-management, health, weather, environmental-impact, environmental-policy, australia, sa, adelaide-5000

Drinker id scheme under scrutiny

September 2, 2010 09:07:00

The WA government is considering adopting a drinker identification scheme similar to that implemented in the Northern Territory.[MORE]

Tags: health, drug-use, alcohol, wa

Russians told to light up and knock 'em back

September 2, 2010 00:23:00

Smoke and drink more, Russia's finance minister Alexei Kudrin urged citizens, explaining that higher consumption would help lift tax revenues for spending on social services.[MORE]

Tags: world-politics, health, drug-use, smoking, alcohol, russian-federation

Greeks told to stub out to save the economy

September 1, 2010 21:53:00

Greeks are being asked to quit smoking to help save their country's debt-stricken economy. [MORE]

Tags: world-politics, health, smoking, greece

Australian organ tourists drive sinister trade

September 1, 2010 20:11:00

Australians are helping fuel a predatory international transplant trade by travelling overseas to buy organs illegally.[MORE]

Tags: international-aid-and-trade, trade, health, medical-procedures, law-crime-and-justice, australia, china

Men contract Legionnaires' at Olympic Park

September 1, 2010 19:49:00

Two men who visited Sydney's Olympic Park early last month have tested positive to Legionnaires' disease.[MORE]

Tags: health, diseases-and-disorders, australia, nsw, homebush-2140

Lucas defends deregistered foreign-born doctor

September 1, 2010 17:30:00

Queensland Health Minister Paul Lucas has described a foreign-trained GP, who has been deregistered, as a very good doctor.[MORE]

Tags: government-and-politics, parliament, state-parliament, public-sector, health, health-policy, health-administration, australia, qld, brisbane-4000, lowood-4311

Rao inquest hears deaths prompted drug practice changes

September 1, 2010 13:52:00

An inquest in Albury has heard public hospital drug administration practices have changed as a result of an inquiry into the deaths of two patients in southern New South Wales.[MORE]

Tags: health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, medical-procedures, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, health-administration, australia, nsw, albury-2640, tocumwal-2714, vic, wodonga-3690

Hospital staff sickness postpones elective surgery

September 1, 2010 13:42:00

The Ballarat Hospital has blamed staff sickness, swine flu and a busy emergency department for its inability to complete all the elective surgery on its books.[MORE]

Tags: health, healthcare-facilities, australia, vic, ballarat-3350

Asthma sufferers told to develop action plan

September 1, 2010 13:09:00

There is a warning that the Riverina is set for its worst asthma season in over a decade.[MORE]

Tags: health, diseases-and-disorders, asthma, australia, nsw, wagga-wagga-2650

SA universities combine on cancer research

September 1, 2010 11:36:00

South Australia's three universities are combining their cancer research efforts.[MORE]

Tags: university-and-further-education, health, diseases-and-disorders, cancer, medical-research, sa, adelaide-5000

Michael Douglas hopes to beat 'intense' cancer

September 1, 2010 11:32:00

Michael Douglas says he has an 80 per cent chance of recovering from advanced throat cancer.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, health, diseases-and-disorders, cancer, actors, united-states

Independent MPs should prioritise rural broadband: doctors

September 1, 2010 11:32:00

The Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) says rural broadband access must be a priority for the independent MPs who will help form the next government.[MORE]

Tags: government-and-politics, elections, federal-government, health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, healthcare-facilities, information-and-communication, internet, federal-elections, australia, wa, albany-6330, broome-6725, bunbury-6230, esperance-6450, geraldton-6530, kalgoorlie-6430, karratha-6714

Biloela getting closer to 7-day doctor surgery

September 1, 2010 10:41:00

The central Queensland town of Biloela could have a seven-day-a-week doctor surgery within a month. [MORE]

Tags: health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, healthcare-facilities, rural, community-development, australia, qld, biloela-4715, rockhampton-4700