Tag: Health
Death in custody 'not linked to racism'
Queensland's Corrective Services commissioner has rejected allegations that racism is to blame for the death in custody of an Aboriginal teenager.[MORE]
Brain surgery scheduled after delay raised in Parliament
A Brisbane man who has been waiting nine months for urgent surgery has had his operation scheduled for next month, after his case was raised in Queensland Parliament.[MORE]
Chronic pain: Australia's 'shameful' situation
Healthcare professionals and industry call for chronic pain to be recognised as a disease, saying the condition is misunderstood.[MORE]
Jetstar clears plane to fly after health scare
Jetstar says its Airbus 320 plane has been cleared to fly following a health scare on a flight between Brisbane, and Mackay in north Queensland.[MORE]
Waiting times blow out
A new report has revealed WA children needing speech pathology are waiting an average of almost 16 months to be assessed.[MORE]
School criticised for putting autistic kids in pen
NSW Opposition says a school's decision to place children with autism into a pen during play periods is inhumane and cruel.[MORE]
Radiation results give health all-clear
The Western Australian Government says the results of a radiation survey prove there is no health risk from a decommissioned uranium testing site near Kalgoorlie.[MORE]
ACCC blocks cancer treatment claims
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has obtained an injunction against a Queensland man who treats people with cancer.[MORE]
Senate demands federal action over dialysis dilemma
The Senate has voted in favour of a Greens' motion calling on the Federal Government to intervene in a deadlock between the South Australian and Northern Territory governments over renal dialysis patients.[MORE]
Govt to probe school asbestos scare
Education Queensland (EQ) has launched an investigation into the discovery of asbestos at a north Queensland high school.[MORE]
Brisbane man waiting for urgent brain surgery
The State Opposition says a Brisbane man has been waiting nine months for urgent brain surgery that was supposed to happen within 30 days.[MORE]
Arsenic found in children's toenail clippings
Ballarat University researchers say council run clean-up programs of old mine sites in the goldfields in central Victoria have prevented high levels of arsenic in children.[MORE]
Parents give kids fewer mutated genes than thought
American scientists have for the first time unlocked the genetic code of an entire family, and made a startling discovery - that parents pass on fewer mutations than previously thought.[MORE]
Crighton expands retirement centre plans
The proponents of a $75 million retirement village in Bathurst are planning to build an aged care centre at the same complex.[MORE]
Hospital appoints clinical director
Clinicians are set to have a greater say on the decisions management make at the Dubbo Base Hospital.[MORE]
Abbott signals support for parental leave laws
Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has given his clearest indication yet that the Coalition will not try to block the Government's paid parental leave scheme.[MORE]
NT tops nation in spinal injury
Territorians are nearly twice as likely to injure their spines than the average Australian according to a new report from Flinders University in Adelaide.[MORE]
Council seeks comment on smoking ban
The Eurobodalla Shire Council in the New South Wales South East is giving people six weeks to comment on plans to ban smoking in outdoor eating areas on council land. [MORE]
Beware Rudd health plan: LNP
The State Opposition says Australians should be wary of the Prime Minister's national health agenda.[MORE]
Costings and data: SA election stoush continues
Stormwater data, health costings, economic terminology - the SA election fight has it all.[MORE]
States to meet hospital boards bill: Redmond
Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond says South Australia will have to meet the bill for hospital boards under the Federal Government's proposed hospitals takeover.[MORE]
Questions raised over adults and children sharing wards
The New South Wales opposition is calling for answers on how many hospitals are housing adults and children in the same wards.[MORE]
Country health boost promised by ALP
More equipment, elective surgery and chemotherapy for country areas of SA have been pledged by Labor.[MORE]
Government to proceed with long-awaited locks
The State Government will go ahead with ignition locks for repeat drink drivers - three years after announcing the plan.[MORE]
Redmond chases health policy detail
South Australian Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond has gone to Canberra with health policy on her mind.[MORE]
