All 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 originalRedback bites Sydney man's penis in portaloo
The Civic St building site where the man was bitten. Picture: John GraingerA TRADIE has been taken to hospital after being bitten on the penis by a redback spider, while sitting on the toilet in Sydney’s south.The man, known only as Jordan, was using a Portaloo on a building site on Civic Ave, Kogarah, when the spider bit him on his genitalia about 8.45am.Paramedics were initially called to the scene, but a NSW Ambulance spokesman said the bitten man managed to make his own way to hospital for t..>> view originalYoung Gay and Bisexual Men are 6 Times More Likely to Commit Suicide
A study published in the Journal of Public Health reveals that gay and bisexual men below the age of 26 are six times more likely to commit suicide or harm themselves than older men. The researchers explain that unlike younger men, men above 45 are ...>> 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 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 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 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 originalIndigenous 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 original
Thursday, April 28, 2016
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