Smoking age ban: Cancer Council Queensland urges Government to take action
Smoking age ban: Cancer Council Queensland urges Government to take action Updated May 15, 2016 15:33:45 The Queensland Government is being urged to consider enacting a ban on smoking for anyone born after 2001.The call comes after Queensland's chief health officer Jeannette Young urged families to ban smoking in their own homes.Cancer Council Queensland chief executive Professor Jeff Dunn said children must be protected from the dangers of second-hand smoke and it was ..>> view originalSecurity guard dies after altercation with patient at Queensland hospital
A security guard has died after an altercation with a patient at a Queensland hospital.It is believed the man died after a clash with a mental health patient at Gympie Hospital, in the regional town of Gympie, this afternoon.The ward was placed into lockdown after the altercation. It is unclear what caused the guard's death.Distraught family and co-workers have gathered at the hospital and a police investigation is underway. Do you know more? Email contact@9news.com.au This is a breaking news s..>> view originalPM announces diabetes funding
The fingertips of young Noah Davies are a mess, thanks to routine pinpricks to check his blood glucose levels. But that's about to change, now that Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has pledged $54 million funding for new technology which could mostly end a ritual familiar to anyone with Type 1 diabetes. The move has the backing of Labor. The constant glucose monitor is a device which monitors blood sugar and transmits the results to a smartphone or an insulin pump. Noah's mum Megan, from Canberr..>> view originalAMA joins fight against Federal Government's Medicare rebate freeze
AMA joins fight against Federal Government's Medicare rebate freeze Posted May 15, 2016 14:59:44 The Federal Government has rejected calls from the Australian Medical Association (AMA) to overturn its decision to extend the Medicare rebates freeze until 2020. Key points:AMA says doctors will be forced to pass costs on to patientsJosh Frydenberg said Government is doing the right thing by keeping the policy in placeOther medical organisations threaten to join the AMA ..>> view originalSex abuse victim in her 20s allowed by doctors to choose euthanasia due to 'incurable' PTSD
A 20-year-old suffering PTSD following years of sexual abuse has challenged many people’s perception of euthanasia.WHEN we think about euthanasia, many of us picture an elderly person. They’ve had many good years, but an illness has ruined their quality of life. They’re in pain, and they want to end things on their own terms. For many people, this is an easy concept to accept.But a recent case in the Netherlands is getting a lot of media attention, and it’s troubling ethicists.A sexual abuse vic..>> view originalBaird defends medical cannabis action
Push for government to use tobacco excise dollars to help mentally ill smokers quit
Forty-two per cent of cigarettes consumed in Australia are smoked by people with a mental illness. Photo: Nikita Sobolkov The federal government has a moral obligation to use some of the almost $5 billion it will rake in from upping the tobacco excise to help mentally ill smokers kick the habit health, advocates have said.David Meldrum, CEO of the Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia, said 70 per cent of all schizophrenics, whose average life expectancy is ..>> view originalEating fruit in early life may decrease breast cancer risk: study
ISLAMABAD: Consuming certain fruits and vegetables during adolescence may result in a reduced risk of breast cancer in midlife while increasing alcohol intake later in life may increase that risk; two separate studies released this week suggested. Both studies were published in the May edition of the journal of BMJ. For the first study on fruits and veggies, researchers in the United States followed 90,000 nurses over 20 years who reported their diet in early adulthood. Half of the nurses invol..>> view original
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