Extra pollen fuels lengthy hayfever season
November 20, 2008For Canberra's hayfever sufferers sneezing, runny noses and itchy eyes come hand in hand with spring.
Palmerston hospital was our idea, says Oppn
November 20, 2008The Northern Territory Opposition says it is flattered that the Government has now taken up its idea of building a hospital in Palmerston.
China food, drug inspection transparency improving: FDA
November 20, 2008United States officials say China's food and drug inspection transparency is improving.
Call for help to find missing man
November 20, 2008The family of a northern Tasmanian man who's been missing for two nights hold fears for his safety.
Govt reopens Kokoda health clinic
November 20, 2008The Federal Government has reopened a health clinic on the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea, as part of Australia's aid commitment to the country.
ANF defends remote nurses
November 20, 2008The Australian Nursing Federation says remote area nurses are a vital part of health care in remote communities, and work in cooperation with medical officers.
Funding woes risking lives: Doctor
November 20, 2008A senior Tasmanian health professional says lives are being put at risk because of a lack of funding at the Launceston General Hospital.
Gulf War syndrome research needed: RSL
November 20, 2008The RSL says the Federal Government owes it to Australian veterans to fund more research into Gulf War syndrome.
Researchers confident of viral link to MS
November 20, 2008Researchers at the University of Queensland may have found a link between the Epstein Barr virus (EBV) and the development of Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
Hospital plan is a diversion from serious health problems: AMA
November 20, 2008The Australian Medical Association says the NT Govt is using the prospect of a hospital in Palmerston as a diversionary tactic.
Unions 'stopped from entering desal site'
November 20, 2008Unions New South Wales says it has serious safety concerns about a construction site at Kurnell, in Sydney's South, where a desalination plant is being built.
Country health meetings slammed
November 20, 2008Community consultation sessions for the revised country health care strategy are still attracting criticism that they are not being advertised enough.
NSW farmers urged to grow hemp
November 20, 2008New South Wales farmers are being encouraged to start growing industrial hemp.
Doctor loses misconduct appeal
November 20, 2008A former Hobart gynaecologist found guilty of professional misconduct has lost his appeal against the finding.
Typhoid outbreak hits Philippines
November 20, 2008The military in the Philippines says medical teams have been mobilised to help fight an outbreak of typhoid fever that has left more than 100 people in hospital.
Tainted milk kills six children in India
November 15, 2008Six tribal children died and more than 60 fell ill after drinking adulterated milk in a state school in eastern India, officials said on Friday.
From heart to harvest: crop raises $75k for transplant research
November 15, 2008Queensland wheat farmer John Coggan has capped off an amazing couple of years by raising a significant amount of money for a research foundation at a Brisbane hospital that he says saved his life.
Inexperienced hospital staff failed to pick up on signs of trouble
November 15, 2008The Northern Territory Coroner says it seems to have taken the death of a family's first born baby to secure obstetric changes at Royal Darwin Hospital.
Opposition calls for probe into hospital refusing body
November 15, 2008The Queensland Opposition has called for health and justice authorities to investigate the case of a body being refused by the Cairns Base Hospital.
Support line open for diabetics
November 15, 2008Tasmanians with diabetes have a new telephone service to help them deal with the disease.
Rural doctors: Accreditation laws could lower skill levels
November 15, 2008The Rural Doctors Association of Queensland (RDAQ) says a new law to nationalise the registration and accreditation of doctors has the potential to see skill levels drop.
Govt defends decision to charge hospitals for blood
November 15, 2008The New South Wales Government has defended a decision to charge private hospitals for blood.
Childbirth deaths on the rise in Pacific: UN
November 15, 2008The number of women dying in pregnancy and childbirth in Pacific communities has jumped dramatically.
NT anaemia rate in children 'unacceptably high': Fed Govt
November 15, 2008The Federal Government says rates of anaemia in Northern Territory children are unacceptably high.
Stats reveal Territory's grog toll
November 15, 2008New Justice Department statistics reveal Northern Territorians drank 4 million litres of pure alcohol in the last financial year.
Older women pounding the pavement more: report
November 15, 2008Older women are doing more to get fit than ever before, with a new report showing more than half of females over 45 now meet exercise recommendations.
NZ has world's worst melanoma rate
November 15, 2008New Zealand has edged out Australia to have the world's worst rate of melanomas, researchers have found.
'Pregnant man' expecting again
November 15, 2008Thomas Beatie, a US transgender man who gave birth to a daughter in June, is expecting a second child.
'No inherent flaws' found in child catheters
November 15, 2008The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has recommended changes to the instructions for a type of catheter that Queensland Health suspended from use.
Push for Govt to plug Medicare dental scheme
November 15, 2008Dental groups are urging the Federal Government to actively promote Medicare's dental scheme, despite Health Minister Nicola Roxon's plans to scrap it.
