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VIC kidney angels applauded with national award

Date: 
Thu, 20/06/2013
Spokesperson: 
Kidney Health Australia

  Nine honourees in Victoria are being recognised with Kidney Health Australia’s Operation Angel Awards this Monday, 24 June in Melbourne.

Infants at risk benefit from hydrolysed formulas, major study finds

Date: 
Wed, 19/06/2013
Spokesperson: 
Nestle Nutrition Institute

  Allergies in high-risk, non-breastfed infants can be reduced by use of partially hydrolysed (HA) infant formula, one of the world’s largest allergy prevention studies has found.

Billion dollar building boost for NSW hospitals

Date: 
Wed, 19/06/2013
Spokesperson: 
NSW Government

  Capital projects worth in excess of $1.2 billion will unfold across the state this year as the NSW Government gets on with the job of rebuilding the hospital system, Health Minister Jillian Skinner said today.

NSW government boosts health by $884 million

Date: 
Wed, 19/06/2013
Spokesperson: 
NSW Government

  Over 100,000 more people will be treated in emergency departments, hospital wards or receive planned surgery because of record health funding in the NSW Budget, Health Minister Jillian Skinner said today.

Coalition delivers $9.3 million for cancer research

Date: 
Wed, 19/06/2013
Spokesperson: 
VIC Minister for Health, Minister for Ageing, The Hon David Davis MLC

  Victorian cancer researchers will receive $9.3 million to support groundbreaking research programs and to support talented and emerging cancer researchers as part of a $14.9 million Victorian Coalition Government boost to cancer research in Victoria. Minister for Health David Davis announced funding for a range of prestigious grants and scholarship programs.

Education tax caps will impact rural patients and doctors

Date: 
Tue, 18/06/2013
Spokesperson: 
Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA)

 

Testosterone could combat dementia in women

Date: 
Tue, 18/06/2013
Spokesperson: 
Monash University

  In a new study, post-menopausal women on testosterone therapy showed a significant improvement in verbal learning and memory, offering a promising avenue for research into memory and ageing.

New website details frontline health services delivered by Medicare Locals

Date: 
Tue, 18/06/2013
Spokesperson: 
Minister for Health, The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP

  Health Minister Tanya Plibersek today launched a new government website which gives Australians information about important health services being provided by Medicare Locals in their local communities.

Mount Isa lead poisoning the result of government failure: Greens

Date: 
Tue, 18/06/2013
Spokesperson: 
Australian Greens health spokesperson, Senator Richard Di Natale

  A report published today in Environmental Pollution has indicated that a lead mine in Mount Isa has caused local residents to suffer lead poisoning. Australian Greens health spokesperson, Senator Richard Di Natale, referred an inquiry into the health impacts of air quality at the end of last year and that inquiry is still ongoing.

Highlighting the dangers of synthetic drugs during drug action week

Date: 
Tue, 18/06/2013
Spokesperson: 
NSW Minister for Mental Health, Minister for Healthy Lifestyles, Minister for Western NSW, The Hon Kevin Humphries MP

  The NSW Minister for Mental and Health and Healthy Lifestyles, Kevin Humphries, is urging people to take the time during Drug Action Week to learn more about the dangers of synthetic drugs and the long-term damage they can do to people who use them.

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