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Cancer expert warns about eating processed meat

A leading cancer expert has issued a warning about eating processed meats such as sausages.

2 Apr 2008

Crisis looming over water shortages worldwide

By 2025 more than half the nations in the world will face freshwater stress or shortages and by 2050 as much as 75 percent of the world's population could face freshwater scarcity.

2 Apr 2008

Health survey reveals interesting facts about NSW residents

A population survey by the NSW Department of Health has revealed a number of interesting facts.

1 Apr 2008

Gold coast murder case questions how the mentally ill are cared for in the community

The case of a 36-year-old mentally ill man who allegedly murdered an elderly woman in a retirement village has prompted questions regarding appropriate accommodation for the mentally ill in the community.

1 Apr 2008

Saving cancer patients' skin

Becky Sasaki has the quick laugh and easy smile of a woman who continues to thrive despite her four-year wrestling match with lung cancer.

31 Mar 2008

Mysterious fevers of unknown origin: Could surgery be a cure?

A child spikes a high fever, sometimes as high as 104 or 105 degrees, and sometimes causing seizures.

31 Mar 2008

Ankle sprain season - tips for prevention

March Madness awakens many amateur Michael Jordans from their winter hibernation, as milder weather beckons them to dribble down driveways and shoot three-pointers in the park.

26 Mar 2008

Need for federal legislation that protects the use of genetic information in employment and insurance coverage

A policy monograph highlighting the need for federal protections against genetic discrimination in employment and insurance practices was released by the American College of Physicians (ACP).

25 Mar 2008

Scottish drug addicts should not be treated as second-class says Government

Government Ministers in Scotland are proposing a rethink on how drug addiction is both viewed and treated and want drug users' aspirations to be recognised.

24 Mar 2008

Sanitation investment in poor countries would yield $9-to-1 benefits in productivity, health and other benefits

Experts estimate that $9 in productivity, health and other benefits are returned for every dollar invested installing toilets for people in countries that today are off-track in meeting the UN Millennium Development Goal (MDG) for sanitation.

24 Mar 2008

Sixty-two per cent of Africans do not have access to a proper toilet

Sixty-two per cent of Africans do not have access to an improved sanitation facility -- a proper toilet -- which separates human waste from human contact, according to the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation.

24 Mar 2008

Consideration for others stimulates positive behaviour

Imagine that you are walking in the park and you have just finished a can of drink.

24 Mar 2008

Easter eye warning as occy straps lash out

Easter-period travellers are being warned to take care with octopus straps that hospitalise 540 people each year with severe eye injuries.

21 Mar 2008

Authorities warn about dangers of crucifixion rituals

Health officials in the Philippines have issued a warning to the public regarding the crucifixion and self-flagellation rituals which abound at Easter.

21 Mar 2008

New medical series for BBC ONE

Medical Frontiers (working title) presented by Professor Robert Winston, is a new medical series for BBC ONE, examining the life and death decisions made every day on the edge of medicine.

20 Mar 2008

Millionaire leaves millions for research into motor neuron disease

A self-made millionaire Peter Goodenough who died from motor neuron disease (MND) left more than $6 million to the University's Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) to help find a cure for MND.

19 Mar 2008

Experts warn, no Easter chocolate for pets!

Experts are warning pet owners not to give their dogs or cats chocolate over the Easter period.

19 Mar 2008

For convicted drug users prison does more harm than good

Experts in the UK say sending convicted drug users to prison does more harm than good.

18 Mar 2008

Issues raised over how Australian police deal with the mentally ill

The decision of a Queensland coroner to absolve four police officers from any blame in four separate incidents where four mental health patients were shot dead, has raised issues of how the police deal with the mentally ill.

17 Mar 2008

Tragedy of disabled boy and carer raises issues on disability services in Tasmania

Although the search for a 15-year-old autistic boy and his carer who are thought to have drowned at Clifton Beach in Tasmania continues, police are not optimistic.

17 Mar 2008