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An otherwise healthy 53-year man in WA has become the fifth West Australian to die from swine flu in the past six weeks, says the West Australian.
The troubled medical centre operator The Doctors Company Ltd ? formally Medeco Ltd ? has been placed in liquidation amid allegations of suspect business dealings, says the Sunshine Coast Daily.
The sudden closure of a Brisbane medical practice caused so much anxiety among frail elderly patients that one elderly lady was hospitalised with a stress-related illness the Northside Chronicle reports.
Immunisation experts say the delay in official responses to febrile convulsions with flu vaccine show there is a need for a unified national surveillance scheme for vaccine reactions, according to The Age.
Senior doctors in WA have threatened to boycott laws rather than support legalised euthanasia if a bill passes the state parliament, according to the West Australian.
A Queensland Health medical entomologist is urging Cairns residents to conduct a backyard blitz against dengue-carrying mosquitoes, says the Cairns Post.
South Australia?s public hospitals are far from being able to meet waiting-time targets, with some patients waiting up to 19 hours, says the Advertiser.
The Australian Red Cross is to review its ban on sexually active gay and bisexual men giving blood, says the Star Observer.
Private hospitals in South Australia will stay open after losing their state funding in budget cuts but will no longer help public hospitals with overflow, the Advertiser.
Dr Lee Lua is opening Brisbane's first ?Botox bar? for affordable muscle relaxant anti-wrinkle procedures the Courier Mail reports.
The government's immunisation adviser, Professor Terry Nolan, had no conflict of interest supervising trials of the swine flu vaccine on behalf of CSL, reports The Australian.
Melbourne researchers have discovered a crucial mechanism of how the HIV virus enters ?resting cells? The Age reports.
Young Australians are often ill informed on STIs and safe sex, according to a poll in the Sydney Morning Herald.
http://www.6minutes.com.au/articles/z1/view.asp?id=523622
The troubled medical centre operator The Doctors Company Ltd ? formally Medeco Ltd ? has been placed in liquidation amid allegations of suspect business dealings, says the Sunshine Coast Daily.
The sudden closure of a Brisbane medical practice caused so much anxiety among frail elderly patients that one elderly lady was hospitalised with a stress-related illness the Northside Chronicle reports.
Immunisation experts say the delay in official responses to febrile convulsions with flu vaccine show there is a need for a unified national surveillance scheme for vaccine reactions, according to The Age.
Senior doctors in WA have threatened to boycott laws rather than support legalised euthanasia if a bill passes the state parliament, according to the West Australian.
A Queensland Health medical entomologist is urging Cairns residents to conduct a backyard blitz against dengue-carrying mosquitoes, says the Cairns Post.
South Australia?s public hospitals are far from being able to meet waiting-time targets, with some patients waiting up to 19 hours, says the Advertiser.
The Australian Red Cross is to review its ban on sexually active gay and bisexual men giving blood, says the Star Observer.
Private hospitals in South Australia will stay open after losing their state funding in budget cuts but will no longer help public hospitals with overflow, the Advertiser.
Dr Lee Lua is opening Brisbane's first ?Botox bar? for affordable muscle relaxant anti-wrinkle procedures the Courier Mail reports.
The government's immunisation adviser, Professor Terry Nolan, had no conflict of interest supervising trials of the swine flu vaccine on behalf of CSL, reports The Australian.
Melbourne researchers have discovered a crucial mechanism of how the HIV virus enters ?resting cells? The Age reports.
Young Australians are often ill informed on STIs and safe sex, according to a poll in the Sydney Morning Herald.
http://www.6minutes.com.au/articles/z1/view.asp?id=523622