The Friday News Blog
Young people are taking vast quantities of Nurofen Plus and getting GI damage from the NSAID content in what drug workers says is an "emerging trend" of the Gold Coast, according to the Brisbane Times.
A Sydney neurosurgeon has been charged with murder and manslaughter over the deaths of two high class escorts from cocaine overdoses, reports The Australian.
Most doctors are afraid to speak up in favour of saving the Royal Adelaide Hospital because they fear being victimised and losing their jobs, says the staff association according to the ABC.
The WA government has reaffirmed its plans to establish Australia's first Commission for Mental Health, the ABC reports.
The success rate of heart bypass surgery can be improved with a new drug that knocks out the gene responsible for restenosis, researchers from the University of NSW say on the ABC.
A Melbourne woman is the first Australian to be charged with importing Nembutal for euthanasia, says Dr Philip Nitschke in The Age.
Dengue fever is a threat in northern Queensland in the aftermath of ex-tropical cyclone Olga, says the ABC.
A man with a dislocated shoulder was given a pack of painkillers and told to see his GP when he presented at the Batemans Bay Hospital, reports the Bay Post.
A patient who parked her Mercedes at the Gardens Medical Centre in Albury hit the accelerator instead of the brake and destroyed a toilet block, says the Border Mail.
Ophthamologists in Adelaide have withdrawn a threat to resign over cataract procedures being moved to Modbury Hospital, says the ABC.
A man facing serious assault charges has been granted bail amid claims he was not receiving adequate medical care at Canberra's prison, writes The Canberra Times.
Research is underway to isolate peptides in venom from poisonous sea snails found off Australia’s coastline to possibly treat pain in humans as a less problematic alternative to morphine, reports News.com.au.
A Brisbane doctor and father of a woman accused of murdering her mother has admitted he sought protection from being charged with offences before co-operating with detectives, it has emerged, says the Brisbane Times.
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5 February 2010
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