The Tuesday News Blog
Pharmacists are reluctant to issue sick notes because of a lack of diagnostic skills and a fear of being sued, reports The Sydney Morning Herald.
At least a third of Melbourne women may be deficient in vitamin D, with Royal Australian and NZ College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists president Ted Weaver blaming the popular "slip, slop, slap" message, writes the Herald Sun.
Herbal medicines can be dangerous, even lethal, contrary to the perception that they are a safe alternative to conventional medicine, says an Adelaide University forensic scientist in The Age.
Controversial figures released for the first time yesterday by Queensland Health show 24 patients died in Nambour General Hospital’s emergency department in the second half of 2009, writes the Sunshine Coast Daily.
Despite promising before the last election to fix the country's public hospitals, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says the real health debate is only starting now, says The Sydney Morning Herald.
One of the world's top medical experts has delivered a damning assessment of Queensland Health five years after the Bundaberg Hospital scandal, reports the Courier Mail.
Smoking outdoors will be outlawed along entire streets in a Victorian-first trial, beginning in the Frankston City Council, says News.com.au.
A family was locked in the Erina Fair Medical Centre on the NSW Central Coast after the centre was shut while they were in the bathroom collecting a sample, says the Canterbury-Bankstown Express.
Parents can help protect their baby against SIDS by simply massaging them because it boosts their serotonin levels, says Graham Reynolds, director of paediatric research at the Canberra Hospital in The Canberra Times.
NSW Health is to streamline its 20-plus patient identifier systems into a uniform health identity number service based on existing medical imaging and radiology systems, writes The Australian.
A 35-year-old man recovering from major surgery at Royal Perth Hospital’s Shenton Park campus was reported missing yesterday afternoon, says The West Australian.
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9 February 2010
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