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     <title><![CDATA[GPs uneasy with driving assessments]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[GPs are uncomfortable with assessing patient’s fitness to drive and many would like the final decision to be made by a specialist service.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:21:22 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[PCEHR program unsafe, unready and unaccountable]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Medical software providers say the PCEHR program is unready for launch in July and the NEHTA-supervised program is unsafe and unaccountable.
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     <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:17:07 GMT</pubDate>
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     <guid>http://www.6minutes.com.au/news/psa-velocity-a-better-cancer-predictor</guid>
     <title><![CDATA[PSA velocity a better cancer predictor]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Using PSA velocity improves the predictive capability for prostate cancer, a US study has shown.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:12:24 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.6minutes.com.au/news/psa-velocity-a-better-cancer-predictor</link>     
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     <guid>http://www.6minutes.com.au/news/better-access-fight-continues-despite-backdown</guid>
     <title><![CDATA[Better Access fight continues despite backdown]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[GPs have vowed to continue to fight against cuts to the Better Access program despite the partial backdown by the government. 
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     <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:42:47 GMT</pubDate>
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     <guid>http://www.6minutes.com.au/news/home-birth-mums-believe-hospitals-too-risky</guid>
     <title><![CDATA[Homebirth mums believe hospitals too risky]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Women are choosing a homebirth because they see hospitals as a far riskier place to have a baby, new Australian research suggests.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:24:23 GMT</pubDate>
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     <guid>http://www.6minutes.com.au/news/nsaid-linked-to-c-difficile--1</guid>
     <title><![CDATA[Diclofenac linked to C. difficile diarrhoea]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Diclofenac may be linked to an increase in Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea in the community, a study suggests.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:54:03 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.6minutes.com.au/news/nsaid-linked-to-c-difficile--1</link>     
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     <title><![CDATA[6minutes Online Video - Antibiotic prescribing]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[As antibiotic use continues to rise, the NPS is this month launching a national campaign warning about the dangers of antibiotic resistance. This week 6minutes speaks to NPS Clinical Advisor Dr Danielle Stowasser about the aims of the campaign and the implications for GPs.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:18:53 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Newer drugs needed for doctor's bag]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Many of the PBS emergency medicines supplied for the doctor’s bag are no longer best practice and should be replaced or withdrawn, an emergency specialist says.
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     <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:54:43 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.6minutes.com.au/news/newer-drugs-needed-for-doctor-s-bag</link>     
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     <title><![CDATA[Rural classification changes "arbitrary", says government]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The rural classification system is "working well" according to the Federal health department, which says making changes for specific locations would be "arbitrary". 
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     <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:43:19 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Repeat of 1918 flu pandemic unlikely, Diggers data suggests]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The high death rates seen during the infamous 1918 influenza pandemic are unlikely to be repeated with current flu strains, according to an Australian researcher.
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     <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:36:07 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.6minutes.com.au/news/repeat-of-1918-flu-pandemic-unlikely-diggers-data</link>     
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     <title><![CDATA[Overcoming the challenges of Down syndrome]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Andrew, aged eight, came in accompanied by his mother. The visit was, ostensibly, for a variety of his usual minor complaints, specifically for a chronic nagging cough.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:12:47 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.6minutes.com.au/news/overcoming-the-challenges-of-down-syndrome</link>     
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     <title><![CDATA[GPs get mixed report card from Productivity Commission]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[GPs have received a mixed report card on their 'performance indicators' from the Productivity Commission.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:03:10 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.6minutes.com.au/news/gps-get-mixed-report-card-from-productivity-co--1</link>     
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     <guid>http://www.6minutes.com.au/news/antidepressant-use-common-in-ibd</guid>
     <title><![CDATA[Antidepressant use common in IBD]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Antidepressant use is common among people with inflammatory bowel disease, an Australian study shows.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:47:19 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.6minutes.com.au/news/antidepressant-use-common-in-ibd</link>     
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     <guid>http://www.6minutes.com.au/news/infant-allergies-affects-development</guid>
     <title><![CDATA[Infant allergies affects development]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Early childhood allergies such as eczema and food allergy are associated poor neurodevelopment , a WA study suggests.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:19:29 GMT</pubDate>
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     <guid>http://www.6minutes.com.au/news/midwives-and-doctors-differ-in-their-pain-relief-c</guid>
     <title><![CDATA[Midwives and doctors differ in their pain relief choice]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Obstetricians prefer pharmacological pain relief during childbirth while midwives prefer a shower and a heatpack, new Australian research suggests. 
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     <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:36:47 GMT</pubDate>
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     <guid>http://www.6minutes.com.au/news/medici-gets-second-opinion-on-arthritis-after-350</guid>
     <title><![CDATA[Medici gets second opinion on arthritis after 350 years]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[An Australian orthopaedic surgeon has suggested a second opinion on the arthritic condition that plagued a scion of the Italy’s Medici dynasty almost 350 years after his death.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.6minutes.com.au/news/medici-gets-second-opinion-on-arthritis-after-350</link>     
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     <title><![CDATA["Fantasy" Medicare fees, says AMA]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Federal government’s schedule of fees under Medicare is a list of "fantasy" prices which is leaving patients thousands of dollars out-of-pocket, according to AMA President Dr Steve Hambleton.
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     <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:19:53 GMT</pubDate>
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     <guid>http://www.6minutes.com.au/news/ahpra-warns-on-advertising</guid>
     <title><![CDATA[AHPRA warns on advertising]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[AHPRA says it will now be taking a more active approach to enforce compliance with advertising guidelines that ban the use of testimonials and discounts by all health practitioners including doctors. 
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     <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:59:25 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.6minutes.com.au/news/ahpra-warns-on-advertising</link>     
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     <guid>http://www.6minutes.com.au/news/rural-residents-miss-six-million-gp-visits</guid>
     <title><![CDATA[Rural residents miss six million GP visits]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[People in rural areas would make an extra six million GP visits if they had the same access to medical services as people in major centres, a new report shows.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:05:49 GMT</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.6minutes.com.au/news/rural-residents-miss-six-million-gp-visits</link>     
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     <title><![CDATA[One in three patients misdiagnosed by unreliable vitamin D testing]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Vitamin D assays used in Australia are unreliable and may misclassify as many as one in three patients as deficient, research shows.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:38:44 GMT</pubDate>
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