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Warning from the Australian Medical Association over our summer of booze
Courtesy of www.dailytelegraph.com.au YOUNGSTERS are being “recruited” into a dangerous drinking culture via alcohol ads for summer sporting or music events, the Australian Medical Association claimed. President Dr Steve Hambleton said the AMA wanted governments to place tougher restrictions on how alcohol can be marketed to young people. The AMA said companies were exploiting loopholes ...
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Criminal checks for IMGs mooted
Courtesy of medicalobserver.com.au 7th Nov 2011Mark O’Brien and Byron Kaye all articles by this author 6 comments THE Medical Board of Australia (MBA) and AHPRA are considering conducting international criminal checks as a condition of registration, but have acknowledged they must find a way to do this without driving away international medical graduates (IMGs). AHPRA’s ...
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Union accused of letting down junior doctors
Courtesy of abc.net.au The Australian Medical Association (AMA) says doctors in regional New South Wales are facing an increasing monopolisation by the Health Services Union. It says complaints have been brought against the HSU regarding inadequate representation on safe working hours, training needs and pay negotiations. The association is calling for amendments to state legislation ...
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Researchers make breast cancer gene breakthrough
Courtesy of www.abc.net.au Posted November 01, 2011 22:05:29 PHOTO: The research means that irrespective of their family history, woman without the genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 may not be at risk of cancer.(Julian Smith, file photo: AAP) MAP: Australia A new study may bring a degree of relief to some women in families with a history of breast cancer. ...
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MBS CALLS TIME ON VERTEBROPLASTY REBATES
By David Brill on 24 October 2011 Vertebroplasty has been stripped of its public funding, Medicare has confirmed, following long-running controversy over the effectiveness of the procedure for treating osteoporotic vertebral fractures. The latest MBS update confirms that both item numbers for vertebroplasty – the other is for treatment of painful vertebral metastatic deposits or ...
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Rural doc flies his own plane home
31st Oct 2011 Mark O’Brien from the Medical Observer MORE than 300 doctors in Alice Springs for the joint RDAA and ACRRM conference were stranded by the Qantas grounding of all flights on Saturday, leaving rural practices around the country in chaos. But many doctors have already begun their long journeys home rather than wait ...
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Victorian Woman May May Be Transplanted with Mother’s Uterus
Uterine transplant as a procedure has been performed about 10 times in Sweden with some success, and now a Victorian lady is hoping to be the first Australian to undergo this procedure. She proposes to accept the donated uterus of her mother, and have that transplanted by the Swedish team, in what would be an ...
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Some Vitamens Are Not Good For You
Courtesy of the Economist Dietary supplements Mortamins? Oct 12th 2011, 15:22 by C.H. SOME vitamins make you stronger. Others make your eyesight sharper, your hair shinier and your nails glossier. Now, though, it seems there are also vitamins which might give you prostate cancer or cut your life short in other ways. Two separate studies ...
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Nurse Practitioner Clinics
An new addition to the range of medical services, recently opened for residents of the Northern Suburbs. Smart Clinics, a totally nurse practitioner run clinic is based in the Westfield Shopping Town at Chermside. The services they offer are restricted to simple GP problems, which can easily be managed in the first instance by properly ...
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Medical Shortage in QLD Bush
An interesting editorial outlining the ongoing need for Locum Doctors in the QLD Bush. Please consider your availabilities for roles in the QLD Bush. We supply to many of these hospitals, and they are chronically short of good quality doctors – whether they be locums or full time employees. http://www.couriermail.com.au/ipad/medical-crisis-hits-bush-health/story-fn6ck51p-1226139921441
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