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WEEK COMMENCING 18 APRIL 2009
Children with eating disorders on the rise: study
19 April 2009
A new study has revealed more than 100 young children across Australia have been hospitalised with medical complications because of an eating disorder.
Costarella Design's second life
17 April 2009
There's an old back-listing stereotype about the mining company that becomes the dotcom only to then transform, when the timing is right, into a biotech. It’s thus heartening to see other companies defy the odds and have a crack at the health and pharmaceuticals industry. Fashion juggernaut Costarella Design has done just that by ditching the rag trade and getting into liver disease.
Roxon: Aid for emotional recovery after bushfires
20 April 2009
The Australian Government will provide further resources to aid the emotional and psychological recovery of bushfire affected families and communities in Victoria.
A damning indictment of maternity care
20 April 2009
A large, growing body of systematic reviews is available to help clarify effects of maternity practices, yet these valuable resources are grossly underutilized in policy, practice, education, and research in the United States. Practices that are disproved or appropriate for mothers and babies in limited circumstances are in wide use, and beneficial practices are underused.
Concern about changes to NT mandatory reporting laws
20 April 2009
The Australian Medical Association is warning legislative changes in the Northern Territory could have a devastating impact on the health of many Indigenous children. It's now mandatory for anyone in the Northern Territory to alert authorities if they believe a child under the age of 16 is sexually active.
International news
Low price alcohol still no.1 problem, say hospital staff
21 April 2009
A snapshot survey of doctors and nurses treating patients in the UK with alcohol-related harm showed that many believe public health campaigns to be ineffective and that action on sales of low priced alcohol is the most important weapon for tackling the rising tide of alcohol problems.
A Maryland pioneer
20 April 2009
At 78, Esther McCready serves as a volunteer at the university where she broke down racial barriers 60 years ago. Esther never skips her volunteer visits to the University of Maryland, the school she forced to offer her an education 60 years ago when she was a hopeful, young black student.
US: Safe Sex on Your Cell
20 April 2009
The National Institutes of Health recently awarded a $2 million grant to a campaign that brings safe sex awareness to women via cell phone soap operas. Funding will be used for a study to assess the effectiveness of this innovative educational method on risky sexual behavior.
Nursing homes becoming a stop for rehab between hospital, home
19 April 2009
Nursing homes are giving themselves an extreme makeover in hopes of shedding their image as the place where the old and frail go to die.
US: Stepping up to the challenge
14 April 2009
The transition from high school to college is tough for most students. But for those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, university life poses a host of academic, medical and personal challenges. Students with A.D.H.D. struggle to stay focused on their studies and to meet the organizational demands of schoolwork.
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