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More research has emerged about the high use of psychotropic drugs for dementia patients in nursing homes.

Sunday, February 17, 2019 4:53:35 PM

More evidence of dementia drug overuse

The Northern Territory and Queensland outback have the highest death rates from heart disease in the country — while Sydney’s leafy North Shore has the lowest rate.

Sunday, February 17, 2019 10:01:52 AM

Nation’s heart attack hotspots revealed

The NSW government has pledged to boost hospital frontline staff including 5000 extra nurses and midwives over the next four years.

sbs.com.au

Sunday, February 17, 2019 3:20:11 AM

NSW Libs promise more nurses, midwives

New research has revealed at least 51 Australians die each day from heart disease, according to the Heart Foundation. The figures show more than 57,000 Australians suffer heart attacks every year with around 30 per cent being repeat events. Experts

Saturday, February 16, 2019 7:52:30 PM

At least 51 Australians die from heart disease every day

A passerby saw the snake slither under the door of Eclectic Hair in Cairns about 8.30pm on Thursday night. The slippery snake found itself a comfortable spot among several hair care products on a shelf.

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Saturday, February 16, 2019 4:03:12 PM

Hairdresser’s extraordinary brush with brown tree snake in her Cairns salon

French crystal house Lalique and British wallpaper specialist Fromental have launched a silk wallcovering with hand-embroidered flowers and crystal adornments.

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Saturday, February 16, 2019 4:06:08 PM

Crystal-encrusted silk wallpaper sprayed with gold is here - but would YOU pay £2,000 a metre?

Since 2011, e-cigarettes and vaping has increased in teens since 2011, and we still don’t know the long-term health effectsToday, it seems so obvious. Cigarettes and tobacco cause lung cancer. It is remarkable however, that this relationship wasn’t

The Guardian

Saturday, February 16, 2019 6:38:33 PM

We ignored the evidence linking cigarettes to cancer. Let's not do that with vaping | Brendon Stiles and Steve Alperin

Anthony Marr appeared to be a picture of good health but he was a walking time bomb.

Saturday, February 16, 2019 11:25:37 AM

Heart disease can strike at any age

A three-week wait for an abortion appointment at Adelaide’s largest clinic has been slammed as “unacceptable” by angry women and at least one Adelaide GP.

Saturday, February 16, 2019 11:40:14 AM

Doctor and pregnant women say delay in abortion is adding to the torment

She will head home before the WNBA season starts in May, and what a way to sign off this was.

Brisbane Times

Saturday, February 16, 2019 11:14:02 AM

Kia Nurse hails 'amazing' Capitals bond

Nicky Winmar wants to be around to see his oldest grandson, Sonny, play footy. It’s a simple wish but given what the St Kilda champion has been through over the past seven years it’s something he doesn’t take for granted.

Saturday, February 16, 2019 12:02:37 PM

How St Kilda champion Nicky Winmar survived a killer disease

We screen people for all types of cancers but we don’t have a national screening program for our leading cause of death, heart disease, writes Sue Dunlevy. And it’s preventable.

Saturday, February 16, 2019 12:03:34 PM

It’s our biggest killer, yet it’s being ignored

A WA woman found guilty of stabbing her former husband at a Perth playground in front of shocked onlookers has been banned from working as a nurse for two years.

Friday, February 15, 2019 9:51:08 AM

Nurse Michelle Fernandez banned after stab conviction

A woman who died off a Sunshine Coast beach has been named as junior doctor Gemma Diessel, 27.

Friday, February 15, 2019 9:50:38 AM

Woman found dead was young doctor