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Oh baby: quake shakes NZ mums into labour
A record number of babies were born in the aftermath of the powerful 7.1 earthquake that rocked New Zealand at the weekend, hospital officials said.
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Mobiles used to spread anti-smoking message
School students in north-east Arnhem Land are spreading the anti-smoking message with video clips that are being sent to mobile phones.
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Blood pressure patients told to take their medicine
A new study has found almost half the people with high blood pressure are not taking their medication.
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Worker overcome by hazardous fumes
Northern Territory WorkSafe is investigating after a shipping company worker was exposed to hazardous fumes in Darwin this morning.
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Depression risk for disabled cancer survivors: study
A new study has found that for cancer survivors a health-related disability has a much larger impact on a person's psychological wellbeing than cancer itself.
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Qld Health wants medical registrations speeded up
Queensland Health (QH) director-general Mick Reid says he has written to national medical registration boards about delays in processing new applications.
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Bligh to moonlight at hospital
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh says she will spend a night working as an orderly in a Brisbane hospital.
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Babies fed french fries and cake: study
The co-author of a new study into what Australian babies are being fed says its findings are the missing link on childhood obesity.
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Aussie medicos treat 170 a day in Pakistan
An Australian medical team sent to help victims of the floods in Pakistan is treating more than 170 patients per day.
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Children bear brunt of Pakistan flood disaster
An Australian Defence Force team has begun treating its first patients in Pakistan, where millions are homeless and there are growing fears about an outbreak of cholera in filthy refugee camps.
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Three quarters of child protection jobs filled
Three quarters of the vacancies for front-line child protection workers have been filled after four months of recruitment, the Northern Territory Government says.
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Maternity unit working conditions 'improving'
Doctors say workplace conditions at the Canberra Hospital have improved since an inquiry into their complaints.
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Researchers herald gene testing breakthrough
Researchers say they have made a breakthrough in testing for complex genetic conditions like heart disease, after the successful trial of new gene-testing technology.
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Cairns forum to present PNG AIDS research
Research into issues affecting Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the Pacific Island Nations will be presented at a forum in Cairns in far north Queensland today.
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Research finds repressed memories don't exist
The idea that traumatised people, especially the victims of child sexual abuse, deliberately repress horrific memories goes all the way back to the 19th century and the theories of Sigmund Freud himself.
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Oh baby: quake shakes NZ mums into labour
A record number of babies were born in the aftermath of the powerful 7.1 earthquake that rocked New Zealand at the weekend, hospital officials said.
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Heart education campaign launched
The Heart Foundation has launched a campaign aimed at educating people about the warning signs of heart attacks.
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The Fight: A Dirty Business - Ep 3 Of 4 Channel SBS TWO 10/09/2010 8.30pm
A chronology of events in the world of boxing, from Jake LaMotta and his ties to the mafia, to Cassius Clay and his eventual conversion to Islam.
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