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New
research centre for ethics in children's medicine
www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2008/s2331162.htm
Simon Lauder
The World Today -11 August 2008
The
Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne is setting up a new
centre to deal with the ethical dilemmas of treating sick
children.
The
centre will help medical staff make tough decisions, such
as whether a dying child has the right to refuse treatment
and whether children should be told they're likely to develop
a genetic condition in the future.
Hospital
infections could be halved by clean hands: research
www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2008/s2312023.htm
Tanya Nolan
The World Today - 23 July 2008
The
Australian Commission for Safety and Quality in Health Care
has presented its report to health ministers meeting in
Canberra today.
It has
found that around 200,000 people each year are contracting
infections within the healthcare system.
Fact
Sheet released on Alcohol involved deaths of
young people in Australia
http://www.cnet.ngo.net.au/component/option,com_/
Itemid,0/option,content/task,view/id,35575/
National Coroners Information System (NCIS),
11 July 2008
A fact
sheet about deaths reported to a Coroner between 2003 and
2006 of those aged 13-25 years with a BAC of greater than
or equal to 0.05g/100mL has been released. This report uses
data from the NCIS.
Click
here to download fact sheet.
Let's
get virtual
http://www.abc.net.au/health/thepulse/stories/2008/07/10/2299900.htm
Peter
Lavelle
10 July 2008
Interactive
soccer, tennis and golf - idle entertainments, or are they
actually good exercise? UK researchers put them through
their paces.
Genetic
screening test for Stickler syndrome
www.abc.net.au/rn/healthreport/stories/2008/2294777.htm
Presented by Norman Swan
7 July 2008
Stickler
syndrome is a genetic abnormality that can cause life-threatening
spinal conditions, premature arthritis, blindness and deafness.
A genetic screening test which was developed by researchers
at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute in Melbourne,
will now be offered to Victorians for free.
Chance
discovery sheds light on SIDS
www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/07/04/2294434.htm?
site=science&topic=health
ABC/Reuters
4 July 2008
An
imbalance of a key brain chemical could be the cause of
cot death, after a chance discovery by researchers in Italy.
While
the researchers say it is unlikely the molecular mechanism
is the same in humans, they believe their findings may one
day help identify babies at greatest risk
(Source: iStockphoto)
Teen
years officially a pain in the neck
www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/07/03/2291046.htm?
site=science&topic=health
Dani
Cooper
03 July 2008
Australian
researchers have proven what high school students have long
suspected, being a teenager can be a real pain in the neck.
Type
1 diabetes on the rise
www.healthnews.infoxchange.net.au/news/detail.chtml?
filename_num=219167
Befekir Kebede - Infoxchange Australia
03 July 2008
In an
unprecedented escalation, more than two children are diagnosed
with Type 1 diabetes every day in Australia, a new study
shows.
The
study by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare,
released on 3 July 2008, says there were over 6,000 new
cases of Type 1 diabetes in children aged 14 or less between
2000 and 2006.
According
to the report, the rate of incidence of Type 1 diabetes
in that age group is increasing in Australia at almost three
per cent every year.
Confident
kids, healthy adults
www.abc.net.au/health/thepulse/stories/2008/06/26/2286532.htm
Peter Lavelle
26 June 2008
Kids
who have high levels of self-confidence and self-esteem
and are in control of their lives grow up to be healthy
adults, according to researchers from the Universities of
Glasgow and Edinburgh.
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