Tag: Diseases and Disorders
Legionnaires' risk for travellers to Bali
The WA Health Department is warning travellers returning from Bali to look out for symptoms of Legionnaires' disease. [MORE]
Balloon vigil to show support against blood cancer
People in Broken Hill are being urged to light a balloon to remember and give hope to people with blood cancer tomorrow night.[MORE]
Hospital gastro outbreak 'no need for concern'
Health officials are trying to contain a gastroenteritis outbreak that is affecting patients at the Canberra Hospital.[MORE]
Men contract Legionnaires' at Olympic Park
Two men who visited Sydney's Olympic Park early last month have tested positive to Legionnaires' disease.[MORE]
Asthma sufferers told to develop action plan
There is a warning that the Riverina is set for its worst asthma season in over a decade.[MORE]
SA universities combine on cancer research
South Australia's three universities are combining their cancer research efforts.[MORE]
Michael Douglas hopes to beat 'intense' cancer
Michael Douglas says he has an 80 per cent chance of recovering from advanced throat cancer.[MORE]
Games officials 'bump up' dengue fever prevention plans
The Commonwealth Games in India is under a cloud, after the outbreak of dengue fever in the country.[MORE]
Cancer Council to show where donations go
People in Broken Hill have the chance to hear how their donations to Cancer Council New South Wales are spent.[MORE]
Doctors with depression reluctant to seek help
National depression initiative Beyond Blue is launching a program to encourage doctors and medical students to seek help if they are suffering from depression and anxiety.[MORE]
Cancer charity entering new era
Former South Australian governor Marjorie Jackson-Nelson is handing over to the Cancer Council the charity she founded in her late husband's honour.[MORE]
Disease scare sparks cruise ship rescue
A man with a suspected case of the potentially fatal meningococcal disease has been winched off a cruise ship off the south-east Queensland coast.[MORE]
Health service plays down hepatitis transmission fears
The South East Sydney Illawarra Health Service says patients attending Wollongong Hospital's Renal Unit should not be concerned after a case of hepatitis C was diagnosed in a patient.[MORE]
NSW Hospital patient contracts hepatitis C
Infection control procedures are being strictly imposed at the Wollongong Hospital on the New South Wales south coast after a patient contracted a potentially deadly virus.[MORE]
New drug brings hope to heart disease patients
An expert on heart disease says a new drug could significantly improve the quality of life for people suffering from the illness.[MORE]
Prostate tour rides into Broken Hill
Men in Broken Hill are being encouraged to seek more information about prostate cancer while the Rumble Down Under motorbike ride is in town today.[MORE]
Kirby opens centre for human rights and health
A new centre named after former High Court judge Justice Michael Kirby will focus on how human rights affect health.[MORE]
Indigenous ear disease rate still high
A Queensland Health worker says there are still high rates of middle-ear disease in Indigenous children in the state's remote communities.[MORE]
Australians least sympathetic on lung cancer
A study to be released today shows Australians are the world's least sympathetic to those with lung cancer.[MORE]
Lead poisoning linked to children's deaths
Lead poisoning is believed to have killed 30 children in northern Nigeria over the past week.[MORE]
Australia urged to scrap HIV travel bans
United Nations AIDS chief Michel Sidibe says Australia should follow the United States and China and remove travel restrictions affecting people who are HIV positive.[MORE]
Flu jab won't work on small children
Chief medical officer professor Jim Bishop says doctors around the country should stop using the swine flu vaccine on children under three because of fears it does not work. [MORE]
Regional Vic to participate in aspirin study
Six regional centres in Victoria, including Bendigo and Shepparton, will take part in one of the country's largest clinical trials.[MORE]
