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Health Medical Australia

Attacks on health staff increasing

Christchurch Hospital security will be reviewed as figures reveal that there have been more than 500 attacks on Canterbury health workers in each of the past two years. Ref. Source 3

Australia Medical / Health Health & Special Psychology

Doctors defend $8000 Aussie weekends

Kiwi doctors flying to Australia at the weekend to pocket $8000 for two days' work are helping both countries' health systems to survive, the consultants' union says. Ref. Source 6

Health Medical Australia

The new age of old age
Local Australia News

Alexandre Kalache is a world expert on ageing. With average life expectancy now above 80, he discusses what Australia should do to prepare for the longevity revolution.
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald National Headlines

Health Medical Australia

Hungry for change
Local Australia News

If international trade and aid won't fix hunger and bad nutrition, what will
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald National Headlines

Australia Medical / Health

Exercise Aids Recovery Rates Of Patients Left In Coma
Local Australia News

Unconscious patients in intensive care have been placed on motorised cycling machines as part of a trial to establish if exercise improves recovery rates.
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Australia Medical / Health

Voters veto $6 fee just to see the doctor

VOTERS have sent the Abbott government a clear and blunt message. Scrap universal health care at your own peril. Ref. Source 9

Australia Medical / Health Psychology Special & Health

No Medicare rebates at all

SORRY there's more bad news. A senate hurdle may force patients to pay for their doctors' visits in full, with no subsidy from Medicare. Ref. Source 2