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Adoption: Would-be parents discouraged by arduous process, research shows

Would-be parents are abandoning their goals of adopting a child because of the long and arduous nature of the adoption process, according to research on attitudes towards adoption in Australia. >> view original

WA inquest into death of misdiagnosed man

DAVID Yehuda Weiser was feeling dizzy and passing blood in his stool when he visited the Peel Health Campus emergency department in Western Australia. THE 70-year-old taxi driver was misdiagnosed in November 2013 as having possible gastroenteritis ... >> view original

Crying youth centre boss apologises

A crying former youth centre boss says she is devastated and ashamed that girls were sexually abused under her watch at the state-run facility. Former Winlaton Youth Training Centre superintendent Dr Eileen Slack broke down as she apologised for ... >> view original

Pregnant women under 25 'should get routine chlamydia test to save NHS money'

Pregnant women between the ages of 16 and 25 should be routinely tested for chlamydia, health experts have said. Chlamydia is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and can lead to complications for both mother and baby ... >> view original

Middle East's first interdisciplinary university-based autism center to open ...

The Middle East's first interdisciplinary university-based autism center is to be built in Jerusalem, where it will serve as the region's largest state-of-the-art research, diagnostic and treatment center for the growing pandemic. The planned NIS 300 ... >> view original

Queensland budget estimates: Health Minister 'talking through his hat' about ...

Queensland Health Minister Cameron Dick is "talking through his hat" about savings in the health system since the change of government, Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg says. Mr Dick told a budget estimates hearing that he had saved $541,000 per ... >> view original

Queensland on brink of influenza epidemic, doctors fear

The Queensland is on the brink of an influenza epidemic with thousands of cases diagnosed in August, the Australian Medical Association Queensland (AMAQ) says. The latest Queensland Health figures show there have been more than 12,000 confirmed ... >> view original

'Dust lady' of 9/11 Marcy Borders dies of stomach cancer

The woman who appeared in a photograph that became one of the defining images of the 9/11 terror attacks has died. The family of Marcy Borders, who came to be known as the “dust lady” after being coated in ash and pulverised concrete as she escaped ... >> view original

Proton therapy unit to slash cost for treatment at second SAHMRI

THE nation's first proton therapy unit to cure inoperable cancers is at the heart of $280 million business case for a second South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute. SAHMRI 2 would house the $80 million machine, cutting treatment cost ... >> view original

Hospital's flammable cladding saga

Two newly built Melbourne hospitals could have the same type of highly flammable cladding that fuelled a firestorm at a Docklands apartment block. The non-compliant decorative cladding, which caused a fire at the Lacrosse Building to climb 13 floors in ... >> view original