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Fracture-proof bones – why it's not just about calcium

If you rely on more yoghurt or a calcium supplement to boost bone density the latest report on calcium's power to prevent fractures might seem like glum news. Extra calcium from either food or supplements produces only small (1 to 2 per cent) increases ... >> view original

Queensland to widen smoking bans

Smokers will find it even harder to light up in Queensland under proposed new laws. Health Minister Cameron Dick said the laws would ban smoking in and around childcare centres, children's sporting events, bus stops and other areas. It is already ... >> view original

Pete Evans Given Award For "Quackery" and "Support Of Pseudo-Medicine"

While, surprisingly enough, he wasn't actually there in person to collect the dubious honour, Pete Evans was overnight awarded the Bent Spoon Award by the Australian Skeptics Society. The award, handed out at a gala dinner in Brisbane, honours the ... >> view original

More victims of Bacchus Marsh hospital breakdown come forward as investigation ...

Victorian Health Minister Jill Hennessy explains the devastating finds of Professor Euan Wallace's report into the high number of baby deaths at a Bacchus Marsh hospital. Vision courtesy ABC News. PT1M31S 620 349. Autoplay OnOff; Video feedback; Video ... >> view original

Pink tractor harvests $160000

HUGH Bateman's pink tractor only moves at 30km/h but in a little more than a week he's managed to harvest $160,000 in donations for the McGrath Foundation. THE real estate agent is about halfway through a 2,600km trip from his home town of Mudgee to ... >> view original

Legal cannabis takes a step ahead

Lucy Haslam, third from left, has led a campaign for medicinal use of cannabis on behalf of her son Dan, second left, who died this year of cancer. Dan's father, Lou, and wife Alyce are also pictured here. Geoff O'Neill. by Geoff Winestock. Leading ... >> view original

Childhood obesity on the agenda in Ghana

THE plight of the world's 42 million obese and overweight children aged under five will be on the agenda at World Health Organisation talks in Ghana. LEADING Pacific doctor Colin Tukuitonga will chair the final WHO commission on ending childhood ... >> view original

Jordana, 11, fights off bone infections to rule gymnastics

NOT many adults can say they have battled through bone infections to become the best in their field, but 11-year-old Jordana Madden can. Jordana was one of six girls from the MyDynamics and Fitkids Club Buderim who travelled to Bendigo in late ... >> view original