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Premier, Nathan Rees, that would keep the state involved in health provision while reducing its responsibility for the political minefield of public hospitals. The proposed National Health Commission would bring together federal and state bureaucrats and clinicians to plan and...

HIV epidemic is growing very rapidly throughout the world, including Indonesia. This case has resulted in the death of 25 million people and there are currently more than 33 million people living with HIV. Every day there are 7400 new...

The gene is passed on to offspring by sperm but is only active in men, allowing them to grow bigger bodies at the expense of longevity, according to the theory. Males, the scientists said, are larger to improve their chances...

Australian adults say 15 to 17-year-olds should be allowed to drink alcohol at home, despite official guidelines warning young people to delay drinking for as long as possible. A survey of 1200 adults by health insurer MBF also found that...

The country is considered a �low prevalence country" for the ailment, with registered cases at less than 0.1 percent of the total population of 90 million. From January to October this year, however, 629 new HIV-positive cases have been recorded...

Relations with the tobacco of the blood lungs have imagined the truth is that the smoking habits of contributors to heart disease and diseases of the blood of other channels. The risk of death from heart disease is 2 to...

Patients age 23, in ward Sam Min, the city of Dien Bien, had eaten more duck soup for about a week before has the disease. Especially as the H5N1 ca 5 this year are fatal. Notified by the Department of...

The guidelines, which were the first in 12 years and were made public yesterday, represent a big shift away from previous advice that ''most'' children with the condition be treated with drugs. There are 203 recommendations, compared with 22 in...

SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- South Korean health authorities on Monday reported its first case of a patient infected with the A/H1N1 flu strain resistant to the anti-viral drug Tamiflu. According to the Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs,...