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The allegations against former Melbourne psychiatrist Colm Moore, aired at the Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria hearing into his conduct on Monday, occurred over a 22-year period. The two former patients, who cannot be named for legal reasons, invested about...

The Cambodian government said on Monday that the total of influenza A/H1N1 disease in the country has reached 480 cases with five deaths.     Ly Sovann, deputy director of the communicable disease control department of Ministry of Health said that as...

Cases of the pandemic A(H1N1) virus have spiked again in the northern hemisphere, says Professor Robert Booy. He says that sets the scene for a reinvigorated swine flu to soon begin circulating in Australia. Yet the Australian government's offer of...

Leisha Miller was four years old in October 1996 when she was taken to Caboolture Hospital, north of Brisbane, with serious abdominal pain and vomiting. Hospital staff failed to adequately investigate her condition for almost eight hours, causing her health...

Circadian collaborate in activities to aid the development of Circadian’s novel, biologics-based treatments for cancer and other serious diseases...R3, is developing antibodies to block these proteins to inhibit the growth and spread of cancerous cells or tumours.

When the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the outbreak of swine flu, some experts predicted that if swine flu combined with the avian flu in Asia, it would probably cause a genetic mixing of the swine flu and the avian...

Some income and assets limits will also change. The increases are linked to the Consumer Price index (CPI) rise of 1.5 per cent for the 12 months to June 2009. The following rates and limits have been indexed: Carer Allowance...

The new Victorian Recombinant Proteins Feeder Facility, opened by Australian Innovation Minister Senator Kim Carr and Victorian Innovation Minister Gavin Jennings, will support the creation of therapeutic cells, increase the capacity for the development of new drugs and provide a...