Donor children to be kept in the dark
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2013-05-04 07:26:04 -0700 | health-news
The same arguments were put forward about adoptions, but governments around Australia eventually decided it wasn't in the best interests of the adoptees.'' She drew a parallel with recent government apologies for the past treatment of adopted children. ''My question...
Gilbert out for up to 12 weeks
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2013-05-03 23:43:31 -0700 | health-news
Getty Images St Kilda's Sam Gilbert will have surgery on the knee he hyper-extended in Friday night's loss to Collingwood and will miss up to 12 weeks. Gilbert damaged ligaments but scans revealed he did not damage his anterior cruciate ligament...
Brain implant is able to predict seizures in epileptic patients
Source: Mail Online UK
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2013-05-03 06:19:39 -0700 | health-news
3 May 2013 A new brain implant can predict when a person suffering with epilepsy is about to have a seizure. The device monitors the brain's electrical activity and alerts patients when they are most likely to experience an epileptic...
Medication may cause elderly to become frail
Source: The Age
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2013-05-03 05:25:45 -0700 | health-news
Well-meaning and sometimes not so well-meaning doctors are putting people on medications which may be hastening their transition from old, to old and frail because of the adverse effects of medication,'' he said. People taking five or more medications are...
Adults not immune to junk food ads
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2013-05-03 01:52:19 -0700 | health-news
The University of Western Australia-led research, which studied the impact of TV and internet food advertising on more than 1000 parents and 1000 children, debunked the commonly held perception that adults were more sceptical of advertising and able to use...
NeuroVista Brain Implant Detects Seizures in New Study
Source: Medgadget.com
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2013-05-02 12:01:42 -0700 | health-news
Yet, the brain doesn't simply enter this violent state without a moment's notice, but actually brews the electrical storm until it manifests itself outwardly. Knowing about oncoming seizures by monitoring this developing brain activity would help epileptic people take preemptive...
How to make smile beautiful and bold at an affordable price?
Posted by: KrishanKantSharma
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2013-05-02 03:32:28 -0700 | health-news
Teeth is essential part of body. It enables one to chew food, and live a longer and healthier life. There are various causes for distortion of teeth and once a tooth gets damaged it becomes difficult to eat and enjoy...
ABC show defamed me, Swisse patriarch claims
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2013-05-02 03:09:35 -0700 | health-news
The Checkout on ABC1 with Kate Browne, Craig Reucassel, Julian Morrow and Kirsten Drysdale. Photo: ABC TV publicity The family behind high-profile vitamins company Swisse has hit back at ABC TV's consumer show The Checkout, with the father of the...
Swans president to depart
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2013-05-01 23:21:41 -0700 | health-news
Nic Walker The AFL's longest serving club president, Sydney's Richard Colless, will step aside at the end of the season. Describing his decision, as having come "for no particular reason except that it was about time", Colless confirmed that he...
Implant 'predicts' epilepsy seizures
Source: BBC
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2013-05-01 19:04:57 -0700 | health-news
Brain implant 'predicts' epilepsy seizures Health and science reporter, BBC News Can a seizure be predicted? A brain implant may be able to predict epilepsy seizures by picking up the early warning signs, a small study suggests. The device uses...
Skin myths
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2013-05-01 14:08:00 -0700 | health-news
Generally people aren't born with sensitive skin," agree Dr Spiller skincare expert Sue Dann. "Skin types are with us from birth, but sensitised skin is a condition that can be treated with the right attention." Myth: I only use natural...
Pazoo Signs Former Australian Powder Tumbling Champion and Former Cirque Du Soleil Performer, Kristy ...
Source: PR Newswire
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2013-05-01 14:00:34 -0700 | health-news
At just eight years old Kristy became the youngest athlete to ever be offered a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport. Kristy was one of 's top junior gymnasts, three-time Australian Power Tumbling Champion and performed with the world...
Golden Gate Petroleum to start production from Texas horizontal well soon
Source: Big News Network
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2013-05-01 12:16:50 -0700 | health-news
expects to place its SRH-5H horizontal well at its Permian project, Texas, on production in May or June this year.The company's use of Halliburton's Perm Stim frac fluid is believed to have resulted in higher frac fluid recovery with the...
When the Doctor Is Overweight
Source: The New York Times Health Blog
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2013-05-01 09:31:53 -0700 | health-news
Cheryl Graham Dr. George Fielding, a pioneer of weight loss surgery in Australia, remembers how patients treated him in the late 1990s, when his weight reached 330 pounds on his six-foot frame. He would meet new patients, dressed in Armani...
Koala rescued from deforestation in Australia - big picture
Source: The Guardian
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2013-05-01 08:35:34 -0700 | health-news
A worker noticed a koala had been sitting stationary in broad daylight on top of wood piles for over an hour. Investigations by a local vet found this koala had an ulcerated eye and was possibly also disorientated...Wires is a...
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