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Limited radiotherapy services add to cancer trauma
Sydney :: Australia | 6 days ago
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Angela Baines, who travelled to Sydney for treatment, with her children, from left, Marcus, Alison, Hayden and Lincoln, Photo: Sahlan Hayes THE last straw for Angela Baines came when she arrived at school 45 minutes late and found the police had been...
Tags: radiotherapy services, NSW Health, Cancer Council NSW, Australia, Sydney, Radiation therapy, Radiobiology, Cancer, Oncology, Cancer treatments, Radiation oncology, Health Medical Pharma
Heat is a health hazard in Sydney
Sydney :: Australia | 7 days ago
Credibility As the state bakes for the second day running, NSW Health says high ozone levels, caused by car exhaust and industrial fumes, are a big problem. NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant says everyone should be aware of the link between high temperatures...
Tags: NSW Health, NSW Community Services, ozone pollution, Australia, Sydney, Environmental chemistry, Ozone, Ozone depletion, Asthma, Air Quality Index, Air pollution, Chemical engineering, Disinfectants, Environment
SkyNews, New Zealand: NSW govt. too scandal plagued to govern
Auckland :: New Zealand | 2 months ago
Credibility NSW Opposition Leader Barry O'Farrell says he is struggling to get his message across because scandals involving the state Labor government dominate the media. Labor heavyweight John Della Bosca resigned as the state's health minister last week after...
Tags: health minister, John Della Bosca, Carmel Tebbutt, Ms Tebbutt, nsw health
Chile confirms swine flu in turkeys
Santiago :: Chile | 3 months ago
Credibility Chile — Chile said Friday that tests show swine flu has jumped to birds, opening a new chapter in the global epidemic. Top flu and animal-health experts with the United Nations in Rome and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta...
Tags: NSW Health, swine flu, Chile
NSW pigs catch swine flu
Sydney :: Australia | 3 months ago
Credibility It is the first case of the virus among pigs in Australia and the State Government believes the animals probably caught the disease from workers at the piggery. A total of 280 pigs have been placed in quarantine and strict biosecurity measures are in...
Tags: swine flu, Southland, Waikato, NSW Health, catch swine, pig catch, Auckland, air nz, nz cup, western nsw
Swine flu kills unborn child, mum critical
Four :: France | 4 months ago
Credibility Health officials told The Townsville Bulletin the woman, 19, was transferred from Palm Island to Townsville Hospital on Saturday. She remained in a critical condition in intensive care last night. It is understood the woman had carried her child to 36...
Tags: swine flu, Queensland Health, intensive care, NSW Health, NSW AMA, Townsville Hospital, baby died, townsville hospitals
Pregnant swine flu patients fighting for life
Sydney :: Australia | 4 months ago
Credibility Three pregnant swine flu patients in New South Wales are in intensive care. Two women with swine flu have given birth prematurely, one of those patients is also in intensive care. Dr Jeremy McAnulty from NSW Health says the outbreak may seem alarming,...
Tags: swine flu, NSW Health, flu deaths
Fourth swine flu patient dies in NSW
Sydney :: Australia | 4 months ago
Credibility A 61-year-old woman has become the fourth person with swine flu to die in NSW. Health authorities are also working to determine whether there's any link between the virus and two other recent deaths at a Sydney hospital. The woman, who had underlying...
Tags: swine flu, NSW Health, intensive care, Sydney, old woman
Dramatic flu surge at NSW hospitals
Victoria :: Canada | 4 months ago
Credibility NSW has experienced a 17-fold increase in the number of people presenting at hospitals with symptoms of the flu compared to the same period last year. Most of the spikes in hospital attendances have correlated with publicity around swine flu cases and...
Tags: NSW Health, swine flu, flu cases
Indigenous at 'higher risk' of swine flu
Melbourne :: Australia | 4 months ago
Credibility Indigenous Australians may be more susceptible to swine flu, compounding the many health problems they already face, according to new medical research. The medical journal, The Lancet, reports the flu strain could have a potentially catastrophic effect.
Tags: swine flu, NSW Health
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