HEALTH

Health authorities warn revellers ahead of St Patrick's Day celebration, of the risk posed by mixing energy drinks with alcohol, and the recent phenomenon of wide-awake drunks.

Dr Cynthia Weinstein, a plastic surgeon in Melbourne has chosen to deregister herself prior to medical board hearing into allegations of botched surgery.

Stem Cell Research funded by the Catholic Church

(Reuters) - Popcorn and soda has filled the stomachs of generations of moviegoers, but with childhood obesity on the rise one studio head has a hankering to see yogurt and veggies at the concession stand, too.

(Reuters) - Men with heart disease who also complain of erectile dysfunction die sooner than other male heart patients, researchers reported on Monday.

(Reuters) - People with a family history of Alzheimer's disease often have clumps of a toxic protein in their brains even though they are perfectly healthy, researchers said on Monday.

Midwives in Australia can now provide care with insurance under the new law passed by the parliament.

Overuse of CT scans in Australia poses a high cancer risk to children.

Private Hospital in Australia are asked to improve their medical training programs.

HIV-AIDS cases at Queensland increased during 2009.

Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a strong predictor of death from all causes and of heart attack, stroke and heart failure in men with cardiovascular disease (CVD). Men who is diagnose with ED will then need to ask his physician to check for other risk factors of cardiovascular disease.

(Reuters) - White House officials on Sunday confidently predicted quick final passage of healthcare reform but a top Democratic vote-counter said the party still needs to line up more support in the House of Representatives.

Australians politicians must act quickly to combat the rise of obesity and its life-threatening disease consequences, and the global climate changes' great threats to health, based on a letter published in the Medical Journal of Australia, a publication of the Australian Medical Association.

Recent removal of the seasonal influenza vaccine from the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, has placed thousands low-income earners at risk, warned hunter GPs and pharmacists.

Innate Immune Inc a private biotechnology company, today announced that it has granted an exclusive license to patents for the development of its antibodies for the treatment of asthma and systemic lupus erythematosis (SLE) to Cephalon Australia Pty Ltd.

(Reuters) - An experimental blood thinner being developed by Merck & Co from a new class of drugs appeared to be safe and effective in a mid-stage study that compared three doses against widely used warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation.

The drug regadenoson is safe and poses fewer side effects than the conventional medication used during a cardiac nuclear stress test of heart transplant patients, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study.

Researchers from the Heart Institute at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah, have devised a better way to determine an individual's risk for problems, such as heart attack and heart failure, according to a new study.

Researchers at the University of Calgary have discovered the unique genes that allow the opium poppy to make codeine and morphine, thus opening doors to alternate methods of producing these effective painkillers.

The meeting with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, to discuss proposed major overhaul of the health system has been productive, says Queensland Premier Anna Bligh.

Over half of medical students and junior doctors underestimate the amounts of radiation involved in regularly ordered scans with 25 per cent wrongly accept that magnetic resonance imaging emits radiation.

The widespread and unnecessary ordering of high-radiation CT scans which can trigger cancer has alarmed the Medicare watchdog, after a high increase in the number of health workers and doctors referred to the agency for investigation.

A study of the eye health across 30 Aboriginal communities, published in the Medical Journal of Australia, found an improvement in vision loss and blindness as compared to 30 years earlier. The most common Indigenous vision loss causes were unoperated cataracts, diabetes, uncorrected refractive errors or trachoma.

A total of over 90,000 people from Sunshine Coast and Wide Bay health districts have queued up for the vaccine against the human swine flu. Following the government warnings on the second wave of the pandemic, nearly 4000 have attended free weekend vaccination clinics at local schools. Another 87,000 visited their local GP for vaccinations.

A teleconference with state leaders to discuss the federal government's hospital funding reforms will be led by NSW Premier Kristina Keneally, who is also the chair of the Council for Australian Federation. The next scheduled meeting with territory chief ministers and other premiers will start next Thursday.

The ban on the technology that offers allows parent to have the sex of their children, predetermined using IVF will be open for review by Australia's health watchdog. According to the Herald Sun reports, the National Health and Medical Research Council is ready to launch a review of the ban amid criticism from Australian fertility doctors.

Australian researchers are divided over the recent British studies which states that oral contraceptive pill is good for women. The study published in the British Medical Journal says that women who have been on the pill are less likely to die from any cause, including all cancer and heart disease, compared with those who have never been on it.

The widely believed notion that pregnancy and motherhood can cause women to be absentminded and forgetful, is false, says Professor Helen Christensen and colleagues at the Australian National University, as evident in the findings of the study of 1,241 women from 20 to 24 years of age.

Long time resident of the small Queensland community, Gilsens Road near the Noosa River and newcomers are in a state of anxiety as they suspect the sprayed agricultural chemicals at the nearby macadamia plantation may be detrimental to their health, their animals and the fish at the local hatchery.