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The Hindu
'Biological clock' is linked to heart attacks
Herald Sun
Strand of protein linked to 'body clock' and heart attacks Protein levels control electrical current in heart muscles Related: Work is giving us cancer - study SCIENTISTS say they've uncovered the first molecular proof that the "biological clock" is ...
'Biological clock' linked to heart attacksSydney Morning Herald
Sudden cardiac death: Time of day link found in miceBBC News
Circadian rhythms linked to sudden cardiac deathThe Hindu

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The Age
Government told to end nursing stand-off
ABC Online
By state political reporter Alison Savage The State Opposition is urging the Government to return to talks with the state's nurses, to avoid rolling stoppages from Friday. Nurses are threatening to reduce the number of staff on some wards to ...
Nurses threaten rolling stoppagesHerald Sun
Victorian nurses to hold stopwork meetingNEWS.com.au
Greens bill to give nurses more rightsNinemsn
The Age -Brisbane Times
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If you are a licensed registered nurse you may well be able to enroll in a new online Master of Science in Nursing degree program with a strong focus in Family Nurse Practitioner. This program, offered by Herzing University Online, is available in 27 states in the USA. The University says it is an opportunity for a licensed registered nurse to become a family nurse practitioner. Dr...

Daily Mail
Teens who watch movies with booze scenes twice as likely to drink
CBS News
(CBS) It's not unusual to see a movie with characters who drink or get drunk. It's also no secret that many booze-heavy movies are geared toward a younger audience. But a new study confirms some parents' biggest fears. It found teens who watch lots of ...
Alcohol in movies linked to teen drinkingNEWS.com.au
Big screen binge: Underage drinking linked to films featuring alcoholDaily Mail
10 radical solutions to binge drinkingBBC News
Doctors Lounge -Times of India
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BigPond News
Alcohol warnings ignored - FARE
BigPond News
Claims the govt has hasn't releases reports on the impact of alcohol-consumption habits of pregnant women. An advocacy group concerned about dangerous drinking says the federal government has failed to release two reports on the impact of warning ...
Body stayed silent on pregnancy warningsThe Australian
Reports on alcohol warnings ignored: FARENinemsn

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Korlym (mifepristone) to control hyperglycemia (high blood sugar levels) in adults with endogenous Cushing's syndrome, who have type 2 diabetes or glucose intolerance, who remained unresponsive to previous surgery or are not eligible candidates for surgery. Pregnant women should never take Korlym (contraindicated). Until the FDA approved Korlym for the treatment of endogenous Cushing's syndrome, there were no approved medications to treat the disorder...

Researchers have found that one fourth of students in Australian secondary schools are either overweight or obese, affecting lifestyle and socioeconomic status. The study, published in the February 20 issue of the Medical Journal of Australia - a publication of the Australian Medical Association, was funded by Cancer Councils around Australia and the National Heart Foundation. The study examined 12,188 students and found that just under one quarter were either obese (5%) or overweight (18%)...

A case report published in the February 20 issue of the Medical Journal of Australia, reveals that a 26-year-old woman from Adelaide who enjoyed cuddling and kissing her pet rats contracted Streptobacillus moniliformis infection (rat bite fever). The disease is potentially fatal and could become more prevalent as rodent ownership increases. The Medical Journal of Australia is a publication of the Australian Medical Association. According to the report by Dr Lito Papanicolas, a registrar at SA Pathology, and coauthors, although S...

According to a computer-based cost-effectiveness analysis in the February issue of JAMA, recommending the use of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) could possibly prevent more pneumococcal disease than the current 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23) recommendations. The costs would remain reasonably economic, however the researchers point out that their findings are sensitive to several assumptions...

Fake drugs are increasingly being sold on the Internet in a global counterfeit medicines market that has doubled in the last five years to more than $75 million. The medicines, many of which are life-threatening, have even turned up in the legitimate supply chain and found their way into pharmacies, according a review by Dr Graham Jackson and colleagues published in the March issue of the IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice...

Unpasteurized milk, also known as raw milk, is proportionally responsible for 150 times more disease outbreaks than pasteurized milk, a new report issued by the CDC's (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) Emerging Infectious Diseases has revealed. The authors also explained that dairy-related disease outbreaks in US states where raw milk is legal occur at twice the rate compared to other states. In this study, researchers gathered data on dairy-related outbreaks from 1993 through 2006 throughout the United States. During the study period, the USA produced approximately 2...

The February 21 issue of the open access journal PLoS Biology reveals that researchers from the National University of Ireland Galway have made an important scientific discovery in the battle against Huntington's disease. Worldwide, more than 100,000 people are affected by Huntington's disease, an incurable, inherited, neurodegenerative disorder which causes uncontrolled movements, emotional disturbances, and severe mental deterioration. Estimates show that another 300,000 are likely to develop symptoms in their lifetime...

Although there are several drugs and experimental conditions that can block cognitive function and impair learning and memory, researchers have recently shown that some drugs can actually improve cognitive function. The new multi-national study, published in the 21 February issue of the open-access journal PLoS Biology, reveals that these findings may implicate scientists' understanding of cognitive disorders like Alzheimer's disease. There are trillions of neuronal connections, called synapses in the human brain that are dynamic and constantly change in strength and property...

A study in the February issue of JAMA, reports that female heart attack patients are more likely to go to hospital without chest pain and have a much higher rate of in-hospital death following a heart attack, compared to men of the same age group. The study, by John G. Canto, M.D., M.S.P.H., of the Watson Clinic and Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Lakeland, Fla., and colleagues, analyzed the links between; the gender of the patient, the symptoms of myocardial infarction (heart attack) they develop, and risk of death in hospital...

The Virtual Medical Centre
Poor language linked to lack of Vitamin D in womb
The Virtual Medical Centre
New research from Perth's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research has found that children of mums who had low levels of Vitamin D during pregnancy are twice as likely to have language difficulties. The research, published in the latest edition of ...
Low vitamin D linked to language problemsCBC.ca

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NEWS.com.au
Amnesty says pull your centres in, Australia
NEWS.com.au
Asylum seekers on board bus at Port of Christmas Island Jetty to go to detention centres. Picture: Colin Murty Source: The Australian AMNESTY International says Australia must scrap remote immigration detention centres and take other measures, ...
Funds boost for detention health careSydney Morning Herald

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St John of God defibrillator gets thumbs up from Prince family
Ballarat Courier
BY KIM QUINLAN THE mother of a young footballer who died after suffering a cardiac arrest on a Ballarat football field last year has endorsed a move for defibrillators to be put into sporting clubs throughout the state. Bernie Prince, whose 17-year-old ...
St John defibs to save lives: grieving dadNinemsn
sporting clubs to get heart startersHerald Sun
St John Ambulance Donates 100 DefibrillatorsTopNews New Zealand
Diamond Valley Leader -TopNews United States
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Daily Mail
Endometriosis linked to ovarian cancers
The Australian
WOMEN with a history of endometriosis, a common, often painful condition linked to infertility, have higher rates of three types of ovarian tumour, a large study has found - an insight that could help focus future efforts to detect the often-missed ...
Endometriosis and cancer, vaccines and seizures, spare partsUSA TODAY
Women unaware of ovarian cancer risksNEWS.com.au
Endometriosis Increases Risk of Certain Ovarian CancersABC News
Telegraph.co.uk -The Press Association -KPBS
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Brisbane Times
Gold Coast Mayor Ron Clarke considers running as independent
The Australian
RETIRING Gold Coast Mayor Ron Clarke is testing the water for a possible tilt at the state seat of Broadwater, in yet another surprise twist to Queensland's election campaign. Mr Clarke said last night he was holding a family meeting at the weekend to ...
Gold Coast mayor Clarke eyes state seatBrisbane Times
Gold Coast mayor Clarke eyes Qld seatNinemsn
Doctor 'hit patient' in emergency ward at Gold Coast HospitalCourier Mail
Gold Coast Bulletin News -Insidethegames.biz
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A study in rats has found that a new medication called clazosentan, may be effective in blocking the harmful effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI). The study will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 64th Annual Meeting in New Orleans April 21 to April 28, 2012. Michael Kaufman, study author, a second year medical student at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, and member of the American Academy of Neurology, explained: "There are currently no primary treatments for TBI, so this research provides hope that effective treatments can be developed...