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SOUTH WEST HEALTHCARE SUPPLIES
Warrnambool VIC 3280
South West Healthcare Supplies is the retail outlet for rehabilitation aids and equipment to the community of South West Victoria. Applications are invited for a full time 12-month traineeship position in Retail Operations. More....
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Health experts tackle the tough questions
A series of national roundtable policy dialogues to be launched today at Parliament House in Canberra will take up the Rudd Government's challenge for an evidence-based approach to health reform. More...
Human emissions rise 2% despite GFC
Carbon dioxide emissions from human activities rose 2 per cent in 2008 to an all-time high of 1.3 tonnes of carbon per capita per year. CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion are estimated to have increased 41 per cent above 1990 levels with emissions continuing to track close to the worst-case scenario of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. More...
National call for regional cancer centres applications
Applications for the Rudd Government's $560 million Regional Cancer Centres are now open. The regional cancer centres will improve access and support for cancer patients in rural and regional Australia, and help close the gap in cancer outcomes between the city and the country. More...
Private health insurance membership rises again
Figures released today show that more Australians are continuing to take out private health insurance (PHI) membership. The largest increase was an extra 10,136 people aged 20-24. More...
Recognition of sport and exercise medicine as a medical specialty
In November 2009, following on the advice received from the Australian Medical Council (AMC), the Commonwealth Minister for Health and Ageing announced that she has decided to recognise sport and exercise medicine as a medical specialty for the purpose of inclusion in the AMC List of Australian Recognised Medical Specialties. More...
Early menopause no predictor of hip fracture
Women who have an early menopause are unlikely to have a long term increased risk of hip fractures associated with menopausal bone density weakening, according to a new study from The Australian National University. More...
New Merck begins operations
Merck & Co., Inc. today outlined its global plans following the completion of Merck's merger with Schering-Plough Corporation announced yesterday. More...
Study links folic acid supplements to asthma
A University of Adelaide study may have shed light on the rise in childhood asthma in developed countries like Australia in recent decades. More...
