Q85 Medical and Other Health Care Services

Reality bites: national tooth decay rate falling, but not for everyone

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 12-Sep-14

A survey by Roy Morgan Research has found that 14 per cent of Australians aged 14+ have tooth decay. The survey, which was carried out in the year to June 2014, also shows that the two lowest socio-economic quintiles are over-represented. Some 17 per cent of Australians in the E quintile reported having tooth decay, as did 16 per cent of those in the FG quintile. In contrast, just 11 per cent of those in the AB quintile reported having tooth decay

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED

Don’t give up on dementia sufferers, says visiting expert

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Original article by Georgina Mitchell
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 8 : 15-Sep-14

A UK dementia expert has urged people to include dementia sufferers in the community. Steve Milton said that most people who are diagnosed early are capable of remaining connected to the community. On 14 September 2014, thousands of people participated in the "Alzheimer’s Australia Memory Walk and Jog" at Leichhardt Oval in Sydney

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ALZHEIMER’S AUSTRALIA INCORPORATED, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY

Doctors uneasy about aid rule

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Original article by Cathy O’Leary
The West Australian – Page: 3 : 11-Sep-14

The Australian Medical Association of Western Australia believes that excessive demands are made by doctors who are under a legal obligation to provide first aid to injured people. In November 2013, a radiologist was found guilty of improper conduct when she failed to stop to provide assistance to a person who was injured in a car accident. She drove to the nearest police station to report the accident. She argued, unsuccessfully, that she did not feel safe to stop at night in an unsafe area

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AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (WESTERN AUSTRALIA)

Doctors uneasy about aid rule

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Original article by Cathy O’Leary
The West Australian – Page: 3 : 11-Sep-14

The Australian Medical Association of Western Australia believes that excessive demands are made by doctors who are under a legal obligation to provide first aid to injured people. In November 2013, a radiologist was found guilty of improper conduct when she failed to stop to provide assistance to a person who was injured in a car accident. She drove to the nearest police station to report the accident. She argued, unsuccessfully, that she did not feel safe to stop at night in an unsafe area

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AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (WESTERN AUSTRALIA)

Doctors uneasy about aid rule

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Original article by Cathy O’Leary
The West Australian – Page: 3 : 11-Sep-14

The Australian Medical Association of Western Australia believes that excessive demands are made by doctors who are under a legal obligation to provide first aid to injured people. In November 2013, a radiologist was found guilty of improper conduct when she failed to stop to provide assistance to a person who was injured in a car accident. She drove to the nearest police station to report the accident. She argued, unsuccessfully, that she did not feel safe to stop at night in an unsafe area

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AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (WESTERN AUSTRALIA)

Heat is on for tanning beds ban

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Original article by Phoebe Wearne
The West Australian – Page: 17 : 10-Sep-14

Terry Slevin of the Cancer Council Western Australia and Michael Gannon of the Australian Medical Association have urged the State Government to ban commercial tanning beds. Slevin notes that the state is the only jurisdiction in Australia that has not yet imposed a ban. Health Minister Kim Hanes believes that the health concerns about sun beds justifies a ban, but he says the Government has not made a final decision on the issue

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CANCER COUNCIL WESTERN AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (WESTERN AUSTRALIA), WESTERN AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF HEALTH

3D-printed heart replicas to help surgeons prepare for operations

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Original article by Amy Corderoy
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 6 : 8-Sep-14

James Otton, cardiologist and clinical faculty member at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, is using 3D printers to create replicas of hearts. Surgeons at the Liverpool and St Vincent’s hospitals in Sydney will be able to gain a more detailed understanding of the problems suffered by individual patients, with the help of the models printed from CT scans. St Vincent’s cardiothoracic and transplant surgeon Kumud Dhital also believes that "bioprinting" will be available in the future to grow actual hearts for transplantation

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VICTOR CHANG CARDIAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE LIMITED, ST VINCENT’S HOSPITAL SYDNEY LIMITED, LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL

Give our girl cannabis

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Original article by Cathy O’Leary
The West Australian – Page: 32 : 5-Sep-14

Western Australian Health Minister Kim Hames opposes the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. Shellie Martin wants to give her epileptic daughter the banned drug to control her seizures. Martin notes that about 7,000 of the 24,000 epilepsy sufferers in the state experience uncontrollable seizures. Opposition Leader Mark McGowan favours the use of cannabis by people with chronic or terminal medical conditions

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WESTERN AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF HEALTH, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL

Concern over alternative breast screen treatments

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Original article by Amy Corderoy
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 15 : 4-Sep-14

A new study published in the "Medical Journal of Australia", by Adelaide University researcher Linda Mundy and others, warns of women being misled by unscientific breast cancer screening services. They use methods such as digital infrared thermal imaging, electrical impedance scanning or electronic palpation imaging that are not backed by evidence. The Cancer Council Australia notes that two such providers in Perth have been cited in a Federal Court action brought by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, with penalties still to be handed down

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CANCER COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA, UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE, FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION

Most people fail to plan for end of life

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Original article by Amy Corderoy
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 10 : 3-Sep-14

Queensland University of Technology’s Australian Centre for Health Law Research has issued a new study on advance care directives. Director Ben White says the survey of 7,200-plus respondents shows that while in Queensland and South Australia some 20% of people have such detailed plans for how much medical treatment they want to receive toward the end of their life, in Victoria and New South Wales the rates are much lower and the average is only 14%. There is a strong correlation between having a financial enduring power of attorney or will and preparing a care directive

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QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR HEALTH LAW RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND