http://abc.net.au/news/tag/health http://www.abc.net.au/news/ http://abc.net.au/news/img/newslogo88.gif http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss ABC News Online Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:30:14 +1000 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:30:14 +1000 The first large-scale bicycle hire scheme in Britain will get under way in London on Friday (local time). http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/30/2969434.htm 2969434 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:20:00 +1000 Meg Wade is living every horse rider's nightmare. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/30/2969427.htm 2969427 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:00:00 +1000 UK scientists may have unravelled one of the long-standing mysteries of human fertility: why sperm cells tend to behave like tiny, surface-seeking missiles. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/30/2969162.htm 2969162 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:51:00 +1000 New research has cast doubt on whether people should take calcium supplements to ward off the degenerative bone disease osteoporosis. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/30/2969065.htm 2969065 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:15:00 +1000 Commonwealth chief medical officer Jim Bishop says seasonal flu vaccinations for children under five can continue. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/30/2968969.htm 2968969 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:00:00 +1000 Australian of the Year Professor Patrick McGorry is leading calls for the Federal Government to commit more money to the country's mental health system. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/30/2968671.htm 2968671 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:15:00 +1000 Researchers in WA are trying to determine why most health and social services have failed to significantly improve the health and well being of Aboriginal people. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/30/2968549.htm 2968549 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:34:00 +1000 Social Inclusion Commissioner David Cappo has released a discussion paper critical of disability services in South Australia. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/30/2968469.htm 2968469 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:03:00 +1000 Two outback Queensland mayors and their chief executive officers will cycle 200 kilometres this weekend to promote a healthy lifestyle. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/30/2968463.htm 2968463 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:00:00 +1000 US researchers say they have developed a technique which could one day allow people with knee or hip problems to grow their own replacement joints. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/29/2968325.htm 2968325 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:07:00 +1000 Mataranka residents have told a public meeting power outages are putting lives at risk. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/29/2967947.htm 2967947 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:00:00 +1000 First time figures have revealed people with disabilities are waiting months for medical appliances such as electric beds and wheelchairs. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/29/2967393.htm 2967393 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:39:00 +1000 Nationals' leader Warren Truss says the Coalition will act further to fix regional health services. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/29/2967481.htm 2967481 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:37:00 +1000 Children with a disability would be given $12,000 to help pay for treatment under a re-elected Labor government, the PM has announced. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/29/2967475.htm 2967475 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:31:00 +1000 A new study has found loneliness can be as harmful as smoking 15 cigarettes a day or drinking heavily. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/29/2967353.htm 2967353 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:08:00 +1000 A new study suggests cancer patients are not being treated in line with guidelines which could save their lives. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/29/2967157.htm 2967157 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:14:00 +1000 Melbourne researchers believe they have made a breakthrough in the search for a treatment for Huntington's disease. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/28/2967082.htm 2967082 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:28:00 +1000 New research has found certain drugs can increase the risk of heart attacks among people with HIV/AIDS. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/28/2966934.htm 2966934 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:48:00 +1000 The Deputy State Coroner has indicated she will not make critical findings against an aged care facility in Perth's southern suburbs. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/28/2966883.htm 2966883 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:00:00 +1000 The operator of a 128-turbine wind farm at Waubra, west of Ballarat, says there is no need for a Senate inquiry into the health effects of wind farms. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/28/2966681.htm 2966681 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:42:00 +1000 New research has linked the nation's chronic disease burden with the absence of breastfeeding. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/28/2965980.htm 2965980 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:00:00 +1000 A group of hearing service providers is calling for an extra $11 million to help struggling services test and treat every newborn baby in Australia. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/28/2965946.htm 2965946 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:09:00 +1000 Health officials say evidence suggests the number of women who have contracted hepatitis C at a day surgery in Melbourne's north-east has risen to 35. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/27/2965880.htm 2965880 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:39:00 +1000 An impromptu late-night experiment has led Australian scientists to a discovery that changes our understanding of how our vision works. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/27/2965728.htm 2965728 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:40:00 +1000