Flesh-eating tropical bug sweeps the Middle East after thriving in ISIS-strongholds
Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a disfiguring disease spread by sand flies. Picture: Majid Saeedi/Getty ImagesWARNING: Distressing images.A FLESH-EATING tropical disease is sweeping the Middle East and may yet end up in Europe, after Islamic State’s civil war helped to create the perfect breeding grounds for infected vectors.Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease caused by bites from infected sand flies, which are thriving in the squalid conditions created by the war in the Middle East.The di..>> view originalNot sure what the Medicare rebate freeze means? Here's what you need to know
Not sure what the Medicare rebate freeze means? Here's what you need to know Associate Professor Helen Dickinson Updated May 30, 2016 14:31:56 The newly elected president of the Australian Medical Association, Michael Gannon, says the nation's GPs are at "breaking point". Speaking this morning on RN Breakfast, Dr Gannon backed the campaign from GPs to unfreeze Medicare rebates. So what does it all mean รข€” for doctors and patients?The Conversation has broken the ..>> view originalGordonvale resident near Cairns tests positive to Zika virus
Gordonvale resident near Cairns tests positive to Zika virus By Kristy Sexton McGrath Updated May 30, 2016 13:59:28 Queensland Health workers have been deployed to Gordonvale, south of Cairns in far north Queensland, after a resident tested positive to the mosquito-borne Zika virus.The department said the resident recently returned from Thailand and Bali.The Dengue Action Response Team has been working in the area over the weekend, spraying for mosquitoes and urgi..>> view originalCancer patient 'humiliated' after being forced to bare head for driver's licence
Video will begin in 5 seconds. Cancer Shame A grandmother says she's been humiliated when she was as forced remove her hat for a drivers licence photo. Vision: Nine News Perth. PT2M26S 620 349 A cancer patient has called for a review of licensing regulations after she was left humiliated when forced to remove a head covering for a photo. Grandmother Christine McCluskey, who is battling lung cancer and has lost all her hair through chemotherapy, says she was distraught when s..>> view originalPostcards from the battlefront: cancer treatment through the years at Peter Mac
A young girl undergoes radiation therapy at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in 1968. Photo: Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre It must have been a terrifying day at the hospital. A young girl lies on a stretcher while an ominous machine looms above her, huge and heavy. The year is 1968 and the linear accelerator machine provides radiation therapy mega voltage treatment for internal cancers such as lung, breast, prostrate, cervical and abdominal tumours. It is be..>> view originalAustralia's IVF industry under scrutiny: Why the 'miracle pregnancy' is a myth
Sonia Kruger with her daughter Maggie, who was born through IVF using a donated egg from a younger woman.SONIA Kruger is a statistical anomaly. The average age of first time mothers in Australia is 28, but last year at age 49, she gave birth to her first child, Maggie. The host of Today Extra and The Voice had experienced several miscarriages and was told her chances of falling pregnant naturally were “very slim”, so she decided to try IVF.“My doctor was very clear about my chances of getting pr..>> view originalNorth Queensland man bitten by snake under his pillow
The Trinity Beach resident was bitten by a spotted python. Photo: Facebook A north Queensland man has been bitten by a metre-long snake curled up under a pillow on his bed.The Trinity Beach resident was going to sleep on Friday night when he slid his hand under the covers, only to get the fright of his life.Cairns snake catcher Matt Hagan was called to remove the 1.2-metre reptile and comfort the man and his wife, who had been rattled by his screams."His wife..>> view originalListening to music before eye surgery may cut anxiety
LONDON: Listening to relaxing music just before an eye surgery can make patients less anxious and reduce the amount of sedation required, a new study has found. Researchers from Cochin University Hospital in France randomly assigned 62 patients to hear relaxing music or no music through headphones for around 15 minutes just before cataract surgery, which also lasted an average 15 minutes. All patients had the same type of surgery to make the results comparable. The music played was..>> view original
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