Although Labor’s SuperClinics make policy sense, resistance from doctors has slowed their implementation, writes Jennifer Doggett
Although Labor’s SuperClinics make policy sense, resistance from doctors has slowed their implementation, writes Jennifer Doggett
WA Today: “Cat deaths linked to pet food“:
Unexplained chronic illness and death among Sydney cats has been linked to a gourmet imported pet food withdrawn from stores over the past three weeks.
A cat neurologist, Georgina Child, has put down five cats over the past week and treated or consulted with other vets about more than a dozen others suffering from paralysis.
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Formula companies are back advertising infant formula direct to the public throughout Asia. Read more »
What am I missing, here? Red State Blue State quotes from a study that found that people in poorer health tend to vote Democrat.
This is a big ol’ “duh”, surely - people who don’t have temporarily-able-bodied privilege are more likely to vote for a party who won’t kick them to the kerb, disabled, bankrupt and homeless, and then crow about how they shoulda been more “responsible”. Read more »
All those narcissistic whingers writing to the papers complaining about the inequity of childess taxpayers subsidising paid parental leave should have a listen to what Fiona Stanley has to say about the health of our children and the social and economic implications it has for our future. Read more »
SPECIAL commissioner Peter Garling has prescribed a massive dose of IT to fix NSW’s troubled public hospitals, and recommended a watchdog oversee e-health.
He has demanded the provision of critical infrastructure, hospital and community information systems and a statewide e-health record system within four years - not the present eight to 15 year timeframe for completion.
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BHP Billiton has decided to abandon its plans to buy Rio Tinto. Aside from the antitrust concerns of customers and regulators around the world, a major reason for BHP’s decision involves another acquisition: Read more »
This is an interesting article on things at the cutting edge of healthcare (if you’re a free market type). If you’re not such a free market type, there may be some things at the other cutting edge of community medicine and other things - feel free to let us know in comments. Read more »
In July, I published a call for people to let the Queensland government know that routinely distributing free formula samples to mothers was a bad, bad idea: “Call to activism: oppose infant formula promotion in Qld Indigenous communities”.
Success! The plan has been changed. The Australian reports: “Baby gear beats cash in Cape York towns” Read more »
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