Medical Xpress: PHYSorg news tagged with: australian and new zealand journal of public health http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Quad bike fatalities costly but manufacturers fail to act Two University of Sydney papers published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health have highlighted the costs associated with fatal quad bike incidents and compared the behavior of the quads industry in opposing safety improvements to that of tobacco companies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-quad-bike-fatalities-costly.html Health Thu, 04 Apr 2013 07:50:01 EST news284280592 Study puts average economic cost of each quad bike death at $2.3m The average cost to the Australian economy of each quad bike related fatality is $AUD2.3 million, according to fresh research that tallied up the cost of lost earnings, emergency services, accident investigations and other factors. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-average-economic-quad-bike-death.html Health Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:03:11 EST news284202179 Study finds slip, slop, slap message is slipping Australians are becoming less attracted to having a suntan and fewer are being sunburned, but there's been less improvement in wearing sunscreen in recent years, according to new research from the Cancer Council. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-slop-message.html Cancer Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:40:01 EST news279368652 Research undermines tobacco industry's claims that 'plain packaging' is unfair (Medical Xpress)—Two research studies led by University of Otago researchers have challenged tobacco companies' claims about plain packaging. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-undermines-tobacco-industry-plain-packaging.html Health Wed, 10 Oct 2012 09:00:06 EST news269078331 Study highlights significant dairy shortfall (Medical Xpress) -- Australian researchers have called for a focus on public health interventions that increase dairy food consumption following a new study published this week. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-highlights-significant-dairy-shortfall.html Health Fri, 08 Jun 2012 10:25:29 EST news258369756 We are drinking too much water: expert Our bodies need about two litres of fluids per day, not two litres of water specifically. In an Editorial in the June issue of Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Spero Tsindos from La Trobe University, examined why we consume so much water. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-expert.html Health Tue, 05 Jun 2012 10:55:11 EST news258112499