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Two-thirds of Australia's adult population are overweight or obese, a key study found Monday, with rates continuing to climb despite a drop in smoking and drinking. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-two-thirds-australians-overweight.html Health Mon, 29 Oct 2012 06:50:01 EST news270711322 The 2012 'Mapping Social Cohesion Report' - Australia's largest survey of social cohesion, immigration and population issues, authored by Monash University's Professor Andrew Markus and produced by the Scanlon Foundation, was released today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-social-cohesion-stable-landscape.html Health Fri, 26 Oct 2012 09:57:30 EST news270463907 More than half of young Australians are consuming too much sugar, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Wollongong and University of Sydney. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-reveals-australian-children-overdosing-sugar.html Health Fri, 19 Oct 2012 07:49:07 EST news269851741 Hundreds of Australians were given water instead of pain-killing medication after thieves siphoned off the drugs from ambulance supplies and refilled the empty vials from the tap, officials said Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-australian-pain-killer-affects-hundreds.html Medications Tue, 16 Oct 2012 04:20:35 EST news269580026 A total of 500 Australians aged 15 to 54 died from accidental opioid overdoses in 2008 and preliminary estimates suggest deaths of this nature will be higher again in 2009 and 2010, according to the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-australia-heroin-opioid-deaths.html Addiction Wed, 10 Oct 2012 08:04:32 EST news269075066 September marks the start of spring but new research reveals it is also the month when Australians' vitamin D levels are at their lowest ebb. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-season-vitamin-d-deficiency-australian.html Health Tue, 25 Sep 2012 08:42:47 EST news267781359 Over recent decades, we have seen a growing tendency for including more single rooms in hospital ward design. Single rooms are often favoured by patients, are highly sought after and rarely empty.  Infection control guidelines mandate single rooms for patients who are infectious to others or immune-compromised, and the deeply ingrained cultural norms in hospitals result in nurses also lobbying for single rooms for particular patient groups, such as those who are dying. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-hospital-rooms-good-death.html Health Tue, 28 Aug 2012 07:06:32 EST news265356382 (Medical Xpress) -- People who live in safer, cleaner and friendly neighbourhoods experience higher levels of health and wellbeing as they age, a new Flinders University study shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-neighbourhood-links-health-wellbeing.html Health Thu, 16 Aug 2012 09:16:43 EST news264327329 (Medical Xpress) -- Australian and UK scientists have shown that a large percentage of genes are likely to affect bone strength, potentially around 2,000 of the 21,000 genes in our bodies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-knockout-reveals-large-genes-affect.html Genetics Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:03:10 EST news263649784 (Medical Xpress) -- Australians aged 60 and over spend more time watching TV than other adults and are at greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a new study from The University of Queensland has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-diabetes-elderly-couch-potatoes-australia.html Diabetes Tue, 24 Jul 2012 06:07:25 EST news262328833 (Medical Xpress) -- A new study led by the University of Sydney hopes to shed light on how the experiences of young Australians with a disability are shaped by discrimination. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-disablism-future-young-people-disability.html Health Tue, 24 Jul 2012 05:59:35 EST news262328357 (Medical Xpress) -- Australians receive “appropriate” health care in only 57 per cent of consultations, according the first ever national snapshot of the quality of clinical care in Australia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-major-shortfalls-medical-australian.html Health Mon, 16 Jul 2012 03:30:00 EST news261628186 (Medical Xpress) -- Overwork is significantly impacting the mental health and wellbeing of Australians, a Flinders University labour studies expert warns. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-australians-hard-expert.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 28 Jun 2012 06:10:01 EST news260081557 (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 Around 2.6 million Australians are obese. Obesity causes contribute to diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, obstructive sleep apnoea, infertility, depression and cancer. The strength of the causal link between obesity and these diseases means that obesity is now considered at least equal to smoking as a preventable cause of premature death. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-bariatric-surgery-safe.html Surgery Fri, 08 Jun 2012 07:02:17 EST news258357713 (Medical Xpress) -- Every single town in Australia has been rated on its proximity to cardiac care, before and after a heart attack, in a new report published in Circulation and headed by Queensland University of Technology (QUT). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-heart-australia.html Cardiology Wed, 30 May 2012 06:47:21 EST news257579204 For around one in 100 Australians who have food allergy, simply ingesting a small amount of pasta containing shellfish can be life-threatening. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-solution-life-threatening-allergy.html Immunology Fri, 11 May 2012 07:35:05 EST news255940499 (Medical Xpress) -- An estimated 50 Australians a month are travelling to Malaysia for cosmetic surgery and researchers would like to know more about them as part of ground-breaking international study of the phenomenon of cosmetic surgery tourism. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-profile-nip-tuck-phenomenon.html Other Tue, 08 May 2012 07:57:27 EST news255682582 (Medical Xpress) -- Lupus patients show more severe symptoms of the disease if their vitamin D levels are low, an Australian-first study has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-sun.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 07 May 2012 09:13:48 EST news255600807 The current logic surrounding the effectiveness of crush protection devices in preventing deaths and injuries caused by quad-bikes on farms, is flawed, according to new research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-quad-bike-deaths-australian.html Health Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:37:30 EST news252146234 (Medical Xpress) -- Researchers from the University of Sydney, together with Royal North Shore Hospital and the University of Queensland, have announced the largest study yet performed into early clinical detection of lymphoedema, a disorder affecting up to 30 percent of people undergoing treatment for some cancers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-distress-pain-lymphoedema.html Cancer Tue, 27 Mar 2012 06:51:10 EST news252049855 A web-based therapeutic program for adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome is at least three times more effective in reducing symptoms of the disorder than regular treatment, one study has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-online-treatment-reaps-rewards-teenagers.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 01 Mar 2012 08:20:02 EST news249809571 Presently Indigenous Australians suffer six times the blindness of mainstream Australians and 94 percent of vision loss in Indigenous Australians is unnecessary, preventable or treatable. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-million-gap-treatable-australian-indigenous.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:17:28 EST news249211041 (Medical Xpress) -- Nearly one third of Australian adults are suffering vitamin D deficiency according to a study involving more than 11,000 adults from around the country. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-vitamin-d-deficiency-one-third-australians.html Health Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:40:01 EST news245924002 (Medical Xpress) -- University of Sydney researchers have debunked the widespread belief that technological devices such as computers and mobile phones are increasingly eating into our sleep. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-adult-shortages-debunked.html Health Mon, 12 Dec 2011 06:04:45 EST news242892237 (Medical Xpress) -- Australia's first guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of problem gamblers highlight the importance of professional help for the thousands of Australians who struggle to control their gambling. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-self-help-effective-problem-gamblers.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:50:13 EST news241177802 Queensland University of Technology (QUT) researchers have developed a promising new treatment for spinal cord injury in animals, which could eventually prevent paralysis in thousands of people worldwide every year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-spinal-cord-treatment.html Neuroscience Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:39:10 EST news240838742 Australians are living longer largely due to a remarkable trend that appeared about 40 years ago. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-older-therapies.html Medications Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:03:16 EST news233830969 Australia's parliament has passed two bills moving the nation closer to becoming the first to introduce plain cigarette packaging in a move Health Minister Nicola Roxon Thursday called "courageous". http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-australia-cigarette-branding-closer.html Health Thu, 25 Aug 2011 04:20:01 EST news233461865 (Medical Xpress) -- Many Australians are suffering from pain related to treatable musculoskeletal conditions. These can be difficult for primary care doctors to diagnose without further postgraduate training. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-musculoskeletal-millions.html Health Thu, 18 Aug 2011 09:01:11 EST news232876836