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Drug driving: are your meds affecting you?

HealthTimes - 17-11-2015

Warning labels on medications about the dangers of driving are not enough to stop people getting behind the wheel with most driving while affected by drugs, according

 
Codeine-related deaths on the rise

AAP - 05-10-2015

Almost half of codeine-related deaths in Australia from 2000 to 2013 are attributable to accidental overdose, say researchers. Deaths related

 
Lilli's death preventable: Qld family

AAP - 29-07-2015

The family of a six-year-old girl who died after surgery say her treatment in a Brisbane hospital was incorrect. The family of a young Queensland

 
Hospitals, Medibank at war over costs

AAP - 10-07-2015

A private hospital provider is at war with Australia's largest private health insurer, accusing it of ruthless tactics that will see patients pay more.

 
Superbug found in Vic hospitals

AAP - 16-06-2015

Victorian hospitals to crack down on infection controls after almost 60 cases were found across the state. A superbug cluster in a Victorian

 
Saw found in cupboard 'used in amputation'

AAP - 26-05-2015

A member of the surgical team at a Scottish hospital was sent to the British equivalent of Bunnings to buy a saw to amputate a man's leg.

 
Vic patients can ask for same gender doc

AAP - 06-05-2015

A major Victorian hospital has changed its policy to allow patients to request to see a doctor of the same gender for cultural or religious reasons. A Melbourne

 
Campaign targets health risks and costs

AAP - 29-04-2015

The Choosing Wisely campaign is set for launch, with a list of healthcare issues clinicians and consumers should be questioning. Doctors are

 
Elderly inpatients on more than 10 drugs

AAP - 21-04-2015

Hospital wards are an ideal setting to discontinue inappropriate medications for older people, say researchers. Australian hospitals are missing

 
Flying Doctors defend safety record in Qld

AAP - 27-03-2015

The Royal Flying Doctor Service has defended its safety record after an independent audit into how the organisation runs. Health Minister Cameron Dick announced

 

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