'Reliance on mammograms dangerous' and other top stories.

• 'Reliance on mammograms dangerous'

  

  Women aged 50 to 70 are too reliant on mammograms to spot signs of breast cancer, a British charity has warned.Breast Cancer Care says it's vital women in this age group - who are most at risk of cancer - check their breasts between screenings.Its survey of 1012 British women aged 50 and over showed that, despite 84 per cent attending regular screening, one in seven (14 per cent) never checked their breasts between appointments.Most (around 80 per cent) of breast cancer cases occur in women over..

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• Health Minister says Medicare freeze will be lifted 'as soon as possible'

  

  ELEANOR HALL: Well staying with Federal politics, the Coalition is assuring voters today that its freeze on increasing Medicare payments to doctors is temporary.Labor announced last week that if it wins government, it will abolish the freeze to make sure patients don't have to pay more to see a GP.Now the Health Minister says she's committed to doing the same, but will only say she'd do so "as soon as possible".Political reporter Tom Iggulden has more from Canberra.TOM IGGULDEN: The Health Mi..

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• Kidney disease the silent killer, with many not aware they're sick

  

  ELEANOR HALL: An estimated 1.7 million Australians are living with chronic kidney disease, but 90 per cent of them are not aware of it. Kidney Health Australia's annual 'State of the Nation' report says 60 Australians die from kidney related disease every day. The report is calling for new health checks to alert those who don't know that they're sick. Johanna Nicholson reports.JOHANNA NICHOLSON: Ward Kane was shocked to find out he had advanced kidney disease. WARD KANE: Being a 40-year-old a..

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• Legal highs ban 'will increase drug-related deaths' by moving sales underground

  

  A blanket ban on legal highs due to come into force this week will lead to more deaths and only benefit drug dealers and politicians, critics have claimed. The substances, which mimic the effects of already banned drugs, are being outlawed on Thursday due to concerns their potency is fuelling health problems and anti-social behaviour. But critics have said that the law will simply force users, who are often among the most vulnerable in society, to turn to street dealers and the criminal underwo..

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• EPIC trial hailed as landmark moment in Ending HIV

  

  The EPIC trial is the largest study of PrEP – (pre exposure prophylaxis) in Australia, and is being heralded as a landmark in the effort to end HIV transmissions in NSW by 2020. Previous studies have shown that PrEP is extremely effective at preventing HIV transmission amongst those at high risk of transmission. Plans for the EPIC trial were first announced on World AIDS Day 2015, with the aim of rolling out the trial to 3700 participants at high risk of HIV transmission across NSW. The study is..

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• Biotron compounds kill Zika virus in tests

  

  Biotech Biotron says two of its compounds have shown effectiveness against the Zika virus but a drug therapy could be a long way off.Biotron, which develops compounds to fight significant viral diseases such as HIV and Hepatitis C, said on Monday that two compounds from its library killed the Zika virus in "test tube" tests in the United States."These early results are encouraging," Biotron managing director Dr Michelle Miller said on Monday."Identification of these active compounds in our libra..

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• OUR SAY: Fair go – govern for all

  

  OUR mental health services could be a lot better but, comparing the scope of the issue on the Coast to Brisbane, we're not much worse off. Figures revealed in today's report on mental health services show Brisbane residents are fractionally better off in terms of people either severely distressed or with psychological or behavioural problems. Our suicide rates are identical. In a way, these figures show just how lucky we are to be on the Coast. We live in a beautiful area conveniently c..

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