Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Australian mum delivers baby weighing just 510 grams at 25 weeks in NZ and other top stories.

  • Australian mum delivers baby weighing just 510 grams at 25 weeks in NZ

    Australian mum delivers baby weighing just 510 grams at 25 weeks in NZ
    Australian mum delivers baby weighing just 510 grams at 25 weeks in NZ Last updated 08:11, October 14 2016 gofundme Brodie Soster who was struck with a dangerous illness had to deliver Billie Ava Stevens at just 25 weeks. A dangerous illness which struck a young Australian woman visiting New Zealand has resulted in the delivery of her baby at just 25 weeks.Brodie Soster told Daily Ma..
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  • Researchers design novel biosensor that can detect and quantify glucose in sweat - News

    Researchers design novel biosensor that can detect and quantify glucose in sweat - News
    Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas are sweating the small stuff in their efforts to develop a wearable device that can monitor an individual's glucose level via perspiration on the skin. In a study recently published online in the journal Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, Dr. Shalini Prasad, professor of bioengineering in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, and her co-authors demonstrated the capabilities of a biosensor they designed to reliably detect an..
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  • Woolworths pork, lamb and beef mince recalled

    Woolworths pork, lamb and beef mince recalled
    Those who shop at Woolworths in Singleton, New South Wales had best check their fridges and freezers, with the supermarket giant recalling pork, lamb and beef mince sold at this store.The Food Standards Australia New Zealand released the warning, stating: “Woolworths Limited has recalled Australian pork, lamb and beef mince from Woolworths Singleton due to a packaging fault resulting in the presence of metal fragments.”The statement also warned that “food products containing metal fragments may ..
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  • Cancer Council in Supreme Court bid over $12.7m Ringwood estate

    Cancer Council in Supreme Court bid over $12.7m Ringwood estate
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  • Black lung parliamentary inquiry starts today

    Black lung parliamentary inquiry starts today
    A MINING union has welcomed the first public hearings into black lung disease which starts today. The CFMEU hopes victims will get answers as the first day of public hearings for the Queensland parliamentary inquiry into black lung disease starts at 9am. CFMEU Mining and Energy Division Queensland District President Stephen Smyth said this is a chance to clear the air and get the facts on the table about what went wrong and why. "The fact is that those who oversaw the reemergence of ..
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  • New lung cancer treatment preserves quality of life for mid-term patients, research finds

    New lung cancer treatment preserves quality of life for mid-term patients, research finds
    New lung cancer treatment preserves quality of life for mid-term patients, research finds Posted October 14, 2016 14:54:07 A new minimally-invasive treatment for lung cancer is providing much better quality of life for mid-term patients with the disease.Research presented at The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists 67th Annual Scientific Meeting held on the Gold Coast today showed that thermal ablation is proving as effective as surgery in patients..
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  • Paralysed man feels with robotic hand

    Paralysed man feels with robotic hand
    US President Barack Obama meets Nathan Copeland during testing of his mind-controlled robotic hand. Picture: APStaff writer, APNews Corp Australia NetworkA PARALYSED man is regaining a sense of touch while using a mind-controlled robotic hand, feeling subtle pressure in his own fingers when the artificial ones are touched. The experiment is an early step in the quest to create prosthetics that can feel.How it works: tiny chips implanted in Nathan Copeland’s brain are bypassing his broken spinal ..
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  • Vic hospital reforms follow baby deaths

    Vic hospital reforms follow baby deaths
    Melissa MeehanAustralian Associated PressThree rural hospitals have been stripped of some maternity services and Victoria's health department is being overhauled after a scathing review sparked by baby deaths found things go wrong in hospitals far too often.The work of health services expert Stephen Duckett, the review found patient safety largely being left in the hands of medical staff and local administrators without adequate support from the state's health department.That led to holes in mon..
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  • Stress may be linked to Alzheimer's: study

    Sarah WiedersehnAustralian Associated PressTaking more time out to relax with loved ones or a good book may just help reduce your chances of developing Alzheimer's disease, new research suggests.Australian researchers have found a potential link between high levels of the stress hormone cortisol and the brain disease.Cortisol is a hormone that is naturally produced by the body in response to stress.Scientists from the School of Medical and Health Sciences at WA's Edith Cowan University working i..
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Missing 97-year-old Queensland man may be going to Sydney .Two truck drivers die in fiery crash in Sydney's west .
Fertility Problems? New Study Shows Ovaries Can Actually Grow New Eggs .Damage on New Caledonia's barrier reef limited .

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