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Flu shots for the elderly

Health Minutes - 22 September 2008
A study has questioned whether the flu vaccine for the elderly is as beneficial as we think.

Tags: influenza, older-people, vaccines-and-immunity, health-policy

Private health cover: sliced and diced?

Health: The Pulse - 15 May 2008
A structural adjustment, or an assault on private health cover? Moves to diminish incentives for private heath cover may be the thin end of the wedge.

Tags: healthcare-facilities, health-insurance, health-policy

Naltrexone implants: inquiry needed

Health Minutes - 29 April 2008
A disturbing report of injuries linked to the unapproved, unregulated use of naltrexone implants has prompted calls for an independent government review.

Tags: heroin, medical-procedures, pharmaceuticals, health-policy

Health '07: who gets your vote?

Health: The Pulse - 15 November 2007
Health is the issue most concerning voters in the upcoming Federal election, says Morgan polling. What do the major parties have to offer?

Tags: health-insurance, older-people, rural, health-policy

The power of pester

Health: The Pulse - 09 August 2007
Junk food ads on kids TV are contributing to an epidemic of obesity in kids - so why won't the Federal Government act?

Tags: child-health-and-behaviour, diet-and-nutrition, obesity, health-policy

Sleep apnoea over-diagnosed?

Health Minutes - 18 July 2007
A British researcher argues that sleep apnoea might be over-diagnosed and overtreated because the diagnosis is too reliant on laboratory sleep studies.

Tags: sleep-disorders, sleep, health-policy

Caesarean section and respiratory distress

Health Minutes - 26 June 2007
Caesarean section rates in countries like Australia are soaring - these days as high as one in two. The downside is there's a higher rate of neonatal respiratory distress.

Tags: health-insurance, pregnancy-and-childbirth, health-policy

Young men's suicide rate falls

Health Minutes - 22 May 2007
The suicide rate of young men has fallen and according to a recent analysis, much of the credit can go to the government.

Tags: depression, mental-health, mens-health, health-policy

Condoms: pleasure and protection

Health Minutes - 17 May 2007
Experts say use of condoms would increase if they were marketed as a sex aid.

Tags: aids-and-hiv, sexually-transmitted-diseases, sexual-health, health-policy

Economics and health

Health Minutes - 17 May 2007
Microfinance programs can help improve the health of people living in third world countries.

Tags: aids-and-hiv, information-and-communication, health-policy

Ethical monitoring of medical research

Health Minutes - 17 May 2007
Ethic committees need to monitor trials to ensure they comply with what has been approved.

Tags: ethics, medical-procedures, medical-research, health-policy

Danger - internet pharmaceuticals

Health Minutes - 12 February 2007
A warning about buying medications on the Internet comes from the story of a 64-year-old woman who lost sight in both eyes after buying steroids from Thailand.

Tags: pharmaceuticals, health-policy, self-help

Young men's suicide rate falls

Health Minutes - 06 February 2007
The suicide rate of young men has fallen and according to a recent analysis, much of the credit can go to the government.

Tags: depression, mental-health, mens-health, health-policy

More funds for mental illness

Health Minutes - 23 January 2007
On average only about 40 per cent of people with a mental illness are diagnosed and only half of those receive adequate treatment in Australia. State and federal governments are now putting in potentially billions of dollars. Will they spend it wisely?

Tags: healthcare-facilities, mental-health, health-policy

Ethical monitoring of medical research

Health Minutes - 18 December 2006
Ethic committees need to monitor trials to ensure they comply with what has been approved.

Tags: ethics, medical-procedures, medical-research, health-policy

Condoms: pleasure and protection

Health Minutes - 18 December 2006
Experts say use of condoms would increase if they were marketed as a sex aid.

Tags: aids-and-hiv, sexually-transmitted-diseases, sexual-health, health-policy

Economics and health

Health Minutes - 18 December 2006
Microfinance programs can help improve the health of people living in third world countries.

Tags: aids-and-hiv, information-and-communication, health-policy

Are our cities killing us?

Health: The Pulse - 26 October 2006
Urban sprawl or high-density inner-city living? Or somewhere in between? This week we look at what makes a healthy city.

Tags: exercise-and-fitness, environmental-health, health-policy

NT Government disrupts kidney program

Health Minutes - 04 September 2006
In partnership with local indigenous people, a treatment group based in Darwin managed to reduce deaths from kidney disese in a Northern Australian indigneous community, until the NT Government intervened.

Tags: health-policy, liver-and-kidneys

Danger - internet pharmaceuticals

Health Minutes - 21 August 2006
A warning about buying medications on the Internet comes from the story of a 64-year-old woman who lost sight in both eyes after buying steroids from Thailand.

Tags: health-policy, health-administration

Sleep apnoea over-diagnosed?

Health Minutes - 19 July 2006
A British researcher argues that sleep apnoea might be over-diagnosed and overtreated because the diagnosis is too reliant on laboratory sleep studies.

Tags: sleep-disorders, sleep, health-policy

Caesarean section and respiratory distress

Health Minutes - 10 July 2006
Caesarean section rates in countries like Australia are soaring - these days as high as one in two. The downside is there's a higher rate of neonatal respiratory distress.

Tags: health-insurance, pregnancy-and-childbirth, health-policy

More funds for mental illness

Health Minutes - 31 May 2006
On average only about 40 per cent of people with a mental illness are diagnosed and only half of those receive adequate treatment in Australia. State and federal governments are now putting in potentially billions of dollars. Will they spend it wisely?

Tags: healthcare-facilities, mental-health, health-policy

The cost of obesity

Health: The Pulse - 09 March 2006
Obesity costs the country over $11 billion a year, but government efforts at reducing the burden are half-hearted. A more radical approach is needed, argues a health economist.

Tags: diet-and-nutrition, obesity, health-policy

NT Government disrupts kidney program

Health Minutes - 21 November 2005
In partnership with local indigenous people, a treatment group based in Darwin managed to reduce deaths from kidney disese in a Northern Australian indigneous community, until the NT Government intervened.

Tags: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, rural, health-policy, liver-and-kidneys

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