Mother shares harrowing video of baby daughter to 'teach anti-vaxxers a lesson'
Sydney woman Sandra Tee posted a video to Facebook of her newborn child turning purple as she struggled to breath, in an attempt to "educate more people on the importance of vaccinations" and calling on parents not to "ignore the warning signs". The video, which has been viewed on more than 245,000 occasions and shared more than 4900 times, shows the five-week-old girl gasping for air as an oxygen mask is placed over her mouth. In the post, Ms Tee said: "This video may distress some people but ..>> view originalHeroin deaths spike as investigations begin into 'strong batch' in South Australia
Heroin deaths spike as investigations begin into 'strong batch' in South Australia Posted August 23, 2016 06:49:25 Toxicologists have begun investigating a spike in heroin-related deaths as emergency and health services are put on high alert in South Australia.A public health warning has been issued after 10 South Australians died from overdoses of either heroin or the potent synthetic painkiller fentanyl since the start of July.Minister for Mental Health and Substanc..>> view original'Bagpipe lung' death prompts warning for wind musicians
'Bagpipe lung' death prompts warning for wind musicians Posted August 23, 2016 19:42:27 Musicians have been warned to clean their wind instruments regularly after British doctors reported that "bagpipe lung" had killed a man who inhaled fungi growing inside his pipes.An article in the medical journal Thorax recorded the case of a 61-year-old man who played the bagpipes daily but had struggled with a dry cough and breathlessness for seven years.His condition improved r..>> view originalCattle-borne Q fever outbreak in two Melbourne meat businesses sparks health alert
A RARE cattle-born infection has struck down workers at Melbourne meat processing plant, sparking a health alert.Five workers at neighbouring Laverton North meat business have been diagnosed with Q fever, which is transmitted by contact with cattle, sheep and goats and can cause a severe illness and even facilities in extremely rare cases.The outbreak is thought to have began in W J Drever meat processing business before infecting workers at the neighbouring Vic Wide Meat Brokers.None of those i..>> view originalMelbourne trials wonder drug that 'melts' cancer cells on 80 per cent of patients
A new tablet which has shown to 'melt away' stubborn cancer cells is now available for use in the United States – and could soon be rolled out in Europe and Australia, where it was developed. The drug – Venetoclax was developed in Melbourne and has performed well in clinical trials with one-in-five patients who trialed the drug becoming completely cancer-free. The drug has been developed specifically with sufferers of chronic lymphocytic leukemia in mind and showed a positive result in 80 per ce..>> view originalLee urges hearing checks
There are only a few things more important to Brett Lee than cricket.Hearing is one of them.“I can’t imagine cricket without sound,” he said.“On the field not hearing the appeals and the crowd, off the field not hearing team mates or at home not hearing family.”Brett is the Global Hearing Ambassador for Cochlear, an organisation that develops implants to help those suffering from hearing loss.He was at Cochlear’s global headquarters at Macquarie University on Monday to help launch Hearing Awaren..>> view originalWith Moderate Drinking Under Fire, Alcohol Companies Go on Offensive
At a brewers’ conference this spring, an alcohol lobbyist fired a warning shot in what has become a multimillion-dollar global battle. Public-health officials “want to tell you that alcohol causes cancer,” Sarah Longwell, managing director of the American Beverage Institute, told the crowd. The industry, she said, was in danger of losing its “health halo.” For decades, beer, wine and liquor producers have been helped by a notion,...>> view originalMelbourne top of table for food allergies
Rachel GrayAustralian Associated PressMelbourne has become the food allergy capital of the world due to a combination of Vitamin D deficiencies, genetics and nutrition, experts say.New research on allergy prevention was released as part of the International Congress of Immunology which has descended on Melbourne for six days."We call it the food allergy capital of the world," Murdoch Children's Research Institute allergist Katie Allen told AAP.Melbourne's unenviable status is partly due to low l..>> view originalOrange Sky mobile laundry duo plan to shower city's homeless
The team behind Brisbane's mobile laundry is trialling a mobile shower van in the next step to providing the nation's homeless their basic human right to be clean.Orange Sky Laundry was established in 2014 to provide Brisbane's homeless with the ability to wash their own clothes. Orange Sky Laundry co-founders Lucas Patchett and Nicholas Marchesi. Photo: Supplied Founders Nicholas Marchesi and Lucas Patchett fitted out five vans with two commercial washing machines and two dryers that th..>> view originalThousands of men join viral campaign to normalise chats about mental health
UK footballer starts viral campaign urging men to talk about mental health issues. (Instagram: @ambler09/Twitter: @rickygervais) Men all around the world are banding together to remind each other “it’s okay to talk” about mental health.British rugby league player Luke Ambler launched the now viral campaign when he posted a selfie to Instagram alongside facts and figures about how suicide effects men in the UK, and he urged others to do the same.https://www.instagram.com/p/BIicFIchIrO/ Ambler wa..>> view original
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