Saturday, February 20, 2016

Two men airlifted after ute rollover near Warwick and other top stories.

  • Two men airlifted after ute rollover near Warwick

    TWO men were airlifted to Toowoomba by the RACQ CareFlight Toowoomba Rescue Helicopter today after a single vehicle crash near Warwick.  The crash happened just after midday. The rescue helicopter crew assisted the Queensland Ambulance Serive with the three patients who had been travelling in a ute on a country road.  It was believed that the ute hit a pot hole on the road which caused the vehicle to veer off the road, roll and land in a small gully, ejecting one passenger.  The r..
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  • Crocodile Dundee turning 30

    Crocodile Dundee turning 30
    “Where’s the knife in the bar?”That’s the question most asked of Walkabout Creek Hotel proprietors Frank and Debbie Wust, when tourists come in for a look at the iconic outback pub made famous by the movie Crocodile Dundee.“The other thing they want to know is, which door did Mick come through?” Frank said.After a little bit of joking they let patrons know that Paul Hogan and the other actors were actually working with a film set and that only the exterior of the then-Federal Hotel was used when..
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  • Pillar Of Creation breaks through in Qld

    Mark Oberhardt Brisbane Saturday 20 February 2016, 6:13pm Trainer Tony Sears admitted Pillar Of Creation's Doomben win was only part consolation for the gelding losing his previous start on protest.Pillar Of Creation ($4.40) gave jockey Brad Pengelly a winning double when he scored his first win in 13 starts in Queensland in the GPK - Your Technology Partner Handicap on Saturday.Sears said Pillar Of Creation was extremely unlucky in many Queensland starts, ending with a loss on protest in t..
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  • Cool change could cut oyster risk

    Cool change could cut oyster risk
    Outbreak threatens Tasmania oyster industry1:41The Tas oyster industry has held emergency talks over an outbreak that has killing the state's shellfish. THE disease crisis threatening the $26 million oyster industry’s viability could ease by next month, the country’s leading authority on Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome says.POMS is a seasonal virus that will cease to be a threat when waters cool, potentially as early as March, Sydney University’s Professor Richard Whittington has told the Sun..
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  • A primer on preventing Zika virus

    A primer on preventing Zika virus
    The western hemisphere has been panicking over the spread of the Zika virus. In Brazil, local health authorities observed an increase in Zika virus infections and have declared an emergency. While Brazil remains the worst-hit, with several infected ...
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  • More young women are smoking as rate among young men falls

    More young women are smoking as rate among young men falls
    More young women are smoking, as rates among young men continue to fall. 22 per cent of women aged 25 - 34 smoke, up from 20 per cent the previous year, the latest survey on adult smoking habits published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveals. The proportion of women aged 16 - 24 who smoke has also increased to 21 per cent from 20 per cent. One in ten babies was born to a mother who smokes. But despite the increase in young female smokers, the number of smokers in Britain is at it..
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  • Paleo diet could make you gain weight new study shows

    Paleo diet could make you gain weight new study shows
    Celebrity chef hits out at the scientific study's claims The paleo diet is generally all about meat.Paleo devotee and My Kitchen Rules judge Pete Evans has hit out at reports that the caveman-style diet could actually make you gain weight and put you on the path to diabetes.A study by Melbourne University researchers on mice has found that following the low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet for just eight weeks could lead to rapid weight gain and a spike in insulin levels.But in a 573 w..
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  • More than eight hours a night can increase risk by 146% : Too much sleep is bigger stroke risk than too little

    More than eight hours a night can increase risk by 146% : Too much sleep is bigger stroke risk than too little
    Rolling over and ignoring the alarm clock in the morning may seem harmless enough. But those lie-ins could be putting your health at risk. Sleeping more than eight hours a night significantly increases your chance of a stroke, research suggests. A study of nearly 290,000 people found seven to eight hours’ sleep a night may protect against the chance of a stroke. But the US researchers, from the New York University School of Medicine, found that those who sleep for longer than this increase thei..
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  • This Health Condition May Afflict Half The World By 2050

    This Health Condition May Afflict Half The World By 2050
    If you don't already wear eyeglasses, there's a good chance you will by the middle of this century. A new study predicts that by 2050, 4.8 billion people -- about half the global population -- will be afflicted with nearsightedness, or myopia, a common eye malady that causes distant objects to appear blurred while close objects can be seen clearly.  That would be a threefold increase from 2000. Additionally, one out of 10 people are predicted to be at risk of blindness. A likely culprit in the s..
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  • Doctors call for asylum seeker health care

    Doctors call for asylum seeker health care
    The health care of asylum seekers will be the focus of an Australian Medical Association forum to be held in Sydney. Doctors, nurses and other health workers will gather on Sunday to call for the immediate removal of infants and children from detention centres. "(The forum will) focus on the mental and physical harms caused by immigration detention," the AMA said in a statement. The association has also urged the government to let an independent panel of medical experts oversee and report on th..
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Sue's healing touch helps Toowoomba dogs .House fire west of Toowoomba deemed suspicious .
Toowoomba RSL gets much-needed makeover .How Martin Taupau helped prepare Daly Cherry-Evans for Manly Sea Eagles return .

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