Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Guide Dogs warn of risks of distracting working animals and other top stories.

  • Guide Dogs warn of risks of distracting working animals

    Guide Dogs warn of risks of distracting working animals
    Guide Dogs warn of risks of distracting working animals in new Respect My Uniform campaign Updated April 26, 2016 18:08:04 Guide dog handlers are urging the public to resist the temptation to pat the working animals regardless of how cute they are.The message will be the theme of International Guide Dog Day tomorrow. Anytime ... someone pats him, he won't focus on what he's supposed to be doing and that can be quite dangerous. Matt McLaren Most people know t..
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  • Fructose leaves you puzzled, and there's something fishy about the solution

    Fructose leaves you puzzled, and there's something fishy about the solution
    Fructose is a problem, but fruit is not. Nutrition plays a significant role in metabolic, brain and even psychiatric disorders. Authors of a new paper have revealed just how much of a difference it can make.The study, by researchers from the University of California, found fructose consumption affects the genes that control memory and learning, as well as those that relate to our risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer's disease.Just as poor nut..
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  • Neuren's shares are tanking after US Army trials of its brain injury drug

    Neuren's shares are tanking after US Army trials of its brain injury drug
    Neuren Pharmaceuticals shares fell hard after disappointing results from a trial of its brain injury drug “trofinetide”. A short time ago, the ASX-listed shares were down almost 30% to $0.074. The clinical trial conducted with the US Army couldn’t find a difference, using key measures, between the drug and a placebo. Neuren says a common challenge is the high degree of variability in the characteristics of injuries and patient populations. The 260 patients enrolled in the trial included a h..
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  • Couple who had child to harvest its stem cells to treat daughter would do it again

    Couple who had child to harvest its stem cells to treat daughter would do it again
    Nicole and Jim Walker and their children James and Abby. A Melbourne couple who had a fourth child so they could use the baby's stem cells to treat their toddler's leukaemia say they would consider having a fifth if their daughter relapsed.Abby Walker was only two-years-old when she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in July 2006, the ABC reports. While undergoing chemotherapy her parents Nicole and Jim Walker began to consider having another child in order to use its cord blood ..
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  • Widows likely to suffer less stress in later years compared to those whose husbands are still alive

    Widows likely to suffer less stress in later years compared to those whose husbands are still alive
    Being a widow can be good for a woman's health... because they suffer less stress when her husband kicks the bucket, according to new research. Women who have lost a spouse are much less likely to suffer frailty in their twilight years than peers whose ...
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  • Spine-cracking colic relief: Australian chiropractor's video makes doctors speak out

    Spine-cracking colic relief: Australian chiropractor's video makes doctors speak out
    Doctors and chiropractors have long debated on how certain medical conditions need to be treated. However recently, an Australian chiropractor has received flak and sparked tremendous controversy by sharing a video of him cracking the back of a four-day-old premature baby to provide her relief from reflux and colic pain. The video shows chiropractor Ian Rossborough holding the colic-suffering baby girl and then stretching her body and using his fingers to put pressure on the spine of the baby t..
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  • Pharmacy applauds Victoria's real-time monitoring move

    Pharmacy applauds Victoria's real-time monitoring move
    The Victorian government has committed $30 million to a real-time prescription monitoring system in an attempt to crack down on prescription shopping. The centralised system will allow pharmacists and doctors to do on-the-spot checks before dispensing or prescribing medicines that have a high risk of misuse, such as morphine and oxycodone. Health Minister Jill Hennessy (pictured) says it is a “life-saving initiative” that will help identify drug seekers before their addiction escalates. The..
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  • Faeces bacteria found in KFC ice in Britain

    Faeces bacteria found in KFC ice in Britain
    LONDON, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Bacteria from faeces has been found in a cup of iced water at a KFC restaurant in Birmingham, Britain, the BBC reported Monday. An undercover researcher made the discovery as part of an investigative program on food hygiene of big-name takeaways and coffee shops by the BBC's "Rip Off Britain." "We found high levels of bacteria in the ice," said Margarita Gomez Escalada at Leeds Beckett University, who studied the ice sample. "The presence of faecal coliform suggest..
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  • Mediterranean diet & heart problems: Dieticians and experts warn people to be cautious of the research findings

    Mediterranean diet & heart problems: Dieticians and experts warn people to be cautious of the research findings
    According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, coronary and heart diseases are the leading killers in Australia. Deaths due to heart problems accounted for one in eight female and one in seven male deaths in 2014. Still, researchers from New Zealand set the Internet on fire with their research suggesting that the Western diet of deep-fried foods and refined sugar may not be that bad for the heart if a Mediterranean diet is followed. Health experts and dieticians have warned people to be caut..
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