![]() Cumberland Courier Newspapers | Teen to shave for cure Lismore Northern Star The cure: World's Greatest Shave participants (from left) Bradley Brown, Jacob Anemaat, Daniel Windler and Blair Godfrey let their hair down at Lismore High School before it all gets shaved off for the Leukaemia Foundation. ... Hair today, gone tomorrow... Barbershop blues Mum in for the chop |
![]() ABC Online | Appeal for man missing from mental health unit ABC Online Police are hoping the public can help them find a man who has absconded from a mental health facility at Randwick in Sydney's east. They are concerned he may be a risk to himself or others. 37-year-old Michael Dabrowski was last seen at about 5:30pm ... Patient missing from mental facility Tattooed mental patient on the loose in Randwick Man returned to mental health facility – Randwick |
![]() China Daily | Tasty fat find could help beat the bulge ABC Online Researchers have found a new taste sense - fat - and say the discovery could lead to the production of foods that fool the body into thinking it has had its fatty fill. Until now humans have been thought to distinguish five ... Fat taste discovery calls for more research Australian researchers say fat is 'sixth taste' Humans found to have sixth taste - fat |
Taste buds may hold new key to obesity The Age A Deakin University study has found that humans can detect a sixth taste - fat - and this may hold the key to reducing obesity. Building on US research that used animal models to discover fat taste, researchers tested the ability of humans to identify ... |
![]() TopNews New Zealand | Autistic children placed in 'pen' during school playtime Telegraph.co.uk Children with autism were rounded up and placed in a "pen" during playtime at a Sydney school sparking anger from politicians and parents. The New South Wales (NSW) education department confirmed that students with special needs at Seven Hills West ... Outrage over Seven Hills West Public School putting autistic children in cage School criticised for putting autistic kids in pen |
![]() TopNews New Zealand | Seven Hills West Public School to Be Investigated for Caging Autistic Children TopNews New Zealand New South Wales Opposition wants Seven Hills West Public School to be investigated for human rights violation, as the autistic students are kept in a fenced area during lunch time. Parents are annoyed with the school authorities, as the children with ... |
![]() ABC Online | NT accused of discriminating against SA renal patients ABC Online The Labor Member whose electorate covers South Australia's far north says it is up to the Northern Territory to lift a ban on renal patients from the far north-west Aboriginal lands, not South Australia. The South Australian Government has been accused ... SA renal patients face discrimination Health group warns of a 'renal tsunami' Federal action demanded on dialysis dilemma |
Roxon folds and releases draft health identifier rules The Australian FEDERAL Health Minister Nicola Roxon has buckled and released proposed draft regulations for the Healthcare Identifiers service, after privacy and security experts told a Senate inquiry the HI Bill could not rationally be considered without the ... Privacy dominates Senate e-health inquiry Libs question health identifier privacy 70 substantiated privacy breaches in 2009: Medicare |
![]() TopNews New Zealand | Counseling not in time for sexually abused kids TopNews New Zealand There are reports that children who face sexual abuse have to wait for mnths together for being counseled in Victoria. According to the Children's Protection Society, funds lacking means there are not enough counselors who can attend to troubled ... Child sex abuse victims wait months for counselling Abused children face long wait for counselling |
Cancer widow 'was sold false hope' Brisbane Times Greg Redman had everything to live for. A beautiful wife, six children and a dream to travel the world. That is why he shelled out $2900 to Darryl Jones for his three month ''diet, exercise and faith'' based cancer treatment program, despite Mr Jones ... ACCC blocks cancer treatment claims Man faces injunction for misleading people The Thursday News Blog |