Australia ▼Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:14:37 GMT+00:00
 BigPond News | Bandit holds manager, child at gunpoint Herald Sun A BALACLAVA-clad bandit has this morning held a store manager and her child at gunpoint before robbing a fast-food outlet at Nerang on the Gold Coast. The man, dressed in black leather motorbike apparel, threatened the manager and ... Armed robber forces four into cold room Gunman on the run after KFC holdup Gunman on loose after hold-up |
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:20:59 GMT+00:00
 ABC Online | Cairns forum to present PNG AIDS research ABC Online Research into issues affecting Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the Pacific Island Nations will be presented at a forum in Cairns in far north Queensland today. James Cook University's (JCU) Papua New Guinea and Pacific Research Forum brings together ... Queensland trade rep says PNG links set to soar PNG crash victims return home Bodies of PNG plane crash victims arrive home |
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:55:12 GMT+00:00
Cougar, Qld Government reach agreement ABC Online Cougar Energy says it has reached an agreement with the Queensland Government over the company's underground coal gasification (UCG) project in the South Burnett region of south-east Queensland. The company's UCG plant at Kingaroy ... Cougar to supply new coal gas data Kingaroy's tangled mining web |
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:24:28 GMT+00:00
 India Talkies | Childhood cancer survivors at risk The Age RESEARCHERS say follow-up healthcare is critical for survivors of childhood cancer who are at extra risk of further cancer or early death. They reviewed cases of almost 900 young cancer survivors treated at Sydney Children's Hospital, from 1972 to 1999 ... Child survivors of cancer still at risk SURVIVORS of childhood cancer in Australia face more than seven times the risk ... Childhood Cancer Survivors can Develop Cancer in Later Life |
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:26:43 GMT+00:00
 BigPond News | Injection centre not a lure for users Sydney Morning Herald A supervised injection centre at Kings Cross in Sydney has not had a "honey-pot effect" of increasing drug-related loitering in the area. Only a small proportion of drug crime at Kings Cross occurred near the Medically Supervised Injection Centre ... No crime increase around injecting room |
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:52:13 GMT+00:00
 TopNews United Kingdom (blog) | Seniors get a boost reading bad news about the youth: Study News-Medical.net New research shows that the elderly prefer to read bad news about the youth. This is possibly because it makes them feel better about themselves say researchers. Study author Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick, an associate professor at ... Negative media reports of youth give seniors a boost Study: Seniors Like Bad News About Young People Old People Get Self-Esteem Boost After Reading About Young People |
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:06:11 GMT+00:00
 India Talkies | Drug users' brain damage Sydney Morning Herald ABOUT 20 per cent of users of the drugs ecstasy, ice and speed in emergency showed tell-tale signs of brain damage, according to a study published in the Australian Medical Journal today. About two-thirds had concentration and mood problems, ... Evidence mounts on the debilitating effects of long-term drug use Drug users damaging their brains: study Extended drug use damages brain |
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:50:25 GMT+00:00
Babies fed french fries and cake: study ABC Online The co-author of a new study into what Australian babies are being fed says its findings are the missing link on childhood obesity. Co-author Associate Professor Jane Scott from Flinders University says the study looked at the eating habits of about ... Babies are being weaned on junk food |
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:24:06 GMT+00:00
 ABC Online | Roxon sympathises over Wagga hospital funding ABC Online The Federal Health Minister has told a national audience she has sympathy for Wagga Wagga's application for funding for a new hospital. Almost $2 billion in infrastructure funding will be brought forward as part of a deal by the Tasmanian Independent ... Wagga Base Hospital makes national media |
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:10:05 GMT+00:00
 NEWS.com.au | Want a girl child? Quit salt, bananas! Hindustan Times PTI Want a girl child? Then you need to stop eating bananas, reduce your salt intake and go to bed together often, says a new study. Scientists at Maastricht University in Holland have found that a combination of the right food and the timing of sex ... Trying for a girl? Eat beans and cheese Want a girl? You need to quit the salt and bananas (and go to bed together ... Study unravels key to conceiving girl child |