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Thu, 17 May 2012 13:32:03 +1000 720 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/who-lean-on-me-to-stop-tobacco-industry/17405 Full implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) – particularly provisions on countering tobacco industry influence – is necessary to protect people from t http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/who-lean-on-me-to-stop-tobacco-industry/17405 Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/training-to-help-you-stay-ehealthy/17432 Health Minister Tanya Plibersek today launched an online “learning centre” which details how the Gillard Government’s new electronic health record system will work for patients and p http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/training-to-help-you-stay-ehealthy/17432 Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/autumn-warning-cancer-causing-skin-damage-is-done-when-young/17433 With high UV levels continuing in Queensland this autumn, young people are at risk of suffering the worst skin damage they will receive during their lifetime, research from Queensland University of Te http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/autumn-warning-cancer-causing-skin-damage-is-done-when-young/17433 Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/telemedicine-vision-for-remote-eye-care/17413 Optometrists from Flinders University will soon be able to diagnose and manage eye diseases in rural and remote communities – all from the comfort of their computer chair. http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/telemedicine-vision-for-remote-eye-care/17413 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/new-funding-for-cancer-screening-will-save-lives/17428 Thousands of Australians will avoid a premature death thanks to $50 million in new funds for bowel cancer screening announced in the lead-up to the federal budget, Cancer Council Australia said today. http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/new-funding-for-cancer-screening-will-save-lives/17428 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/organbook-use-facebook-to-talk-about-organ-donation/17429 Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing Catherine King joined with Facebook to launch a way for Australians to start a conversation about their wish to become an organ and tissue donor. http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/organbook-use-facebook-to-talk-about-organ-donation/17429 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/hpv-vaccine-completion-rate-among-girls-is-poor/17424 The proportion of insured girls and young women completing the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine among those who initiated the series has dropped significantly – as much as 63 percent – s http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/hpv-vaccine-completion-rate-among-girls-is-poor/17424 Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/low-testosterone-levels-linked-to-diabetes/17425 Low levels of testosterone in men could increase their risk of developing diabetes. http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/low-testosterone-levels-linked-to-diabetes/17425 Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/hip-implant-for-long-term-use/17427 Hip replacement is one of the most frequent operations carried out in Germany. Each year, doctors implant some 200,000 artificial hip joints. Often the artificial hips need to be replaced just ten yea http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/hip-implant-for-long-term-use/17427 Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/who-director-general-stand-with-australia-to-fight-tobacco-industry/17341 Earlier this year at the 15th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (Singapore) WHO Director-General Margaret Chan urged the world to “stand shoulder to shoulder” against the tobacco indus http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/who-director-general-stand-with-australia-to-fight-tobacco-industry/17341 Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/ama-welcomes-steps-towards-a-national-disability-insurance-scheme/17422 The AMA welcomes the Prime Minister’s announcement that the first stage of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) will commence from July next year. http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/ama-welcomes-steps-towards-a-national-disability-insurance-scheme/17422 Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/mandatory-physical-education-leads-to-fitter-students/17423 Fifth graders in California public school districts that comply with the state’s mandatory physical education requirement are more likely to have better fitness levels than students in districts http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/mandatory-physical-education-leads-to-fitter-students/17423 Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/why-do-we-eat-when-we're-not-hungry/17419 When eating is motivated by pleasure, rather than hunger, endogenous rewarding chemical signals are activated which can lead to overeating, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/why-do-we-eat-when-we're-not-hungry/17419 Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/freezing-parkinson's-in-its-tracks/17420 Parkinson's disease, a disorder which affects movement and cognition, affects over a million Americans, including actor Michael J. Fox, who first brought it to the attention of many TV-watching Americ http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/freezing-parkinson's-in-its-tracks/17420 Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/one-two-drug-punch-reverses-liver-tumours/17421 The combination of two inhibitors of protein mTOR stops the growth of primary liver cancer and destroys tumour cells, according to a study by researchers of the Group of Metabolism and Cancer at Bellv http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/one-two-drug-punch-reverses-liver-tumours/17421 Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000