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Hunter superbug outbreak
6:00 AM | Golden staph superbug infections in Hunter hospitals have jumped by almost a quarter this year and more people are contracting drug-resistant strains in the community.   | Skinner backs away from Hunter ... | Chronic patients with avoidable ...
Alcohol puts 10 a day into Hunter hospitals
21 May 12 | Hunter residents are drinking themselves into oblivion, with a huge surge in the number of people admitted to hospital each year for alcohol-related injury or sickness.   | CommentsComments (28) | Men get the message; women ...
Men get the message; women still risky drinkers
21 May 12 | Hunter men appear to be getting the message and are changing their risky drinking habits, but there has been no significant change in women’s behaviour.   | CommentsComments (3) | Alcohol puts 10 a day into ...
A bloody fine effort
20 May 12 | SUTHERLAND Shire residents bled their way to victory taking the title of biggest blood donors in Sydney.
Call for cancer funds in state budget
19 May 12 | A cancer specialist wants Health Minister Jillian Skinner to keep her promise on funding for Hunter cancer services, when the state budget rolls around in June.   | CommentsComments (7)
18 May 12 | A unique CD designed to raise awareness of mental health issues and help regional men overcome depression and anxiety has been launched by the Minister for Mental Health and Minister for Western NSW, Kevin Humphries, in Dubbo recently.
Booking to visit a GP now just a click away
17 May 12 | ST GEORGE and Sutherland Shire residents are among the first in Australia to be able to book GP appointments with different clinics online.
Staying alive and well with healthy choices
17 May 12 | The Alive and Well Walgett Shire project, an initiative of the Walgett Shire Council and the NSW Cancer Council, launched this week with two celebrations in Walgett and Lightning Ridge.
Ambulance of the air
17 May 12 | Lightning Ridge was introduced to the NSW Air Ambulance Plane which landed at the Ridge Airport last Wednesday.
17 May 12 | AUSTRALIANS have been warned to get off their backsides or risk long-term spinal damage and chronic diseases.
17 May 12 | WANT to feel better and improve your health? The 30-day Complete Health Improvement Program aims to help participants prevent common killer diseases and boost their health.
16 May 12 | Are you worried about your memory? The Alzheimer’s Australia NSW Memory Van is heading west to Cobar, Nyngan, Gilgandra and Warren and will be at Warren Multi-Purpose Health Service tomorrow Thursday May 17 from 1.30 to 3pm.
16 May 12 | Local nurses celebrated International Nurses’ Day last week, with Saturday the official day marking the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s May 12 birthday. This year’s International Nurses’ Day theme is: Closing the Gap - From Evidence to Action.
16 May 12 | The staff of the Nyngan Health Service celebrated 100 per cent Hand Hygiene Day on Friday May 4, 2012.
Medical support goes mobile
16 May 12 | Royal Far West held their meeting on Tuesday April 24 with the usual few members in attendance (where are the rest of the members?).
It takes a little to give a lot
16 May 12 | George McQuillan believes there’s nothing better than giving blood.
16 May 12 | Wellington mayor Anne Jones is stirring the pot when it comes to helping in the fight to find a cure for cancer.
11 May 12 | Parkinson’s disease - yes that’s the one made famous by television and film star Michael J Fox.
Dental pain: dentist shortage in Maitland
11 May 12 | The shortage of dentists in Maitland now rivals the doctors crisis. Appointments are virtually impossible to secure and some dentists have closed their books to new patients.
10 May 12 | Radiant blue skies shone down in Silica Street Lightning Ridge last Saturday morning as Keryn Hackett opened her garden to a cancer fundraiser The Biggest Morning Tea.
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