HEALTHMonitor
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Issue No. - Monday, July 05, 1999
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Megan Saunders p2 Drug proposals divide Liberals. ACT Chief
and David Tanner Minister Kate Carnell and two NSW Liberal Party
members yesterday refused to support a motion that
the Federal Government reject utilising heroin
trials and shooting galleries as an option to the
war on drugs. (HM050700)
David Brearley p3 Study debunks heroin cure drug. An article
published in the Medical Journal of Australia says
more than half of heroin addicts treated under a
rapid detoxification programme using naltrexone
returned to drug use within three months.
(HM050701)
David Tanner p3 Bush health commune falls ill. The Project
Research 2000 team, which has been attempting to
create the ideal human environment in the
Kimberley region of WA, has been dogged by
illness, with four people in hospital suffering
gastro-enteritis. (HM050702)
p4 Suicides who take children with them. Article
discusses suicide deaths which have taken children
with them. (HM050703)
Sid Marris p10 Anderson to drive bush into cyber age. Article
discusses the work ahead of new National Party
leader John Anderson, and the new use of Internet-
related technologies to help rural communities
thrive. (HM050704)
THE FINANCIAL REVIEW
Paul Cleary p4 West Australia throws on WET blanket. Senior
Liberal Party members from South Australia,
Tasmania and Western Australia have called on the
Federal Government to re-classify wineries which
produce less than one million litres of wine
annually as small producers, thereby exempting
them from the Government�s wine equalisation tax.
(HM050705)
THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
Julie Robotham p1 Women pay dearly in row over new birth control
pill. The Federal Health Department has confirmed
that a low progesterone contraceptive pill,
developed by pharmaceutical manufacturer Schering,
has been recommended for placement on the
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, but said that the
group had refused because it would have to match
the price of older higher-dosage pills. (HM050706)
Jackie Dent and p2 Gap fees on way out, says minister. Federal
Damien Murphy Health Minister Michael Wooldridge said over the
weekend up to 25 per cent of private hospital
patients will face no additional costs within the
next 18 months. (HM050707)
Janine Israel p4 Down on the Block, things are looking up. Article
discusses the work of Westmead Hospital�s Jon
Currie who has helped Redfern�s Aboriginal
community with drug addiction treatments.
(HM050708)
Julie Robotham p5 Male version of the �pill� for real men only.
Researchers at Sydney�s Royal Prince Alfred
Hospital are conducting tests of long-acting
injection drug as a male hormonal contraceptive.
(HM050709)
THE AGE
Nicole Brady pA3 Heroin kills record 142. Figures provided by the
Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine show that
the rate of heroin deaths in the State has slowed
over the past few months, but indicate that a
record 142 people died from overdose in the first
half of 1999. One researcher claims the figure
could rise by 10, with a number of deaths yet to
be classified. (HM050710)
Kerry Taylor pA9 Viagra abuse claimed. Brisbane urologist Ross
Cartmill told a World Health Organisation meeting
in Paris yesterday Australian doctors are
illegally prescribing Caverject to patients with
psychogenic rather than organic impotence.
(HM050711)
Phillip Butler pC4 Cracking a growing market for nuts. Article
discusses the growing market for nuts, as the
health benefits of including them in the diet
become clear. (HM050712)
THE CANBERRA TIMES
Peter Clack p3 Ski season keeps rescue helicopter busy. The
Southcare rescue helicopter has been kept busy
over the last week rescuing injured skiers, with
seven out of the week�s 10 missions being to the
snowfields. (HM050713)
p4 AMA backs Libs� move on smokes but... The
Australian Medical Association has welcomed moves
by the Liberal Party to ban the duty free sale of
cigarettes, but suggests it is merely a �symbolic
gesture� that does not go far enough. (HM050714)
p5 Assembly tightens rules on registration. The ACT
Assembly has strengthened laws to ensure
psychologists are properly qualified. (HM050715)
THE WEST AUSTRALIAN
Keryn Ashworth p1 A mother�s cry for help too late. Western
Australian police are examining a suicide note
left by a 25-year-old mother of five after she and
her children were found dead in their van, a hose
connected to the vehicle�s exhaust pipe The
mother and her children, aged between one and
eight, were found in a forest near Karragullen, 50
kilometres south-east of Perth, by a trail-bike
rider. (HM050716)
THE COURIER MAIL
Sue Monk p7 Rural couples miss help to start family. The Qld
Opposition has claimed low-income people will be
disadvantaged after the Qld Government removes
assistance to rural people who must travel to
access IVF treatment. (HM050717)
Michael McKinnon p7 Aussies risk neck agony. A Federal Office of Road
Safety study has found that neck injuries are the
most frequent result of rear impact road trauma,
largely because head restraints tend to not be
adjusted properly. (HM050718)
ADELAIDE ADVERTISER
Michael McKinnon p22 Warning �alcohol is a danger�. National Centre for
Epidemiology and Population Health claims the
Australian and New Zealand Food Authority has an
obligation to mark all foods containing alcohol,
with a clear warning that alcohol is a drug with
the potential for harm. (HM050719)
Barry Hailstone p23 Lung cancer in men drops 25 per cent. SA Cancer
Registry figures indicate lung cancer in SA men
over the past two years is 25 per cent lower than
during the late 1980s. (HM050720)
THE HERALD SUN
Les Twentyman p19 How we can help kids chase their dreams. Article
argues that a proposal as simple as safe injecting
rooms may help save the lives of hundreds of
children whose parents are victims of drug
addiction. (HM050721)
MAJOR MEDIA RELEASES
Parliamentary Government must say no to more addictive soft
Secretary to the drinks. Parliamentary Secretary to the Federal
Federal Shadow Health Shadow Health Minister Alan Griffith has called on
Minister Alan the Government to legislate against plans by the
Griffith Australian and New Zealand Food Authority to allow
up to 145mg/kg of caffeine to be added to any soft
drink. (HM050722)
Health spending. Australian Institute of Health
and Welfare figures, released today, show that
between 1996-97 and 1997-98 spending in health
services in Australia have risen by $3.0 billion
to $47.3 billion. (HM050723)
ELECTRONIC MEDIA SUMMARY
3/7 3CR 1030 Occupational health and safety. CEPU
Communications Division Occupational Health &
Safety officer Margaret Williamson discusses the
high rate of workplace death and injury in
Australia and the inadequacies of the workers�
compensation system. Williamson attacks current
management practices as a prime cause of this and
accuses Telstra of manipulating health and safety
officer elections to allow sub-standard practices
to be institutionalised. (Dur: 5.42) (HM050724)
2/7 3AW 1030 Vic nurses shortfall examined. Vic Health and
Aged Care Minister Rob Knowles discusses the
alleged shortage of nurses in the State�s health
system claiming that overall there are sufficient
numbers, however, he does concede that some
specialised areas are understaffed. Knowles says
the problem is a national one and calls for
increased promotion of the concept of �nurse
practitioner�. Knowles also rejects claims the
GST will increase health services costs. (Dur:
5.12) (HM050725)
2/7 6WF 1630 Tobacco duty free status. Australian Council on
Smoking and Health spokesman Ron Edwards discusses
the organisations� call on Federal Justice and
Customs Minister Amanda Vanstone to follow the
European Union�s example and remove tobacco
products and cigarettes. duty free status.
Edwards says such a move would reduce health costs
as increasing costs reduces tobacco consumption
and calls for items such as Nicorette and Nicobate
to be subsidised. (Dur: 5.50) (HM050726)
OTHER PRINT ARTICLES
5/7 Australian Jail incubate HIV infection p3
5/7 Financial Labor�s jagged little pill p17
Review
5/7 Sydney Morning �Miracle cure� for heroin has dangers p4
Herald
5/7 Sydney Morning Drugs in prison lift HIV odds p8
Herald
5/7 Sydney Morning Brain teasers p12
Herald
5/7 Sydney Morning Casualties of Kokoda p13
Herald
5/7 The Age Testes put to rest in drug test pA3
5/7 The Age Give em an appetite for life pB4
5/7 West Australian Fear for young tipped as kill motive p1
5/7 West Australian Male contraceptive tested p11
5/7 West Australian Pill cost dispute p11
5/7 Courier Mail Addicts� wonder drug� not sure cure p3
5/7 Courier Mail Food fighters p6
5/7 Herald Sun Warning label move on alcohol p5
5/7 Herald Sun Path to paradise not so perfect p7
5/7 Courier Mail In sickness and in health p12
5/7 Adelaide Smokers to fly out for their �fix� p28
Advertiser
5/7 Herald Sun Prisoner HIV study p11
5/7 Herald Sun Heroin trial attack p13
5/7 Herald Sun Impotence help �illegal� p15
5/7 Herald Sun Cancer study p101
5/7 Herald Sun Smoke haze p101
5/7 Daily Telegraph Crackdown on duty-free cigs �not enough� p4
5/7 Daily Telegraph Jail HIV rate triples p8
5/7 Daily Telegraph Call for warnings on alcohol labels p9
5/7 Daily Telegraph Stingy city lucky to have a heart at all p10
5/7 Daily Telegraph Page 13 p13
5/7 Daily Telegraph Four is hospital as group tests survival p15
skills
5/7 Daily Telegraph Briefs p75
5/7 Daily Telegraph Pills don�t kill pain p75
5/7 Daily Telegraph Briefs p75
5/7 Daily Telegraph Briefs p75
4/7 Sunday Age Liberals seek to butt out duty-free p2
tobacco
4/7 Sunday Age Obesity, the curse of all the classes p20
4/7 Sunday Age When miracles and medicos fail p25
4/7 Sunday Age Dangerous liaisons p6S
4/7 Sunday Canberra Computer detects cancer better than the p2
Times doctors
4/7 Sunday Canberra Biologists make bee line for drugs form p21
Times GM plants
4/7 Sunday Canberra On the one hand, you might be stressed p21
Times
4/7 Sun Herald Tobacco sales crackdown p1
4/7 Sun Herald Soft drinks get a caffeine �hit� p13
4/7 Sun Herald Trading blows p72
4/7 Sun Herald The one diet that works p6T
4/7 Sunday Herald G-G sees how other half lives p4
Sun
4/7 Sunday Herald Many kids have poor diet p21
Sun
4/7 Sunday Herald Age law motion rejected p27
Sun
4/7 Sunday Herald Suicide focus shifts p28
Sun
4/7 Sunday Herald Country boy seeks help for bush p28
Sun
4/7 Sunday Herald Fight for fertility p29
Sun
4/7 Sunday Herald Clip mums� compo bid p37
Sun
4/7 Sunday Herald Parents face up to drugs p38
Sun
4/7 Sunday Herald Blood lines p66
Sun
4/7 Sunday Herald Rewards for regulars p66
Sun
4/7 Sunday More GPs hooked on hard drugs p8
Telegraph
4/7 Sunday Society shrink is back in business p8
Telegraph
4/7 Sunday Wards flooded with flu victims p11
Telegraph
4/7 Sunday Probe into �botched� operations p23
Telegraph
4/7 Sunday Mothers battling for compensation p31
Telegraph
4/7 Sunday Young dieters at risk p41
Telegraph
4/7 Sunday Cutting cholesterol p41
Telegraph
4/7 Sunday Refined genes p165
Telegraph
4/7 Sunday Surprise mums� legal bid p2
Tasmanian
4/7 Sunday Mail Accepting the unexpected p15
4/7 Sunday Mail Mothers to sue for slip failures p15
4/7 Sunday Mail Kids drug alarm p26
4/7 Sunday Mail Sunny is not funny p38
4/7 Sunday Mail Doc around clock p52
4/7 Sunday Mail Pitfalls of the pension p93
4/7 Sunday Times Decay eating into kids p7
4/7 Sunday Times Doctor�s line battle to save drug addicts p84
4/7 Sunday Times Butt out at $14 a pack p26
4/7 Sunday Times Women visit doctor most p30
3/7 Australian The paralysis virus that had doctors p1
leaping into action
3/7 Australian Autism group proclaims Fischer �second to p4
Jesus�
3/7 Australian Boat boy sick p6
3/7 Australian Hunt for source of Ev71 3/7
3/7 Australian Worldwide impotence on the rise p9
3/7 Australian No grounds for farmyards drug fears p18
3/7 Australian US concerns over Net sales p8E
3/7 Australian Push to prescribe cannabis p8E
3/7 Australian Seeds of doubt p28M
3/7 Australian Call this a cure? p30R
3/7 Australian A little bit of other does you good p30
3/7 Sydney Morning Costly bottled cure for Packer p3
Herald
3/7 Sydney Morning Pig for brains: an organ farm future p6
Herald
3/7 The Age Dieting fanatics walk thin line p1
3/7 The Age Breast cancer treatment hope p5
3/7 The Age �Shock� doctors faces probe p5
3/7 The Age There�s heart on that red p9
3/7 The Age Vietnam vets can claim for diabetes p10
3/7 The Age The new face of medicine? p10
3/7 The Age Treating post-traumatic stress p10
3/7 The Age Pressure on mental health care p15
3/7 The Age Half marks for trying pNE8
3/7 The Age Heroin and me pNE9
3/7 Canberra Times UN focus on sex lessons for youth p11
3/7 Canberra Times Easy to hate the devil you know pC5
3/7 Canberra Times No sense in ALP�s stance on heroin pC7
3/7 West Australian Slick campaign aims to lure 3000 nurses p11
3/7 West Australian Hospital job freeze bites p11
3/7 West Australian Try heroin trials, say lawyers p33
3/7 West Australian Catholic carers fear GST costs p47
3/7 West Australian Mental lobby tips desperate straits p51
3/7 West Australian Full medical cover p55
3/7 Courier Mail Pregnancy drug warning p1
3/7 Courier Mail Secret donor hands $20m to cancer unit p3
3/7 Courier Mail Pregnancy drug �catastrophe� p3
3/7 Adelaide Motherhood rallies to rescue a hospital p3
Advertiser
3/7 Adelaide Women pay cost of sick children p5
Advertiser
3/7 Adelaide Tenuous link p16
Advertiser
3/7 Adelaide No complaints p16
Advertiser
3/7 Adelaide A script for change p30
Advertiser
3/7 Herald Sun Drug leaves deadly legacy for children p1
3/7 Herald Sun Mums� torment at lost babies p4
3/7 Herald Sun Hospital closes 85 beds p7
3/7 Herald Sun Bullies cause sickies p7
3/7 Herald Sun Health alarm at nurse shortage p16
3/7 Herald Sun Research grants p51
3/7 Herald Sun Battle for aged care p52
3/7 Herald Sun The two of us p55
3/7 Herald Sun Up on her feet p56
3/7 Daily Telegraph Naltrexone falls short with long-term p9
results
3/7 Daily Telegraph Hospitals� winter of discontent p12
3/7 Daily Telegraph Soft-drink machines jam triple 0 services p15
3/7 Daily Telegraph Alert over measles p--
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