HEALTHMonitor produced by Media Monitors ACT Pty Ltd distributed by Health Communication Network Limited Issue No. 1001 - Tuesday, July 13, 1999 PRINT MEDIA SUMMARY THE AUSTRALIAN John Kerin p3 Territory compromise plan to put abortion in picture. Independent ACT Health Minister Michael Moore said yesterday he would not oppose plans by the ACT Government to include pictures of foetuses in a new information booklet provided as part of counselling given to women considering an abortion. (HM130700) THE FINANCIAL REVIEW Alison Kahler p25 Health funds wedded to old-fashioned ways. Article discusses how the private health insurance industry has failed to modernise its marketing, transitional functionalities and service delivery strategies so reducing its attractiveness to consumers and endangering the Federal Government�s efforts to prop up the sector. (HM130701) Helen Meredith p31 Health sector gets a boost with new information service. The Brisbane-based non-profit group Collaborative Health Informatics Centre Ltd has launched the Health IT Information Service. The scheme will act as a clearing house for information on healthy technology products and services nationwide. (HM130702) THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD Wendy Bacon and p1 Deadly delays in the war on legionnaire�s. The Tracy Palmer New South Wales Health Department has dropped improvements to air conditioning regulations, designed to combat legionnaire�s disease, despite a report by international expert Clive Broadbent that found the current code of practice was �out - of-date, misleading, ambiguous and confusing�. (HM130703) Judith Whelan p1 Doctors rebel over hospital demands to cut deeper. Doctors at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney yesterday threatened industrial action over the administration�s call for up to $9 million in spending cuts to be submitted by resident clinicians. Clinical director of medicine John Dwyer said that department heads refused to recommend cuts, adding that the $30 million already cut from the hospital�s budget was enough. (HM130704) Judith Whelan p6 Hospital unable to cope as it bleeds from fiscal cuts. Prince of Wales Hospital clinical surgery director Robert Farnsworth has revealed that since 1995 the hospital has overrun its budget by approximately $9 million with the shortfall being attempted to be made up through the closure of 250 beds and the shedding of 270 staff. (HM130705) THE AGE Mary-Anne Toy pA1 Surgery target of union action. Industrial action by health unions over two separate pay and superannuation disputes have seen most elective surgery at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Monash Medical Centre, Frankston Hospital and the Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre cancelled or scaled back. (HM130706) Brendan pA2 Globalisation brings further world injustice. A Nicholson United Nations report on globalisation and human development has ranked Australia as the seventh best country in which to live, above the United Kingdom, Switzerland and France. The report, however, condemned Australia�s, and other countries�, failure to share the wealth with poorer nations, suggesting that globalisation had led to a neglect of the needs of those not served by the international capitalist market. (HM130707) Darren Gray pA7 The cost of pain hurts the nation�s economy. A report released yesterday called acute pain management: Scientific evidence has revealed that unrelieved pain costs the economy more than $10 billion annually. The report also found that current pain relieving techniques, applicable to 95 per cent of cases after surgery, were only being used in 50 per cent of cases. (HM130708) THE CANBERRA TIMES p2 Fellowship will continue malaria research. CSIRO researchers Charles Claudianos has been awarded the National Health and Medical Research Council�s annual CJ Martin Fellowship and will spend the next two years at the Imperial College in London investigating possible vaccines for malaria, the world�s most widespread fatal disease. (HM130709) p5 Hospital means-testing �unfair, inefficient�. Australian Health Care Association national director Mark Cormack has labelled a proposal to means-test public hospital patients a quick-fix solution and called for funding arrangements and implement programs to be reassessed. (HM130710) THE WEST AUSTRALIAN Nick Miller p4 They�re still happy little Aussie mites. A new survey conducted by the Kids Help Line has found that children�s main past times remain sports and outdoor activities with major sources of worry being related to school and family. The survey also found the great majority of children aged up to 15 live in stable and caring homes. (HM130711) Melissa Stevens p11 Hanged man �had history�. The Perth Coroner�s Court heard yesterday that deceased inmate Christopher Andrew De Gois, found hanged in his cell on November 25, 1997 at Casuarina Prison, had a long history of self-harm and suicide attempts. De Gois� family has accused the prison authorities of negligence leading to the man�s death. (HM130712) THE COURIER MAIL Sean Parnell p3 Folate loses favour for averting birth defects. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare prenatal statistics unit researcher Paul Lancaster has indicated the unit will later this year critically examine the claim that folate consumption by pregnant women reduces birth defects such as spina bifida. (HM130713) ADELAIDE ADVERTISER p3 Perfume, heavy metals in breast milk. A study commissioned by the World Wide Fund for Nature and compiled by UK Health and Safety has found that babies across the world are being exposed to high levels of dangerous pollutants in breast milk. However, the report found that breastfeeding was still the healthiest option for babies. (HM130714) Kate Uren p3 Repaying the gift of dignity, respect. Adelaide resident Kym Taylor has been granted the $25,000 Queen�s Trust Sir Edward Dunlop Award for her plan to involve homeless people in quality of life enriching programs run at the St Mary Magdalene�s Church Centre. (HM130715) Paul Starick p13 Advice same as voluntary suicide. Cambridge University law lecturer John Keown has warned that allowing euthanasia advocate Philip Nitschke to establish advice clinics in Adelaide would be tantamount to legalising the practice. Keown�s research has revealed widespread abuse in Holland�s regulated euthanasia system. (HM130716) Nadine Williams p13 Specialists who help to demystify death. Profile of SA Royal District Nursing Service palliative care nurse Sue Lewis, who over the past 12 years has endeavoured to dispel public avoidance and ignorance of death and improve treatment of terminally ill patients. (HM130717) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Adam Harvey p3 No sweat as exercise junkies breathe easy at the gym. A gynasium at Natural Bay in Melbourne has installed an oxygen station giving members access to oxygen via a disposable plastic tube. (HM130718) p20 Now women can check the time on their fertility clock. Oxford John Radcliffe Hospital fertility research fellow Gillian Lockwood has developed a blood test that effectively reveals the remaining time on a woman�s biological clock by estimating the shelf life of eggs in ovaries and levels of the hormone inhibin B. (HM130719) THE HOBART MERCURY Eve Lamb p5 A hunger to understand binge eating better. University of Tas clinical psychology PhD student Shona Casey is conducting a study to identify the mental health effects of binge eating and bulimia. Casey is seeking about 20 volunteers to take part in the 12-month research project. (HM130720) p7 UK tan advice hit as half-baked. Cancer Council of Tas executive director Lawson Ride has attacked a report in the latest British Medical Journal, which claimed that limited exposure to the sun without any protection could reduce heart disease risk, was misleading and could lead to more skin cancers. (HM130721) MAJOR MEDIA RELEASES Federal Shadow Health Means-tested access to public hospitals - Where Minister Jenny does the Health Minister stand? Federal Shadow Macklin Health Minister Jenny Macklin has called on the Federal Health and Aged Care Minister Michael Wooldridge to rule out means-testing access to public hospitals. (HM130722) Parliamentary Chair appointed to review controls on medicines Secretary for Health and poisons. Parliamentary Secretary for Health Grant Tambling Grant Tambling has announced the appointment of Rhonda Galbally to the Chair of the Review of Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances legislation. (HM130723) The National Press National press club to become forum for AMA Club has election battle. The National Press Club has announced that embattled AMA President David Brand will be making an address on 21 July during Family Doctor Week. (HM130724) The European The European Union and Australia enlarge their Commission scientific and technological cooperation. The European Commission has welcomed the signing of an amendment to the 1994 agreement between Australia and the EU on scientific and technological cooperation. (HM130725) The Australian Residential Aged Care facilities - dependency Institute of Health levels continue to rise. The Australian Institute and Welfare of Health and Welfare says a study of residential aged care facilities show a trend to higher dependency levels among residents. (HM130726) ELECTRONIC MEDIA SUMMARY 12/7 0900 2RN Spread of AIDS in South Africa. Women Alive national spokesperson Musa Jocko speaks about the spread of HIV/AIDS in South Africa in the wake of an international symposium called �women�s future, health and direction�. Jocko states that over a quarter of women in South Africa are infected with HIV, raising her personal experience of being diagnosed with HIV in 1994. Intv: Musa Jocko, national chairperson, Women Alive national network. (Dur: 15:30) (HM130727) 12/7 0900 2RN Family depression. Family therapist Michael Yapco speaks about depression in families, raising the issue of whether depression is learned or inherited in terms of the latest evidence. Yapco explains his belief that children may become depressed later in life, not due to genetic makeup, but because of the way behaviour and thinking is learnt. Intv: Michael Yapco, clinical psychologist, family therapist, US. (Dur: 17:30) (HM130728) OTHER PRINT ARTICLES 13/7 Australian Sorry debate no barrier to progress p14 13/7 Australian Grog problems compounded p14 13/7 Australian Healing beyond the grassroots p15 13/7 Australian Probe finds melanomas pIT3 113/7 Financial Private health policeman p24 Review 13/7 Sydney Morning Death in the air p14 Herald 13/7 Sydney Morning No miracle cure p16 Herald 13/7 Sydney Morning Breast cancer p16 Herald 13/7 Sydney Morning Patients say they are happy to pay more p16 Herald 13/7 The Age Shock tactics on abortions pA4 13/7 The Age New health ombudsman pA4 13/7 The Age David Brand pA14 13/7 The Age Celebrating the value of all lives pA14 13/7 West Australian New homes, but nothing for inside p12 13/7 West Australian Is anyone listening? P15 13/7 West Australian Unhealthy problem p15 13/7 West Australian Taking life a Day at a time p16 13/7 Courier Mail Public hospitals a free-free zone p10 13/7 Courier Mail In sickness and in health p12 13/7 Courier Mail One trauma too many p12 13/7 Adelaide Second-hand smoke at rail station p16 Advertiser 13/7 Adelaide What rubbish p17 Advertiser 12/7 Newcastle Critical after horror clash p3 Herald 12/7 Newcastle Workers of wood turn on display p16 Herald 10/7 Kalgoorlie MP�s call for new respite house p5 Miner 8/7 Illawarra Chopper rescues fallen teen p5 Mercury 1/7 Armidale Country health receives big boost . Independent HEALTHMonitor is produced by Sarah Hanley and Natasha Cross Transcripts, clippings, video and audio tapes, further information. Please call (02) 6239 5233 or simply complete this form and FAXBack to (02) 6239 7143 Ref No: Transcript Audio Tape VideoTape Press Clipping ............................... ................................ ................................ 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