HEALTHMonitor produced by Media Monitors ACT Pty Ltd distributed by Health Communication Network Limited Issue No. 1002 - Wednesday, July 14, 1999 PRINT MEDIA SUMMARY THE AUSTRALIAN Megan Saunders p2 Welfare deal key to Kakadu decision. The Federal and Kristine Government has committed an extra $6 million in Gough social and welfare benefits to Aboriginal communities affected by the Jabiluka uranium mine in return for the support of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. (HM140700) Christopher Dore p3 Botched sterilisation sparks HIV scare. The New Zealand Government has launched an investigation into botched sterilisation procedures which have possibly contaminated up to 1,300 people with HIV, hepatitis or tuberculosis. (HM140701) Belinda Hickman p14 The price of potency. Article discusses whether impotence should be classified as a medical or lifestyle problem and how treatments, including the anti-impotence pill Viagra, should be funded. (HM140702) THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD Judith Whelan p1 SOS for ailing hospitals. NSW Health Minister Craig Knowles yesterday called for a national review of public hospital funding arrangements and conceded the State�s own system was experiencing major operational difficulties. (HM140703) Paola Totaro p3 Ryan may support hospital injecting rooms. NSW Police Commissioner Peter Ryan claims there is some need to have safe heroin injecting rooms, but such rooms should only be allowed within hospital facilities. (HM140704) Mark Robinson p6 Budget threat to children�s special ward The Sydney Children�s Hospital 18-bed heart and kidney ward has been earmarked for closure in an attempt to rein in the hospital�s $15 million 1998-99 budget blowout, with six places to be lost under the proposal. (HM140705) Michelle Grattan p7 Clinton�s drugs adviser supports Canberra stance. Prime Minister John Howard met yesterday with US Office of National Drug Policy director Barry McCaffrey, who endorsed Howard�s stance against shooting galleries and heroin trials. (HM140706) John Dwyer p15 Check in, tune up, stay as long as you need. A snip at $300. Prince of Wales Hospital medicine chairman John Dwyer argues that adequate levels of care within public hospitals can be maintained only through increased funding or a user pays approach. (HM140707) THE AGE Mary-Anne Toy pA2 New bans worsen hospital fight. The Australian Health Professionals Association yesterday extended its industrial action in Vic hospitals to include work bans on emergency treatment following the failure to resolve its pay dispute with the State Government. (HM140708) Penny Fannin pA3 Heart treatment to beat fat. St Vincent Institute of Medical Research deputy director Bruce Kemp says his research has revealed the potential of the enzyme AMP-activated protein kinase as an effective heart disease treatment. (HM140709) Jill Ferguson pC2 Australian Unity breaks new ground. Health care and financial services provider Australian Unity yesterday launched Australia�s first health-care property trust. The Healthcare Property Trust is expected to acquire assets valued at $220 million. (HM140710) THE CANBERRA TIMES Leesha Furse p2 Strategy for better palliative care. ACT Hospice Palliative Care Society�s Karen Etheredge has welcomed Health Minister Michael Moore�s new palliative care policy, but has also called for a holistic approach to be adopted to the care of the terminally ill. (HM140711) THE WEST AUSTRALIAN Francesca Hodge p26 Cancer crisis prompts plea for funding. The Silver Chain Hospice Care Service has launched a fund raising programme in a bid to boost its palliative care services, amid warnings that cancer deaths in WA will increase over the next two years. (HM140712) Francesca Hodge p31 Experts fear spread of new dance drug. National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre researcher Paul Dillon has warned against the rise of the new designer drug ketamine, which can cause hallucinations and breathing problems when used inappropriately. (HM140713) Francesca Hodge p44 Study tips drugs over angioplasty. A study published in the latest New England Journal of Medicine has revealed that trials of the Atorvastatin Versus Revascularisation Treatment show it reduces cardiovascular disease by approximately 36 per cent. (HM140714) Geoffrey Thomas p44 Carefree travellers warned of health risk. Travellers Medical Vaccination Centre national director Tony Gheradin has reinforced claims that about 60 per cent of Australian travellers fail to seek medical advice on potential disease risks before going overseas. (HM140515) THE COURIER MAIL Susan Schwartz p13 Tropical first aid kits help to save lives. Brisbane company Pan Bio is developing diagnostic kits for a wide range of infectious diseases, with its work being recognised in the 1998 Premier of Qld Awards for Export Achievement. (HM140716) p35 Food plays important role in a child�s development. Australian Nutrition Foundation dietitian Rowan Stewart has outlined the essential role played by food in the proper intellectual and health development of young children. (HM140717) ADELAIDE ADVERTISER Kate Hannon p2 UK pensioners out in the cold. Federal Family and Community Services Minister Jocelyn Newman yesterday announced the scrapping of a social security agreement with Britain, which protects the pensions of expatriate UK residents in Australia. (HM140718) Kate Uren p5 Women�s Outback odyssey raises $22,000. A group of female motor cyclists aged between 35 and 68 yesterday ended their 8,115 kilometre, five week trip from Adelaide to Darwin after having raised $22,000 for the Royal Flying Doctor Service. (HM140719) Barry Hailstone p11 Ethical problems over heart drug trial. The Queen Elizabeth and Royal Adelaide hospitals have become embroiled in an ethical dispute over their participation in a 12-month trial of the heart disease drug perhexiline on elderly patients. (HM140720) p15 Badge day. Diabetes Australia will hold its annual badge day this Friday with volunteers to sell the badges nationwide. The event aims to raise funding for research into the disease which affects approximately 800,000 Australians. (HM140721) Belinda Huppatz p21 Mosquito crisis warning. University of SA researcher Michael Kokkin told a Landcare conference yesterday that global warming will put more Australians at risk of mosquito-borne viruses and called for increase monitoring of mosquito numbers. (HM140722) Mark Steene p26 Nippy�s denies liability. Fruit juice company Nippy, which faces a Federal Court class action over allegations it breached the Trade Practices Act, has denied any liability for the SA salmonella outbreak earlier this year, which was linked to its products. (HM140723) THE HERALD SUN Kamal Gogden, p10 Row before tragedy. NSW Police believe that five- Mark Butler and year-old Braddon Thomas, found dead at Sale Inga Gilchrist yesterday, was either smothered or strangled to death by his father, who then attempted suicide, after a dispute regarding maintenance payments. (HM140724) Kelly Ryan p20 Crying out for a colic cure. The Royal Children�s Hospital and the Royal Women�s Hospital have launched a combined research project to determine whether the diet of breast feeding mothers can trigger colic in babies. (HM140725) p23 Bypass by robot. The Pitie-Salpetrier Hospital in Paris has successfully used a remote controlled, video-equipped robot to carry out a coronary bypass on a 60-year old woman. The pioneering procedure could eliminate the need for open-heart surgery. (HM140726) p23 Three-in-one fertility deal. A British woman has agreed for her eggs to be used in a new controversial IVF treatment, run by a private hospital, which will see her impregnated along with two other women. (HM140727) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Kim Sweetman p3 Hospital turns away patients. NSW Shadow Health Minister Jillian Skinner has warned that up to $$34.5 million will be cut form hospital budgets over the next 12 months with many Sydney hospitals already scaling back emergency services. (HM140728) Philippa Walsh p7 Using this spread can save your life. The National Heart Foundation has endorsed the development and sale of a new margarine called Flora Pro-activ which claims to be able to lower blood cholesterol by 10 per cent via the inclusion of the plant sterois. (HM140729) THE HOBART MERCURY Sean Stevenson p3 Forced adoption probe shifts focus - to a dad. Lester Hammond yesterday told a Tas Parliamentary inquiry into the State�s past practice of forced adoptions, that he had been denied access to his daughter for 19 years following her placement with another family. (HM140730) p11 Bid to remove cigarettes from display. MBF medical officer Gavin Frost has called on the Tas Government to introduce legislation banning the display of cigarettes in retail outlets saying decreased visibility would reduce the number of new smokers. (HM140731) THE BULLETIN Fred Brenchley p54 Mind the gaps. Article discusses moves by a number of private health insurance companies to introduce �no gaps� charges and how public satisfaction with the public health system poses a challenge to the very survival of the industry. (HM140732) MAJOR MEDIA RELEASES Federal Health and Appointment of new Private Health Insurance Aged Care Minister Ombudsman. Federal Health and Aged Care Minister Michael Wooldridge Michael Wooldridge has announced the three-year appointment of former NHBS Company Ltd chief executive Norman Branson as the new Private Health Insurance Ombudsman effective on 2 August. (HM140733) Federal Sport and Kelly calls for action on Active Australia Day. Tourism Minister Federal Sport and Tourism Minister Jackie Kelly Jackie Kelly has launched the inaugural Active Australia Day to be celebrated on Sunday 10 October. The event is part of the Active Australia joint initiative which aims to boost levels of physical activity and sport. (HM140734) Doctors Reform Calls to means test public hospital misguided. Society Doctors Reform Society national president Con Costa has attacked calls by Liberal Premiers and the AMA to mean-test public hospitals saying it represented a de facto attempt to privatise the public hospital system and scrap the popular Medicare. (HM140735) CSIRO Blocking malaria in its tracks. CSIRO researcher Charles Claudianos, who has been awarded the annual National Health and Medical Research Council�s C J Martin Fellowship to investigate a malaria vaccine at the Imperial College in London, says an in vitro experiment has proved effective in stopping the disease�s progress. (HM140736) Victorian Housing Barwon Health expands services for maternity care. Minister Ann Vic Housing Minister Ann Henderson has officially Henderson launched the Barwon Health and Corio Community Health Service�s new Maternity Service Outreach program on behalf of State Health and Aged Care Minister Rob Knowles. (HM140737) ELECTRONIC MEDIA SUMMARY 13/7 0900 2CN Fatty acids essential in diet. Genetics, Nutrition and Health Centre director and former White House nutrition adviser Artemis Simipolus discusses the importance of essential fatty acids in diet and outlines their role in warding off disease including heart disorders and diabetes. Simipolus gives examples of essential fatty acids and discusses factors other than diet that lead to health problems, including smoking and obesity. (Dur: 10.00) (HM140738) 13/7 1700 2CN Abortion booklet controversy. ACT Health Minister Michael Moore discusses the threat by Territory doctors to refuse to hand out a controversial new abortion booklet containing pictures of foetuses. Moore says such an action would be a breach of the law and outlines the disputes about the new initiative within the ACT Government and between the various members of the ACT Legislative Assembly. (Dur: 7.43) (HM140739) 13/7 1700 3LO Occupational health and safety. WorkCover Authority Public Affairs director Eileen McMahon discusses the organisation�s new crackdown on unsafe workplace practices. McMahon says most workplace injuries and fatalities are the result of inadequate staff training and a failure to implement best practice. McMahan also outlines WorkCover�s talks with the construction industry aimed at reducing the sector�s high death rate. (Dur: 6.36) (HM140740) 13/7 1830 HSV7 Ecstasy cigarettes sales condemned. Report on calls for the sale of Ecstasy Cigarettes product to miners to be banned on health grounds. The cigarettes are tobacco free but contain hallucinogenic herbal products. Intvs: Susie Stillman, Anti Cancer Council; Susan Sawyer, Centre for Adolescent Health; Peter Hainesworth, tobacco salesman; David McLeod, Natural Herbalist Association. (Dur: 5.06) (HM140741) OTHER PRINT ARTICLES 14/7 Australian Angina drug test p4 14/7 Australian Locals warn against rhetoric from p4 overseas 14/7 Australian You�ll soon identify folate in more foods p12 (Letter to the Editor from ANZFA spokesperson Liz Lang) 14/7 Australian Benchmark hospital trust on way p26 14/7 Sydney Morning Sop blaming, fix the health system p14 Herald (Letters to the Editor) 14/7 The Age Now a medicinal sandwich spread pA2 14/7 The Age A victory for corporate power (Letter to pA14 the Editor) 14/7 Canberra Times Doctors heartened by new margarine p3 14/7 Canberra Times Abortion ties up a shaky Executive p10 (Editorial) 14/7 Canberra Times But we do have a user-pays hospital p10 system! (Letters to the Editor) 14/7 West Australian PM bids for US help in drug war p5 14/7 West Australian Physicians are to blame (Letter to the p13 Editor) 14/7 Advertiser Cholesterol fight spreads p4 (Adelaide) 14/7 Advertiser Sound expansion p36 (Adelaide) 14/7 Herald Sun Work ban puts life in danger p7 14/7 Herald Sun Australian looks at hospitals float p30 14/7 Hobart Mercury Drug expert to help Games plans p6 12/7 NT News A touch of the sun (Editorial) p10 12/7 Examiner Palliative care the week�s big news p5 (Launceston) 10/7 Examiner Mother fell off operating table, inquest p8 (Launceston) told 8/7 NT News Warning signs p10 8/7 NT News Major surgery now cuts pain p14 8/7 Examiner Nursing union leader retires p4 (Launceston) 7/7 NT News Pub arrest: man near death p1 7/7 NT News Travellers exposed to diseases p6 7/7 Examiner Online funding (Letter to the Editor) p12 (Launceston) ____________________________________________________________________________ HealthMonitor is produced by Media Monitors ACT Pty Ltd ACN 008 597 939 - Australia's leading media information service. 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