HEALTHMonitor produced by Media Monitors ACT Pty Ltd distributed by Health Communication Network Limited Issue No. 1007 - Wednesday, July 21, 1999 PRINT MEDIA SUMMARY THE AUSTRALIAN Greg Callaghan p9 Cash-strapped take change into their own hands. Article discusses the increasing incidence of begging in major cities fuelled by high youth unemployment, rising numbers of heroin addicts and the release of mentally ill people back into the community. (HM210700) David Brand p11 Let�s have strong medicine. AMA federal president David Brand argues that Medicare in its current form is unsustainable and presents the AMA position that hospital needs are best served by a strong private health sector alongside the public health system. (HM210701) Paul Kelly p11 Regulation can be a sensible bet. Article discusses the Productivity Commission�s report into the gambling industry and the economic and social policy implications of its recommendation that the sector be government regulated. (HM210702) Diana Thorp p35 Bloodless dissection via CD-ROM. The University of Melbourne will on Friday launch its in-house developed multimedia teaching tool An@tomedia that allows medical students to interactively study anatomy and increase preparedness for real-time dissection. (HM210703) Diana Thorp p36 Disability studies come of age at Deakin. Human Rights Commissioner Chris Sidoti has opened the Deakin University�s Institute for Disability Studies which aims to increase awareness of the needs of disabled people. (HM210704) Dorothy Illing p37 Ethics code for human research. The National Health and Medical Research Council along with the Australian Research Council and the Australian Vice-Chancellors Committee have issued the National Statement on Ethical Conduct of Research Involving Humans. (HM210705) THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD Judith Whelan p2 Knowles won�t rule out public co-payments NSW Health Minister Craig Knowles has refused to rule out patients paying fees for treatment in public hospitals while announcing a six-month review of the system by the NSW Health Council. (HM210706) Judith Whelan p2 Patients should contribute something towards care, says AMA candidate. Profile of Dana Wainwright, candidate for the AMA federal presidency, who says patients should contribute towards health costs in order to maintain treatmen levels. (HM210707) Paola Totaro p10 Study seeks to unlock riddle of heroin overdose. NSW Health Minister Craig Knowles has announced a $8,000 grant to fund a pioneering National Drug and Alcohol Research centre forensic study into the factors behind fatal heroin overdoses. (HM210708) THE AGE Mary-Anne Toy pA2 Hospitals brace for more strike damage. Health and Sandra McKay professionals returned to work yesterday in the State�s public hospitals but warned that snap strikes and rolling stoppages would continue unless the Vic Government agreed to three separate pay claims. (HM210709) Lyall Johnson pA3 Sugar, salt help low-fat food go down. The National Heart Foundation has warned that low-fat foods often contain high levels of salt and sugar and called for public awareness campaigns to promote the benefits of polyunsaturated fats consumption. (HM210710) Lyall Johnson pA3 Old drug offers new hope for ageing hearts A study published in the latest edition of the New England Journal of Medicine has revealed that heart disease related fatalities can be reduced by up to 30 per cent through the use of the drug spironolactone. (HM210711) pA6 A healthy reason to eat your vegies. A meeting of carotenoid experts in Cairns this week will hear fresh evidence that carrots and cabbages help to inhibit cancer by promoting genes that boost the body�s immune system and internal communication. (HM210712) pC10 Health-care trust launch. Financial services and health care group Australian Unity yesterday launched the Australian Unity Healthcare Property Trust as part of its recent acquisition of industrial property assets valued at more than $70 million. (HM210713) THE CANBERRA TIMES Catriona Jackson p2 Carnell�s plan for more competition among medical specialists. ACT Chief Minister Kate Carnell is to present a plan advocating increased competition among medical specialists at the Leaders Forum meeting this Friday in Sydney. (HM210714) Liz Armitage p2 Stanhope protests at abortion tactics. ACT Opposition Leader John Stanhope has accused the ACT Government of manipulating the political process in its attempts to have an abortion booklet featuring images of foetuses adopted by the Territory�s health system. (HM210715) THE WEST AUSTRALIAN Francesca Hodge p6 Wards full, patient left in passage. Violet Reed, who was admitted to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth after suffering from orthoscopic surgery problems, was forced to sleep in a passage because the facilities wards were full. (HM210716) Carmelo Amalfi p9 Town fights $26m antenna. Residents of the WA town of Toodyay are concerned by the European Space Agency�s plan to build a $26 million space antenna near the town saying the structure is likely to emit harmful radiation. (HM210717) Francesca Hodge p40 Doctors face locum shortfall crisis. WA Locum Services Working Party chairman Greg Down says there is a shortfall of 40 locums in country and urban areas across the State, with doctors and the Federal Government planning to address the issue. (HM210718) THE COURIER MAIL Sean Parnell p1 Patient sues over lost skull piece. A former Gold Coast Hospital patient has launched a damages claim for over $750,000 after the hospital�s staff lost part of her skull, which had been temporarily removed prior to brain surgery. (HM210719) Jeff Sommerfeld p5 Visas for deaf meeting denied. A number of delegates to the upcoming World Federation of the Deaf conference in Brisbane have been refused visas by the Federal Government on the grounds of �not being in good character�. (HM210720) p12 Factory fined. Southport Industrial Magistrates Court has fined the Force 10 Holdings in Neragn $5,000 following an accident on June 18 that saw a security guard lose a finger after his hand was crushed in a 25 tonne metal press. (HM210721) Sean Parnell p15 Health. Series of brief articles on US research into the rheumatoid arthritis inhibiting properties of green tea and the Royal Brisbane Hospital�s trialing of a new drug treatment for diabetes foot ulcers and other leg and foot disorders. (HM210722) Anna Reynolds p17 Evidence of a problem. Article discusses last Monday�s ABC Four Corners program detailing the extreme cross-examination often undergone by children in sexual assault and abuse cases and calls for legislation to end the practice. (HM210723) James Clark p20 UK reveals plans to lock up psychopaths. UK Home Secretary Jack Straw yesterday unveiled legislation that would see people with untreatable and severe personality disorders confined in prisons or other institutions before they commit any criminal action. (HM210724) ADELAIDE ADVERTISER Vivienne Oakley p1 Full house at hospital. Article discusses how the and Jill rise in winter-related health problems has lead to Pengelley elective surgery procedures being cancelled in many of Adelaide�s public hospitals as they struggle to meet rising demand. (HM210725) p6 Young to be taught drug issues. Life Education Australia executive director Terry Metherell says the organisation is planning to run drug-education programs in schools Australia-wide directed at children from kindergarten age up. (HM210726) Belinda Heggen p15 Big fright became a crusade. 1998 Sydney Business Review Businesswoman of the Year and former breast- cancer patient Kathy Hood is working to boost breast cancer awareness and help women deal with the disease�s emotional impact. (HM210726) Rex Jory p18 Parents, listen to Lillian. Profile of SA resident Lillian Mattner who contracted polio as a child and who now warns parents against falling levels of vaccination against the disease, which in 1998 declined to 72 per cent. (HM210728) Sam Weir p21 38kg of drugs in plywood. The SA Supreme Court has sentenced noted Adelaide architect Robert Thompson to three years jail, with a two-year non- parole period, following his conviction on charges of importing 38 kilograms of cannabis from South Africa. (HM210729) Jonathan Hart p22 Brothers Grimm join war on drugs. Adelaide�s Sacred Heart College has based its 1999 Smokefree SAFM Rock Eisteddfod Challenge performance on the role of drugs in society, with an adaptation of the Brothers Grimm fairytale Hansel and Gretel. (HM210730) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH p3 Women behaving badly in a predictable way. Research from the UK, based on a survey of 4000 drinkers, has revealed that women on average exhibit eight separate types of behaviour when consuming alcohol often based on social settings. (HM210731) p18 50pc want to give organs. New Australian Bureau of Statistics figures have revealed that 46.6 per cent of adults have taken steps to become an organ or tissue donors either through talks with their family, a signed donor card or drivers licence registration. (HM210732) THE HOBART MERCURY Eve Lamb p13 Nurse applies ancient cures for good health. Hobart nurse Maxine Blackaby will tomorrow open a holistic kinesiology practice with treatment focusing on stress management. Kinesiology focuses on reading the patients energy flow throughout the body. (HM210733) Eve Lamb p21 Capsicum spray to spice grey parliament debate. The Tas Parliament will conduct a special two-day sitting in November devoted to issues of concerns to the elderly including the legality of carrying capsicum spray and voluntary euthanasia. (HM210734) MAJOR MEDIA RELEASES Parliamentary Carotenoid scientists confer in Cairns. Secretary to the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Minister for Industry, Science and Resources Warren Entsch Industry, Science and opened the Twelfth International Carotenoid Resources Warren Symposium at the Cairns Convention Centre on Entsch Monday 19 July. Carotenoids are a group of naturally-occurring pigments which have been linked to reduced risk of a number of chronic health disorders. (HM210735) ELECTRONIC MEDIA SUMMARY 20/7 2CN 0830 Regional NSW health services funding. Southern Area Health Service chief executive officer Kieran Gleeson discusses the NSW Government�s announcement of a 4.6 per cent funding boost for the service which increases its 1999-2000 funding to approximately $120 million. Gleeson says that 70 per cent if this is spent on wages and attacks the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal. Gleeson also talks about waiting lists for elective surgery, the lack of nursing homes in rural areas and how the Southern Area Health Service directs 30 per cent of its patients to the ACT system. (Dur: 10.00) (HM210736) 20/7 0900 2RN Illness identity explained. University of Calgary sociology professor Arthur Frank discusses the concept of illness identity from a professional and personal viewpoint. Frank outlines how illness affects individual�s self-identity with the disease and treatments such as chemotherapy acting to either create a new person or distorting original characteristics. Frank also talks about his experience with testicular cancer and emphasises the importance of narrative therapy in support groups along with last week�s Australian Cancer Council meeting. (Dur: 13.30) (HM210737) 20/7 1600 2UE NSW health system stable. NSW Health Minister Craig Knowles discusses the formation of the Health Council to conduct a six-month review of the efficiency of the State�s public health system. Knowles also addresses claims by health professionals and the private health insurance industry that unless wide-ranging funding, administrative and treatment reforms are adopted the State�s public health system will continue to deteriorate. (Dur: 7.40) (HM210738) OTHER PRINT ARTICLES 21/7 Australian See, they are good for you p3 21/7 Australian Review to canvas hospital charges p4 21/7 Australian Back to the blasts: risk assessment p10 (Letter to the Editor from Veterans� Affairs Minister Bruce Scott) 21/7 Sydney Morning Forgotten in the fallout (Letter to the p16 Herald Editor) 21/7 The Age Number of willing donors increases pA6 21/7 The Age The myth of �harm minimisation� (Letter pA14 to the Editor) 21/7 The Age Games of chance, games of hazard pA14 (Editorial) 21/7 Canberra Times Answers needed soon on new site for p8 hospice (Letter to the Editor) 21/7 West Australian Dry-out drug now a heart weapon p11 21/7 Advertiser Undr-45s top organ donor list p9 (Adelaide) 21/7 Advertiser Woman sues after part of her skull lost p15 (Adelaide) 21/7 Herald Sun Crisis talks on health strikes p2 21/7 Herald Sun Health staff deserve more (Letter to the p17 Editor) 21/7 Herald Sun Where�s their compassion (Editorial) p18 21/7 Daily Telegraph State health system to get complete check- p7 up 21/7 Daily Telegraph Smokers come off second best p12 21/7 Daily Telegraph Wait, and just don�t blame doctors p12 (Letter to the Editor) 21/7 Daily Telegraph Heroin facts in a strand of hair p15 20/7 Newcastle Hospital beds go p4 Herald 19/7 Time Eat your heart out p38 19/7 Time Hope meets hype p62 18/7 NT News 24-hour health clinic planned p1 18/7 NT News Darwin drug room not needed: Mayor p6 18/7 NT News Care is more than medical p6 18/7 NT News Too many workers still puff at desks p15 18/7 NT News Grog warning label fight brewing p16 ____________________________________________________________________________ HealthMonitor is produced by Media Monitors ACT Pty Ltd ACN 008 597 939 - Australia's leading media information service. 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