HEALTHMonitor produced by Media Monitors ACT Pty Ltd distributed by Health Communication Network Limited Issue No. 1013 - Monday, August 02, 1999 PRINT MEDIA SUMMARY THE AUSTRALIAN John Zubrzycki p3 Liners all at sea on hygiene. US data has shown that luxury liners entering Australia have failed or barely passed US health inspections. (HM020800) Trudy Harris p4 American deaths shoot up in zero-intolerance regime. A joint New York and Sydney study has revealed a connection between the high rate of HIV infection in New York drug addicts and the city�s zero tolerance policy on illicit drugs. (HM020801) Trudy Harris p4 States get a bad report on drug strategies. Alcohol and Drugs Council of Australia chief executive David Crosbie claims Australian Governments must further funding to alcohol and drug rehabilitation, despite an increase in spending last year. (HM020802) Belinda Hickman p5 Animal bugs jump to human. Canberra Hospital Associate Professor Peter Colignon has called on the ban of antibiotics used as growth promoters in animal feed. (HM020803) Ian Henderson p36 Fresh blood may yet be pumped into health debate. Article examines the arguments from State and Territory leaders over the health system. (HM020804) THE AGE pA4 Suicide rate rises for young men. A recent study published in the Medical Journal of Australia claims programs to prevent youth suicide should incorporate the needs of men aged between 25 and 34. (HM0208050) Tim Colebatch pA4 Threat to disability pensions. The Federal Government may insist that people receiving disability support pensions complete a work for the dole activity. (HM020806) Wendy Bacon pA6 Workers still worry while a company tries to beat the bug. Australian petro-chemical company Kemcor has been unsuccessful in removing legionella bacteria from its cooling towers. (HM020807) Wendy Bacon pA6 Urgent task of finding sources. Article highlights the need to find the sources of legionnaires� disease, which claimed three victims last October. (HM020808) pA10 Bill Gates� vaccine plan. Microsoft owner Bill Gates� father claims the billionaire plans to help rid the world of the AIDS virus by giving his estate worth $A154 billion to the William H. Gates Foundation. (HM020809) Jane Faulkner pB1 Warm. Like soup and sympathy. Article profiles a Salvation Army soup kitchen offering food to heroin junkies and homeless people. (HM020810) Claire Porter pB4 Parents throw out a dietary lifeline. Article examines the success of parents who are helping their children with autism, by changing their dietary regime. (HM020811) THE CANBERRA TIMES Peter Clack p4 Suicides rise despite efforts: jail report. An ACT Government study has shown that the rate of suicides in Australian jails continues to rise despite spending on prison improvements and findings from the royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody. (HM020812) p4 Cultural factors linked to rising death rates, study finds. A recent study published in the Medical Journal of Australia claims programs to prevent youth suicide should incorporate the needs of men aged between 25 and 34. (HM020813) Oliver Frosch p18 Genetic genie gets full treatment on the Internet. Article reviews Internet sites relating to genetics. (HM020814) THE WEST AUSTRALIAN Cathy O�Leary p28 Doctors urge caution on Internet information. The Australian Medical Association is warning that deaths may result from non-prescription sales of drugs such as Viagra over the Internet. (HM020815) p32 States fail in drug relief. Alcohol and Drugs Council of Australia chief executive David Crosbie claims Australian Governments must further funding to alcohol and drug rehabilitation, despite an increase in spending last year. (HM020816) p33 Move to look at teacher crisis. Regional WA councils will approach the WA Municipal Association for assistance in establishing an emergency working party to develop incentive packages to lure nurses and teachers to the area. (HM020817) Victoria Button p34 Cord blood helps save brother�s life. Blood taken form the umbilical chord of a young boy�s brother has saved his life. (HM020818) Virginia Egerton-p46 CSL rivals laid low by success of flu vaccine. Warburton Article claims that over 3 million Australians suffer form influenza each year, with 2,700 dying from the infection. (HM020819) THE COURIER MAIL Elizabeth p3 Fight for food labelling hots up. The Australian Meryment Consumer Association has warned that angry consumers will escalate campaigns against genetically modified foods if the Federal Government does not force the labelling of such foods. (HM020820) Dana Wainwright p13 Reasons for medical reform. AMA Qld president Dana Wainwright criticises a recent Courier Mail article, claiming it drew inaccurate conclusions about medical reform. (HM020821) ADELAIDE ADVERTISER Tanya Taylor p6 Rare operation saves mum-to-be. Doctors are astounded at the success of an operation which drained the blood of a expectant woman, then pumped it back into her body, after a mystery illness caused her lungs to collapse. (HM020822) Jill Pengelley p14 Fears of hip fractures epidemic. Repatriation General Hospital geriatrician Craig Whitehead has warned of an epidemic of osteoporosis in SA within 30 years. (HM020823) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Sandra Lee p10 A straight line on road to recovery. Anti-drug campaign Keep Our Kids Alive founder Margaret McKay claims shooting galleries are �ridiculous�. (HM020824) THE HOBART MERCURY Tanya Taylor p8 Jane and child rare survivors. Doctors are astounded at the success of an operation which drained the blood of a expectant woman, then pumped it back into her body, after a mystery illness caused her lungs to collapse. (HM020825) p2 Internet drug sales spark alarm. The Australian Medical Association is warning that deaths may result from non-prescription sales of drugs such as Viagra over the Internet. (HM020826) p7 Radical vote for most liberal marijuana laws. The Tas ALP Conference has recorded a successful motion to legalise all marijuana use in the State. (HM020827) MAJOR MEDIA RELEASES Australian Democrats Industry & Consumers alike need food labelling. Consumer Affairs Australian Democrats Consumer Affairs spokesperson spokesperson Natasha Natasha Stott Despoja discusses comments by the Stott Despoja Food and Grocery Council in regards to gene food labelling. (HM020828) The Public Health Dr Alex Wodak, the drugs crusader, honoured with Association of the public health impact award. The Public Health Australia Association of Australia has presented Dr Alex Wodak with the NSW Public Health Impact Award for 1999/2000. (HM020829) Federal Aged Care Honouring senior Australians in their Minister Bronwyn International Year. Federal Aged Care Minister Bishop Bronwyn Bishop discusses the honouring of senior Australians with the Commonwealth Recognition Awards for Senior Australians program. (HM020830) Federal Health and New chief medical officer. Federal Health and Aged Care Minister Aged Care Minister Michael Wooldridge has Michael Wooldridge announced the appointment of Professor Richard Smallwood to the position of chief medical officer of the Department of Health and Aged Care. (HM020831) Federal Health and New reciprocal health care agreement with New Aged Care Minister Zealand. Federal Health and Aged Care Minister Michael Wooldridge Michael Wooldridge has announced that Australians and New Zealanders travelling between the two countries will receive access to benefits and health services. (HM020832) Federal Aboriginal Herron addresses the United Nations. Federal and Torres Strait Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Islander Affairs Minister John Herron has addressed the United Minister John Herron Nations on matters facing Indigenous communities in Australia. (HM020833) Alcohol and other Most Governments still failing the drugs test. Drugs Council of The Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia Australia claims the performance of governments was ranked negatively by experts in the Australian alcohol and other drugs field in their fifth annual Drugs, Money and Governments report. (HM020834) Vic Health and Aged Monash diagnostic image a resounding success - Care Minister Rob Knowles. Vic Health and Aged Care Minister Rob Knowles Knowles claims magnetic resonance imaging has seen Monash Medical Centre�s MRI unit in Melbourne become the busiest in Vic. (HM020835) Vic Health and Aged High five for Victoria�s sharper strategic health Care Minister Rob - Knowles. Vic Health and Aged Care Minister Rob Knowles Knowles claims improved State Government strategies for a healthier Victoria will target tobacco control, mental health, physical activity, healthy eating and substance abuse. (HM020836) Vic Health and Aged Eminent scientist to conduct HIV case review - Care Minister Rob Knowles. Vic Health and Aged Care Minister Rob Knowles Knowles has announced that Professor Dick Smallwood will conduct a review of the processes leading to a patient being infected with HIV after receiving a blood transfusion. (HM020837) Vic Health and Aged Patients back to the fore as hospital disputes Care Minister Rob end. Vic Health and Aged Care Minister Rob Knowles Knowles has announced that the State�s public hospitals will be able to step up and provide maximum services to patients with the lifting of work bans, following a resolution of industrial disputes. (HM020838) Vic Health and Aged $1.8 million for specialist cystic fibrosis care - Care Minister Rob Knowles. Vic Health and Aged Care Minister Rob Knowles Knowles has announced the State Government will spend $1.8 million on special facilities at the Alfred Hospital for suffers of cystic fibrosis. (HM020839) Vic Health and Aged Vic to recruit 100 doctors to beat bush shortage. Care Minister Rob Vic Health and Aged Care Minister Rob Knowles has Knowles announced the State will recruit 100 overseas- trained doctors to assist the shortage of doctors in rural areas. (HM020840) Vic Health and Aged A healthier outlook for elderly in Melbourne�s Care Minister Rob East - Knowles. Vic Health and Aged Care Minister Knowles Rob Knowles has announced that senior citizens may now access information on health from a community resource centre at Kew. (HM020841) ELECTRONIC MEDIA SUMMARY 30/7 2RN 0800 Depression. NSW Institute of Psychiatry director Louise Newman discusses the issue of women�s mental health, particularly issues involving Vic Premier Jeff Kennett�s proposal for the set up of a National Institute of Depression. Newman discusses figures showing that women suffer depression more than men and covers preventive strategies.(Dur: 7.00) (HM020842) 30/7 2RN 0700 Genetic modification. ACT Health Minister Michael Moore discusses genetic modification of food claiming that the consumer has a right to know that the food they consume has undergone some form of genetic change. (Dur: 6.30) (HM020843) 30/7 2RN 0600 Scientific breakthroughs. Robert Wineburg of the Whitehead Institute of Biomedical Research at Cambridge, discusses scientific analysis by United States scientists regarding cancer research, with the latest studies - turning healthy human cells into cancerous ones - being able to identify how cells become cancerous. (Dur: 6.00) (HM020844) OTHER PRINT ARTICLES 28/7 The Examiner Breast services at old hospital p4 28/7 The Examiner Health system based on need p18 28/7 Weekly Times Doc scheme just the tonic p2 (Vic) 30/7 West Australian Baby study cites caffeine fix p47 30/7 Newcastle If the cap fits wear it properly p16 Herald 31/7 Australian Brave sisters do it all for others p11 31/7 Australian The liberty of injecting rooms p18 31/7 Australian Army engineers build foundation for black p10 reconciliation 31/7 Australian Lean and mean is the body men would diet p9 for 31/7 Australian Blood system �can�t be trusted� p9 31/7 Australian Fine line between law and the order p11 31/7 Australian A plague on all our houses p26M 31/7 Australian Diabetes gets boost from study p5 31/7 Australian Taking a punt worsens the woes p14 31/7 Australian Attack of the vial viruses p31M 31/7 Australian Live, by the skin of your teeth p14 31/7 Australian States take a jab at righting addiction p26 31/7 Sydney Morning Profit driven research saddens top p4 Herald scientist 31/7 Sydney Morning Dirty laundry p4 Herald 31/7 Sydney Morning Fertility bank in search for more men p3 Herald like Mario 31/7 Sydney Morning Cut those costs - stay well Herald 31/7 Sydney Morning Unhappy little vegemites p42 Herald 31/7 Sydney Morning Public health perks for sick who can pay p13 Herald 31/7 Sydney Morning The mandate of heaven p1S Herald 31/7 Sydney Morning It�s a broad church p36 Herald 31/7 Sydney Morning Victims� legacy offers hope to beating p9 Herald cancer�s longevity 31/7 Sydney Morning Put people before profits p44 Herald 31/7 Sydney Morning To be sniffed at p60 Herald 31/7 Sydney Morning Let�s explore masculinity to improve p45 Herald men�s health 31/7 Sydney Morning Rebecca, it�s such a waste p36 Herald 31/7 Age Caffeine hopes for prem babies p4 31/7 Age Chief medical adviser named p4 31/7 Age New Zealanders lose benefits p4 31/7 Age Scientists claim first against dengue p23 fever 31/7 Age Courageous and compassionate p8 31/7 Age How directed donations raise blood p3NE pressure 31/7 Age Is screening in vain p3NE 31/7 Age A map of workplace safety p47 31/7 Age No simple fix for jail suicides: witness p18 31/7 Age New state challenge on rights p5 31/7 Age The personal cost of outsourcing p5 31/7 Age NZ mussel offers hope for cancer p9 31/7 Age Donors flood blood bank p3 31/7 Age Banking on family and cord blood for a p3 long, healthy life 31/7 Age Space-age bid to cut our road toll p18 31/7 Canberra Times Caffeine may help premature infants p3 31/7 Canberra Times Australian campaign wipes out mosquito p11 31/7 Canberra Times Inflexible even in the face of death pC3 31/7 Canberra Times Not a time to panic pC6 31/7 Canberra Times AMA calls for compulsory food labelling p9 31/7 Canberra Times Baby boomers are intent on setting pRE3 housing trends 31/7 Herald Sun Internet GP hunt p12 31/7 Herald Sun Doctor�s blood too risky claim p12 31/7 Herald Sun Blinkers won�t beat heroin p22 31/7 Herald Sun Dieting p22 31/7 Herald Sun She says p22 31/7 Herald Sun Help for rural GPs p50 31/7 Herald Sun Mother nature�s little helpers p19 31/7 Daily Telegraph Pill for the next day p25 31/7 Daily Telegraph Nuns are wrong about drugs p12 31/7 Daily Telegraph Ambulance strike off p4 31/7 Daily Telegraph $700,000 of steroids stolen p5 31/7 Daily Telegraph Carr injects sense into a tough issue p12 31/7 Business Review Fit to work p94 Weekly 31/7 West Australian Pipeline trip to boost health p37 31/7 West Australian Key to youth crime is prevention p14 31/7 West Australian Pain and anger over car theft crash p12 31/7 Courier Mail Critics should give blood p18 31/7 Courier Mail Smash victim wins breast surgery compo p3 31/7 Courier Mail Ageing seek options through euthanasia p9 clinics 31/7 Courier Mail Case of the killer biscuits p4 31/7 Hobart Mercury Aussie team mussels in on deadly cancer p14 31/7 Hobart Mercury Search on for best doctor p25 1/8 Sunday Muscle drugs flood p3 Tasmanian 1/8 Sunday Mail Man dies in hospital wait p4 1/8 Sunday Mail Cancer hope in shellfish p31 1/8 Sunday Mail Special dental clinic fills need p38 1/8 Sunday Mail Move to bypass doctors p45 1/8 Sunday Mail Outcry over babies claim p60 1/8 Sunday Mail Anti-flu drug goes on trial p45 1/8 Sunday Mail The health dilemma p12 1/8 Sunday Mail Santa sticks to his guns p22 1/8 Sunday Mail Use pokie cash p1 1/8 Sunday Times Mums don�t count p1 1/8 Sunday Times Free locks for the elderly p1 1/8 Sunday Times Small time crims p31 1/8 Sunday Times Demands of society ruin many men�s lives p20 1/8 Sunday Age The intimate strangers of tragedy p22 1/8 Sunday Age Meet the men who doctor the spin p1 1/8 Sunday Age Checking the virus p22 1/8 Sunday Age The losing battle p22 1/8 Sunday Age Milk with that baby p8 1/8 Sunday Age Market watch p21 1/8 Sunday Age The breathe easy team p21 1/8 Sunday Age My father�s place p17 1/8 Sunday Age Children in the shadow of death p3 1/8 Sunday Canberra Heroin death p2 Times 1/8 Sunday Canberra Mussel cancer cure not proven: experts p3 Times 1/8 Sunday Canberra Disease mutates to avoid drugs p26 Times 1/8 Sunday Canberra Women most at risk of SLE p26 Times 1/8 Sunday Canberra Food for thought in regulation p8 Times 1/8 Sunday Canberra Bleak start blossoms into a good new life p32 Times 1/8 Sunday Canberra A malaria vaccine - medicine�s Holy Grail p26 Times 1/8 Sunday Canberra Heroin trial? The Ayes give it to Qld p3 Times 1/8 Sunday Canberra Pills no answer for depression in aged: p5 Times doctor 1/8 Sunday Canberra Study looks at vitamin link to memory p5 Times loss 1/8 Sun Herald Aboriginal troupe�s mission of mercy p22 1/8 Sun Herald The eve of disruption p47 1/8 Sun Herald Mum addicted to love p64 1/8 Sun Herald Eat, drink and be hairy p6 1/8 Sun Herald Hepatitis epidemic p5 1/8 Sun Herald Cross a cops no-go zone p15 1/8 Sunday Herald Jean Kitson p14 Sun 1/8 Sunday Herald Should gays have rights to children p13 Sun 1/8 Sunday Herald New mum�s extra help p35 Sun 1/8 Sunday Herald New start no match for nightmares p5 Sun 1/8 Sunday Herald A taste for change p9 Sun 1/8 Sunday Herald Steps to brain power p19 Sun 1/8 Sunday Herald Bracks �no� to mercy killing p17 Sun 1/8 Sunday Herald Donating a future p42 Sun 1/8 Sunday Herald Family pride in a son�s legacy p4 Sun 1/8 Sunday Herald Teeth at heart of problem p32 Sun 1/8 Sunday Herald Only 2 per cent register as donors p4 Sun 1/8 Sunday Herald Vets lose life�s battle p5 Sun 1/8 Sunday Breast screening for younger women p56 Telegraph 1/8 Sunday Stressed out p56 Telegraph 1/8 Sunday Doctors urged to clean up p2 Telegraph 1/8 Sunday Letter to the Editor p56 Telegraph 1/8 Sunday Smokes send wrong signal p56 Telegraph 1/8 Sunday Herbal cigarettes available to kids p50 Telegraph 1/8 Sunday Row over surgery giveaway p7 Telegraph 1/8 Sunday Males yield to anorexia p28 Telegraph 1/8 Sunday Police fear �ya-ba� pill p28 Telegraph 1/8 Sunday Disease payout despair p32 Telegraph 1/8 Sunday Drug policy avoids the quick fix p57 Telegraph 1/8 Sunday Hep C funding lift p44 Telegraph 1/8 Sunday Wombs with a view now in 3D p8 Telegraph 2/8 Australian Literature on nuclear test survivors p12 2/8 Australian Pity our sick and sorry rural health p12 services 2/8 Financial Winds of change blow fair for indigenous p19 Review issues 2/8 Financial GM foods: labelling pressure p5 Review 2/8 Sydney Morning Hospitals �abusing antibiotics� p3 Herald 2/8 Age Zero tolerance to drugs, HIV link pA4 2/8 Age The private role in health care pA14 2/8 Age State improves but still below par: pA3 report 2/8 Canberra Times Call for ban on animal drugs p1 2/8 West Australian Hospitals told to curb antibiotics p11 2/8 Courier Mail Share profits with aged p12 2/8 Courier Mail Suicide risk p7 2/8 Courier Mail Love helps mum-to-be beat odds p3 2/8 Courier Mail Drug-resistant �bugs� spread through meat p3 2/8 Courier Mail Mother�s love for drug daughter p12 2/8 Courier Mail Juggling tricks of science p13 2/8 Advertiser Fair trial sought for safe injecting p13 (Adelaide) rooms 2/8 Advertiser A little safer p16 (Adelaide) 2/8 Advertiser Women�s bodies p17 (Adelaide) 2/8 Advertiser Roadside hazards p16 (Adelaide) 2/8 Advertiser Health care p16 (Adelaide) 2/8 Advertiser Odd coincidence p17 (Adelaide) 2/8 Hobart Mercury Major push to warn of altered food p4 2/8 Daily Telegraph Smokers suit misguided p12 2/8 Daily Telegraph Doctors done a disservice p12 2/8 Herald Sun Suffer the children p17 2/8 Herald Sun Blood swap saves mother p1 2/8 Herald Sun Alarm at online drug sites p3 2/8 Herald Sun Gene food labels fight may be lost p12 2/8 Herald Sun Parents hit strike p12 HEALTHMonitor is produced by Kim Biedrzycki Transcripts, clippings, video and audio tapes, further information. 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