HEALTHMonitor produced by Media Monitors ACT Pty Ltd distributed by Health Communication Network Limited Issue No. 1041 - Wednesday, September 15, 1999 PRINT MEDIA SUMMARY THE AUSTRALIAN Lou Caruana p24 Oil goes smoothly for Mt Romance. Article discusses finalists in the WA Industry and Export Awards. (HM150900) David Wheeler p38 Biodynamics. Article says biologists worldwide are excited by the changing landscape of life sciences and claims university biology is booming in the post-genomic world.. (HM150901) THE FINANCIAL REVIEW John Creedy and p19 Means test fails to offer right incentive. Peter Dawkins Article comments on the Australian pension system as says it should not be used as a shining example for the rest of the world. (HM150902) THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD Mark Robinson p3 Hospitals demand $250m rescue. Doctors from and Judith Sydney�s major teaching hospitals have written to Whelan the NSW Health Council insisting they spend $250 million to correct the ailing health system. (HM150903) Judith Whelan p10 Hospital�s control on drugs under fire. A Health and Mark Care Complaints Commission report has criticised Robinson the ordering and arranging of drugs in Canterbury Hospital. (HM150904) Bruce Walkley p10 Court puts smokers� class action ads on back burner. Advertisements aimed at convincing people to join mass legal action against tobacco companies have been stopped by the Federal Court. (HM150905) Sue Lowe p28 Site takes the pulse of sick Australians. An American healthcare service website is being visited by so many Australians that US company Mediconsult.com is looking to open up a version of the site in Australia. (HM150906) Peter Vincent pE1 New school of thought. Article discusses the lack of counsellors in Australia as the country moves away from not discussing our social problems. (HM150907) THE AGE Gary Tippet pA1 One kiss says a thousand words. Article profiles the experiences of some of the East Timorese refugees evacuated to Darwin. (HM150908) Darrin Farrant pA2 P&O faces expanded lawsuit for typhoid. A lawsuit against P&O by passengers who became ill with typhoid during a cruise could be widened to include 1200 people. (HM150909) Steve Butcher pA3 �Bizarre� drain clan surfaces in courtroom. A member of a group which explores underground tunnels have been charged after they were found in the boiler room of the Royal Melbourne Hospital. (HM150910) Victoria Button pA3 Heart test gets pulses racing. A controversial new heart scanning machine which takes X-ray pictures of the heart will begin operating in Melbourne next week. (HM150911) pA3 Over-50s prove to be trumps with hearts. A German study suggests donor hearts from people over 50 provide the same chance of survival as those from younger donors, prompting surgeons to call for donations to be allowed from older people. (HM150912) pA4 Call for laws to protect eyesight. A Vic study has found eye injuries affect about 20 per cent of adults aged over 40 and almost 50 per cent of rural men. (HM150913) Stephen Cauchi pA4 Aborigine a suicide risk, court told. The inquiry into the stolen generation has heard that an Aboriginal woman was a suicide risk because of her experiences. (HM150914) Sandra Mckay pA7 State paid consultants $7.5m over hospitals. A document from the Vic Department of Human Services reveals that $7.5 million has been spent on consultancies to privatise public hospitals. (HM150915) Darrin Farrant pA9 Consumer study forces four baby cot brands off the market. A failure to comply with mandatory safety requirement has led to the removal of four infant cots from the market. (HM150916) Rachel Gibson pB1 What�s eating Ally McBeal? Article discusses the rise of extremely skinny women, dubbed lollipop women, in popular television culture in the US. (HM150917) Jenny James pE1 Caring professions. Article profiles exactly what is involved in learning to be one of the community�s professional carers. (HM150918) THE CANBERRA TIMES Katharyn Heagney p5 A farm girls from way back turns 100. Canberra woman Mary-Ellen Taylor, who has never smoked or drinked, has turned 100. (HM150919) THE WEST AUSTRALIAN Shaun Anthony p5 Timorese head for Leeuwin. East Timorese refugees will be moved into the Leeuwin barracks in East Fremantle at the weekend. (HM150920) Francesca Hodge p10 Hospitals to slash staff. Around 400 administrative and support staff in public hospitals in Perth will be sacked in a bid to control spending and reduce the risk of further budget problems. (HM150921) Francesca Hodge p11 Motorists warned of bad eyesight. Optometrists have warned motorists to have an eyesight check every two years, claiming about 20 per cent of drivers have a vision problem that could affect their driving. (HM150922) Nick Miller p28 High-tech pleas to help elderly get on board. Both the elderly and the disabled are being left behind in the world of new technology according to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity commission. (HM150923) David Darragh p35 Hospital excels in staff training. The Australian Institute of Management�s big employer of the year award has been won by St John of God Health Care Subiaco. (HM150924) Anthony Hughes p48 Margins squeeze bad for hospital operators� health. Article comments on the share activities of Mayne Nickless, SGS Medical Group and Sonic Healthcare. (HM150925) THE COURIER MAIL p9 Today it�s hard to be a man. Editorial. (HM150926) Margaret Wenham p14 Men�s health funding crisis. The Men�s Health and Wellbeing Association has called on the Qld State Government to increase funding for men�s health issues. (HM150927) Malcolm Cole p21 Beattie�s new state of minds. Qld Premier Peter Beattie has announced a new set of initiatives designed to make Qld the �Smart State� and the intellectual centre for the Asia-Pacific. (HM150928) Christine p23 Work help for disabled. Qld Premier Peter Beattie Retschlag has announced a $12.5 million plan to help disabled people make the transition from school to the workforce. (HM150929) Sean Parnell p23 Shot in the arm for child vaccines. The Qld Government is planning to increase child immunisation rates by 12 per cent over the next financial year. (HM150930) Sean Parnell p23 Patient plan to ease hospital crisis. The Qld Government will give funding to Qld�s two largest state hospitals to improve elective surgery rates and ease the health care crisis. (HM150931) ADELAIDE ADVERTISER Jeremy Pudney p1 $102 fee for ambulances. SA ambulances will start charging for services where they treat a patient for more than first aid, but do not take them to hospital. (HM150932) Debra Way p7 Eating like a pig may not be enough. Thin sow syndrome has been identified as an emerging veterinary problem and could have significance for the study of eating disorders in humans. (HM150933) THE HERALD SUN Sarah Dent p2 Risky remedies spark inquiry call. The Australian Medical Association has called for an investigation into alternative therapies and medicines. (HM150934) Ruth Lamperd p3 Mum, unborn son die. A Melbourne social worker and her unborn 8-month-old baby have died from meningococcal disease. (HM150935) Tanya Taylor p10 The half-million man. It has been revealed that the head of the North Western Health Care Network in Vic is paid more than half a million dollars a year. (HM150936) Damon Johnston p14 Your decision: Election �99. An analysis of the and Kirsten Owen key areas of the Vic State election, including the major parties stances on drugs policy. (HM150937) p18 Judge stands up t o be counted. Editorial. (HM150938) Tanya Taylor p26 Nurses go part-time. A report reveals that nurses are opting for part-time work, patient numbers are increasing and the average age of nurses is rising. (HM150939) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH No relevant articles. THE HOBART MERCURY Sean Stevenson p8 Mums-to be in iodine study. The relationship between iodine and thyroid function will be explored in a new study. (HM150940) Harriet Binet p9 Entrepreneur making a splash. Tas teenager Sam Trethewey has invented a bath safety toy which he hopes to export. (HM150941) Anne Barbeliuk p29 Modify foods or face crisis, warns expert. A food expert has warned of a food crisis unless the world embraces genetically modified foods. (HM150942) MAJOR MEDIA RELEASES Australian A.C.C.C. cracks down on bogus health claims. The Competition and Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Consumer Commission discusses untrue and misleading beauty claims made by a Perth company. (HM150943) Federal Family and Support for international social policy meeting in Community Services Australia. Federal Family and Community Services Minister Jocelyn Minister Jocelyn Newman has announced an important Newman international social security initiative that will see Asian regional government heads meet on social policy issues next year. (HM150944) Australian Pharmaceutical industry support in Dili. The Pharmaceutical Australian Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Manufacturers Association has indicated their readiness to Association donate medicines to the aid effort in East Timor. (HM150945) Complementary Clinical studies on herbs launched during Healthcare Council of Complementary Healthcare Week. The Complementary Australia Healthcare Council of Australia has launched a new book called Herbs in Perspective which outlines the health conditions and dosages in relation to a number of herbs. (HM150946) Federal Immigration Ayers Report complete. Federal Immigration and and Multicultural Multicultural Affairs Minister Philip Ruddock has Affairs Minister announced that an independent inquiry into the Philip Ruddock case of a Chinese woman allegedly returned to China to have an abortion found the actions of the Department were lawful and that the treatment of the woman in Australia was humane. (HM150947) Federal Democrats Human rights subverted to foreign diplomacy for Immigration and deported pregnant woman. Federal Democrats Multicultural Affairs Immigration and Multicultural Affairs Spokesperson Spokesperson Andrew Andrew Bartlett has criticised the Ayers Report Bartlett for saying that the woman who was forcibly deported back to China when eight months pregnant was treated �humanely�. (HM150948) Federal Immigration Minister announces extension of safe haven care to and Multicultural East Timorese evacuees. Federal Immigration and Affairs Minister Multicultural Affairs Minister Philip Ruddock has Philip Ruddock announced the arrangements that will apply to East Timorese evacuees. (HM150949) ELECTRONIC MEDIA SUMMARY 14/9 1600 2CN Alternative therapy risk. Australian Medical Association president David Brand speaks about the Association�s calls for the ACCC to investigate the alternative health industry, after concerns there were serious health risks associated with some alternative products and practices. Brand also discusses reasons why people are turning to alternative practices. Intv: David Brand, AMA. (Dur: 07:30) (HM150950) 14/9 1300 2CC Medical research. Canberra Hospital surgical services director Donald McLelland speaks about health care research undertaken in Australia compared with the United States. McLelland discusses his lecture at Merici College in the wake of their setting-up of a mock ethics committee to consider the ethics of medical research. Intv: Donald McLelland, Canberra Hospital. (Dur: 08:00) (HM150951) 14/9 1430 4QR Natural therapies. Health expert Phil Vanderzeel discusses natural therapies and a report from a Sydney doctor of curing MS with alternative therapies. Vanderzeel mentions the selling of in- house products, Chinese medicines, what acupuncture does and natural therapies for Ross River Fever. (Dur: 13:50) (HM150952) OTHER PRINT ARTICLES 15/9 Australian Naltrexone in court p2 15/9 Australian Call to lift nursing cap p2 15/9 Australian Letter to the Editor p12 15/9 Sydney Morning Letter to the Editor p18 Herald 15/9 Sydney Morning Live it up pM4 Herald 15/9 The Age Why we support Kew closure pA18 15/9 The Age Backpage pB1 15/9 Canberra Times Drug list p6 15/9 Canberra Times Letter to the Editor p12 15/9 West Australian Letter to the Editor p15 15/9 Courier-Mail All in your head p16 15/9 Advertiser 1200 in cruise lawsuit against P&O p8 (Adelaide) 15/9 Daily Telegraph Doctors prescribe $250m injection p7 15/9 Daily Telegraph Letter to the Editor p12 HEALTHMonitor is produced by Sarah Hanley and Kim Biedrzychi Transcripts, clippings, video and audio tapes, further information. 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