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 Hospitals failing six out of nine benchmarks
| VICTORIAN hospitals met only three of nine key performance indicators in the six months to last December but Health Minister Daniel Andrews remains upbeat about the state's public health system. | S... (photo: AP Photo / Gurinder Osan) The Australian
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 I was stupid to do drugs: Corby
| MERCEDES Corby admitted she was "reckless in the extreme" by taking a half-tablet of ecstasy on the Gold Coast. | She even conceded it was "grossly irresponsible", given that she was 27 and a mother... (photo: U.S Custom NewsPhoto) The Australian
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 Bring in the Chinese
| WITH the Australian economy at or near full capacity utilisation, infrastructure constraints have emerged as a supposedly binding constraint on future growth. We have a... (photo: AP/Ng Han Guan) The Australian
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 India suffers epidemic of stunted kids-researchers
NEW DELHI - Malnutrition rates among Indian children are among the world's highest and cause stunted growth in about half of children under five years, researchers quotin... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar) San Diego
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 US poultry ban to be lifted?
| Brussels - Brussels will in May propose lifting an EU import ban on US poultry, adopted due to health fears over a chlorine washing process, European sources said on Tu... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal) Independent online
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 "It's this idea of having a smouldering infection in your mouth"
| "These are your gums. These are your gums on drugs." That may become the newest TV spot on dope's dangers with a new study linking regular marijuana use with a signific... (photo: Public Domain) Canada Dot Com
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 Texting may help teens remember meds
| WASHINGTON (AP) -- 4gt yr meds? Getting kids to remember their medicine may be a text message away. | Ohio doctors are experimenting with texting to tackle a big proble... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal) CNN
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 Mo. biologists to study snake movement, mortality
| PUXICO, Mo. -- | Snakes wouldn't be at the top of most people's favorite critter list. They're feared and misunderstood and often, killed. That's a shame, said Jason Le... (photo: Creative Commons) The State
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