Monday, October 24, 2016

Wildlife documentary star Rob Bredl 'in good spirits' days after crocodile attack and other top stories.

  • Wildlife documentary star Rob Bredl 'in good spirits' days after crocodile attack

    Wildlife documentary star Rob Bredl 'in good spirits' days after crocodile attack
    Wildlife documentary star Rob Bredl 'in good spirits' days after crocodile attack Posted September 24, 2016 16:01:20 The "Barefoot Bushman" Rob Bredl, who was attacked by a crocodile on his family's north Queensland wildlife farm this week, is recovering well and expected to be out of intensive care today, his family says.The 66-year-old wildlife documentary star was feeding the crocodile at Bredl's Wild Farm at Bloomsbury near Proserpine on Thursday when it lashed ou..
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  • Boyer Lectures: Sir Michael Marmot says wealth inequality threatens Australia's egalitarian dream

    Boyer Lectures: Sir Michael Marmot says wealth inequality threatens Australia's egalitarian dream
    Boyer Lectures: Sir Michael Marmot says wealth inequality threatens Australia's egalitarian dream Posted September 24, 2016 13:33:35 Closing the gap on health inequality would mean tackling the disproportionate distribution of global wealth, epidemiologist Sir Michael Marmot has argued in his latest Boyer Lecture.Sir Michael, the president of the World Medical Association, says Australia's claim to be an egalitarian country has always relied on ignoring the plight of ..
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  • A 'compact' city could help us ditch cars and live longer, says Melbourne Uni

    A 'compact' city could help us ditch cars and live longer, says Melbourne Uni
    Melbourne – the land of restaurant-laden laneways, coffee the envy of the world, AFL (enough said), and Australia's hippest hipsters.And yet it seems our beloved city could be making us sick. Melbourne was found to rely heavily on cars. Photo: Pat Scala Why? Cars. And lots of them. The Melbourne University research found increasing the number of parks in Melbourne could improve health.  Photo: Pat Scala New research from Melbourne University, published in medical journal The Lance..
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  • Dialogue around euthanasia changing: Denton

    Dialogue around euthanasia changing: Denton
    Dialogue around euthanasia changing: Denton
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  • Kissing kittens could give you diseases and kill you - new study suggests

    Kissing kittens could give you diseases and kill you - new study suggests
    Cuddling and kissing kittens could give their owners fatal bacterial diseases if people do not wash their hands properly after touching them, a new study has revealed. Cat scratch disease can cause fever, enlarged, tender lymph nodes, and a scab or ...
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  • Germany rules men have to use condoms when having sex with prostitutes

    Germany rules men have to use condoms when having sex with prostitutes
    Germany has passed a law making wearing a condom mandatory as part of a package designed to protect sex workers.GERMAN legislation designed to make life safer for sex workers, including making the use of a condom mandatory, has passed its final hurdle.Germany’s upper house of Parliament on Friday approved the law, which will come into force on July 1, 2017, said Manuela Schwesig, the minister for women and families.Legislation in 2002 that legalised prostitution gave sex workers social benefits ..
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  • Profits from unproven supplements 'a conflict for pharmacists'

    Profits from unproven supplements 'a conflict for pharmacists'
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  • Can horses talk? Of course, of course

    Can horses talk? Of course, of course
    For thousands of years, horses have obeyed our commands.It's why we rode them into battle, use them as farmhands, and - more recently - draw on them for therapy and rehabilitation programs.  A study conducted by Norwegian animal behaviour experts has found horses are able to convey their preferences to handlers by touching symbols with their noses. Photo: Jessica Shapiro But new research into human-equine communication confirms horses aren't just able to listen to us; they're able to tal..
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  • Hillary Clinton's Personal Health: What Was Going On With Her Eyes In Philadelphia?

    Hillary Clinton's Personal Health: What Was Going On With Her Eyes In Philadelphia?
    Hillary Clinton’s personal health as a worldwide hot topic and the speculation doesn’t look as if it’s going to cool off anytime soon. The Democratic presidential nominee had another peculiar episode, marked by bizarre eye movements, while giving a speech in Philadelphia on Monday. John R. Coppedge, an MD who works as a surgeon in Texas and is a contributor to the Washington publication the Hill, has a theory as to what might have been going on. “It appears that she has a problem with her left ..
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