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Eurovision counted down in Albury

Albury City's Jules Boag says the City wanted to do something special this year to celebrate Australia being a wildcard entry in the European singing competition so they decided to broadcast the show at the Library Museum. Boag invited SBS Australia ... >> view original

Ashton Eaton helping to get Albury-Wodonga Lady Bandits on right track

ALBURY-Wodonga Lady Bandits playmaker Ashton Eaton is confident her inside knowledge of the Hobart Lady Chargers will prove to be particularly handy tomorrow night. After crossing from the Lady Chargers in the off-season, the Hobart native said she ... >> view original

Genetic Map of Prostate Cancer Could Lead to Better Treatments

A recent study indicates that for as many as 90 percent of men with advanced prostate cancer there are either already effective treatments or ones on the way. BSIP SA/Alamy. Filed Under: Tech & Science, Prostate Cancer, cancer, Cancer Treatment, genome, ... >> view original

Breast cancer survivors embrace decorative tattoos to reclaim their bodies

A growing number of breast cancer survivors are now sharing their stories about covering mastectomy scars or reconstructed breasts with decorative tattoos. Earlier this month, a Northern Territory tattoo parlour posted an image on social media of a client's ... >> view original

Suicide Rates Doubled Among African-American Children Ages 5 To 11 Since ...

Researchers have found that rates of suicide among African-American children, specifically boys, have doubled since 1993, surpassing for the first time the rates among white children which dropped over the same period. The study published in the journal ... >> view original

Flinders vortex device makes for better cancer treatments

by Marketing and Communications - Colin RastonA South Australian invention, responsible for unboiling an egg, has been used to produce a four-fold increase in efficacy of carboplatin, a commonly used drug for ovarian, lung and other cancer. The latest ... >> view original

The long-running war on drugs has failed: we need to legalise now

The war on drugs has filled our jails, enriched the worst among us, wasted police resources and blotted up millions of dollars that could have been far better spent. submit to reddit · Email article · Print · Reprints & permissions. 'Are we in the grip of an ice ... >> view original

P addict gouges out own eyeballs and eats them

A boy under the influence of methamphetamines gouged out his own eyeballs and ate them in a hospital's emergency department in Australia. The shocking incident, revealed by MP Karen McNamara, happened at John Hunter Hospital in the New South ... >> view original

Leaked government research suggests drop in ice use

WARNINGS of an "ice epidemic" by senior politicians and police may have been overstated, with federal government research suggesting use of the drug is well below peak levels. The Department of Health-commissioned research found "the use and the ... >> view original

Support grows for medical marijuana before Federal Parliament vote

EXCLUSIVE. "I have no problem with the medical use of cannabis just as I have no problem with the medical use of opiates": Tony Abbott. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen. More than two-thirds of Australians back the use of medicinal cannabis, according to a new ... >> view original