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Think you can't get pregnant? Try again, study says
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:25:13 +0100 | Reuters: Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Almost half of women who said they'd been struggling to get pregnant for at least a year ended up having a baby despite not getting fertility treatment, in a new study from Australia. (Source: Reuters: Health)

Incidence of visual impairment and blindness in indigenous Australians within central Australia: the Central Australian Ocular Health Study
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100 | Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Conclusions:  This study has demonstrated rates of incident bilateral blindness and visual impairment among the indigenous Australian population within central Australia which are substantially higher than those from the non‐indigenous population. Services need to address the underlying causes of this incident vision loss to reduce visual morbidity in indigenous Australians living in central Australia.© 2012 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2012 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (Source: Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology)

Commercial E-Prescribing Cuts Medication Errors in HospitalsCommercial E-Prescribing Cuts Medication Errors in Hospitals
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:57:49 +0100 | Medscape Today Headlines
The introduction of e-prescribing systems at 2 hospitals in Australia was associated with a statistically significant reduction in prescribing errors, including serious errors. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)

Australian suggests changing diet to reduce anxiety
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:51:38 +0100 | ANXIETY UK News
A study conducted by Dr Felice Jacka in Australia has shown that what we eat can have a profound effect on our mental health in the long term, reducing the risk of depression and anxiety. Dr Jacka interviewed more than 1,000 women regarding their diets and mental health. This is the first study to be [...] (Source: ANXIETY UK News)

Heart failure 'can make patient's forget when to take their medication'
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:23:34 +0100 | the Mail online | Health
A study from the University of Western Australia found people suffering from the condition experienced changes in parts of their brain responsible for higher mental processing and decision making. (Source: the Mail online | Health)

Australia culls ducks in bid to stop bird flu outbreak
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:47:58 +0100 | Reuters: Health
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia on Wednesday was in the process of killing 24,000 ducks in the hope of stemming an outbreak of bird flu that led to a ban on Australian exports of poultry products to Japan, along with some restrictions by some other Asian countries. (Source: Reuters: Health)

The Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100 | Heart, Lung and Circulation
(Source: Heart, Lung and Circulation)

Web-Based Recruiting for Health Research Using a Social Networking Site: An Exploratory Study
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100 | Journal of Medical Internet Research
Conclusions: Results demonstrate the potential of using modern information and communication technologies to engage young women in health research and penetrate into nonurban communities. The success of this method has implications for future medical and population research in this and other demographics. (Source: Journal of Medical Internet Research)

No evidence milk boosts brain power
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:15:00 +0100 | NHS News Feed
Conclusion Contrary to the headlines, this study does not show that dairy food consumption has benefits for mental functioning. All it can do is provide a “snapshot” of a group of people’s dairy consumption and their mental functioning at one point in time. Some limitations are that: It relied on people self-reporting their dairy intake, which introduces the possibility of error. It is possible that many other factors (known as confounders) might have affected the results, including exercise habits, alcohol and stress levels, although researchers tried to adjust their findings for some of these. As the authors acknowledge, the dietary questionnaire did not specify size of portions or servings, which undermines the accuracy of estimated intakes. Dairy products contain many ...