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Townsville man arrested with knife outside police station

A Townsville man has been charged after allegedly being found with a knife outside a police station. The 21-year-old was spotted by an off-duty police officer just after 3pm on Friday, with a police spokesman saying the man appeared "agitated" while ... >> view original

Bronze for Outrigger club in Townsville

PADDLING: Outrigger Whitsunday has returned from Townsville with a third for their overall performance as well as a host of individual achievements. The club contested the Magnetic Island Regatta at the start of the month, the third in a six-race grand ... >> view original

Obesity Set To Become Main Cause Of Cancer

One in five cancer deaths is caused by obesity, which could eventually replace smoking as the leading cause of the disease, doctors say. The warning was made at the world's biggest conference on cancer, where it was revealed that obesity is killing tens of ... >> view original

ANU to go smoke free

Students and employees on the Australian National University will quickly have to go away campuses for a cigarette break. The college introduced on World No Tobacco Day, it was going smoke-free from July 20 at its Canberra campus, Mt Stromlo ... >> view original

RPCI-led research team to share clinical results of entolimod drug at ASCO 2015 - News

A collaborative team of researchers led by Alex A. Adjei, MD, PhD, FACP, of Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) will share results from the first clinical study of the anticancer effects of the novel agent entolimod at the American Society of Clinical Oncology ... >> view original

Adult industry lobby group Eros Association, Australian Sex Party want tobacco ...

The lobby group representing adult retailers and the Australian Sex Party want the sale of tobacco to be restricted to adult-only premises, prompting cautious support from the Cancer Council Australia. The industry association for adult retailers wants the sale ... >> view original

Brisbane hospital turns to Supreme Court in bid to give Jehovah's Witness boy ...

A Brisbane hospital have approached the Supreme Court to get permission to give a young boy a blood transfusion after his parents refused the procedure for religious reasons. (AAP). 9NEWS. A Jehovah's Witness couple have become embroiled in a ... >> view original

Some Australian koalas euthanized over starvation fears

Jimbelung, a two-year-old koala, is seen in Brisbane in 2014. Australian officials euthanized a group of sickly koalas this week following a health assessment of an”overabundant” koala colony. Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters. One of Australia's national ... >> view original

Your body: A primal eating machine

Last week, I touched on primal eating and the differences between primal and paleo. This week, let's take a deeper dive on a few key points to eating primal. There are a number of factors that determine how healthy you are. The big one is your nutrition and ... >> view original

Picking carbs over calories

If you've been passing on pasta in a bid to stay healthy and live longer, the study's finding could be good news. For a long life, we know that kilojoule restriction is the single most effective dietary change you can make. Now, a "game-changing" new study has ... >> view original