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Townsville soldiers who found missing boys shocked young pair covered so ...

Soldiers who found two young boys in hilly and "treacherous" bushland in north Queensland say they are shocked the children were able to venture so far from home. Nicholas Baxter, 6, and Timmy Jack Carter, 5, disappeared while playing near their homes ... >> view original

Townsville 'ice' talks to get underway ahead of federal taskforce visit

A local taskforce set up to discuss the growing use of the drug 'ice' will meet today in Townsville, in north Queensland, ahead of a federal taskforce visit this month. The gathering will hear from a community-run group called 'the Ice Meltdown Project ... >> view original

Man crushed to death at Townsville metal fabricator

A workplace health and safety investigation is under way after the man died on site at Sun Metals, about 13 kilometres south of Townsville. He had been crushed under a hydraulic arm. The investigation will now seek to determine what caused the ... >> view original

New lead levels health recommendation

The verdict's in: we must better protect kids from toxic lead exposureThe Conversation AU >> view original

WA medical school boosts La Trobe University hopes for Murray-Darling facility ...

University leaders are confident the opening of a medical school in Western Australia will strengthen the case for a similar set-up in the Murray-Darling region. The Federal Government is spending $20 million on the WA project to help increase numbers of ... >> view original

Boehringer Ingelheim acquires Pharmaxis' phase 1 anti-inflammatory drug ...

Boehringer Ingelheim and pharmaceutical company Pharmaxis (ASX: PXS) announce that Boehringer Ingelheim has exercised its option and acquired the investigational drug PXS4728A, to develop it for the treatment of the liver-related condition NASH and ... >> view original

$19b 'handout' for pharmacy medicines

THE federal Government has pledged $19 billion to pharmacies to dispense taxpayer-subsidised medicines for the next five years. Health Minister Sussan Ley says the in-principle sixth community pharmacy agreement will double investment in new and ... >> view original

The food pyramid has changed

THE iconic Healthy Eating Pyramid has had its first makeover in nearly two decades, with sugar and junk food completely banned, and replaced with “healthy fats” and niche food items such as tofu and quinoa. Nutrition Australia's new pyramid will no longer ... >> view original

Extra funding allocated to combat growing ice drug addiction in Canberra

An $800,000 funding boost to combat the rise of ice addiction and drug use in Canberra has been announced. The ACT Government said recent research found treatment for the use of crystal methamphetamine, or ice, had more than doubled in the territory ... >> view original

Home-brewed heroin? Scientists create yeast that can make sugar into opiates

A new paper in Nature Chemical Biology suggests that yeast can be modified to produce opiates from sugar - albeit not without a whole lot of biology expertise - meaning that dangerous drugs could be made at home the same way hobbyists create beer. >> view original