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Health risks for India's flood victims
11:01:06, 5 September 2008, Radio Australia News
In India, flood victims in relief camps are facing grim conditions with food running out and only dirty drinking water available.
Singapore tycoon jailed for organ trading
15:30:49, 4 September 2008, Radio Australia News
Singapore retail tycoon Tang Wee Sung has been jailed for two hours and fined $US11,000 for lying to get approval for a kidney transplant and for organ trading.
Fiji dengue fever cases up
15:58:12, 3 September 2008, Radio Australia News
There's been a marked increase in cases of dengue fever in Fiji.
East Timor president heads to Cuba
04:32:21, 3 September 2008, Radio Australia News
East Timor's President has boarded a plane to Cuba for a medical check up.
Indonesian care-givers arrive in Japan
11:40:07, 1 September 2008, Radio Australia News
More Indonesians have arrived in Japan as care-giver recruits following the first batch of 205 earlier this month.
Dalai Lama to leave Indian hospital
09:29:25, 1 September 2008, Radio Australia News
The Dalai Lama is to leave a Mumbai hospital on Monday, four days after he was admitted with 'abdominal discomfort'.
Virus link to flying foxes
07:56:09, 1 September 2008, Radio Australia News
Australian researchers say the loss of habitat may be forcing flying foxes to react by becoming deadly viral time bombs.
Dalai Lama in stable condition: Doctors
23:17:42, 29 August 2008, Radio Australia News
In India, doctors looking after the Dalai Lama in hospital say they see no cause for concern.
Doctors group says Australian Indigenous intervention caused harm
18:17:59, 29 August 2008, Radio Australia News
The Australian Indigenous Doctors Association says the federal intervention in the Northern Territory has caused an immediate and lasting harm to indigenous people.
Fiji to vaccinate girls against cervical cancer
15:39:09, 27 August 2008, Radio Australia News
In Fiji, all girls aged between nine and 12 years of age, will be vaccinated in an attempt to reduce the threat of cervical cancer.
Australian state considers junk food advertisement ban
17:49:08, 26 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Junk food ads on television could be banned during children's viewing times in Australia's northeastern state of Queensland.
Australian researchers predict mosquito diseases
17:49:07, 26 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Researchers from Australia's Northern Territory can now predict how many people will contract Ross River Fever around Darwin, one month before they're actually infected.
Doctors fight to save Laos jungle survivor
11:05:07, 26 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Doctors in Thailand are fighting to save the life of an Australian man who spent 11 days lost in a Laos jungle.
Indonesia's 'Tree Man' returns home following surgery
11:05:07, 26 August 2008, Radio Australia News
An Indonesian villager dubbed 'Tree Man' for extensive bark-like warts on his body has returned home after surgeons removed six kilograms of them.
18a/drw/gsololol
18:58:32, 25 August 2008, Radio Australia News
An expert in Aboriginal health says people living in remote communities are forced to eat a lot of flour and sugar because they can not afford to buy healthy food.
Palau dengue reaching epidemic, says public health director
08:54:05, 25 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Palau's public health director says dengue fever has reached epidemic levels, and a reduced budget may make it difficult to combat the debilitating and potentially deadly disease.
18a/drw/gsol
18:07:44, 25 August 2008, Radio Australia News
An expert in Aboriginal health says people living in remote communities are forced to eat a lot of flour and sugar because they can not afford to buy healthy food.
Breakthrough promise for Australian heart surgery
17:40:15, 22 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Australian doctors have described a new non-surgical heart procedure as a great leap forward in coronary care.
Review into virus outbreak in northeast Australia
08:19:05, 22 August 2008, Radio Australia News
The state government of Queensland has announced an independent review of the primary industry department's handling of the latest Hendra virus outbreak.
Cook Islands rejects HIV isolation proposal
19:41:17, 21 August 2008, Radio Australia News
A proposal by Niue's Secretary of Health to isolate people living with HIV/AIDS, similar to Fiji's lepers who are held on the island of Makogai has attracted criticism.
Call for Australia to be health travel destination
17:45:53, 21 August 2008, Radio Australia News
A tourism lobby group says Australia should build a health travel sector in the same way it has developed education tourism.
Investigation after 49 infants die in Indian medical trials
09:45:18, 21 August 2008, Radio Australia News
India's top medical facility will investigate the deaths of 49 babies during clinical trials.
WHO issues dengue warning for Fiji
15:57:10, 15 August 2008, Radio Australia News
The World Health Organisation has issued a dengue fever warning for Fiji, following a recent outbreak in neighbouring Pacific Island countries.
PNG authorities warn against fake condoms
16:27:21, 11 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Papua New Guinea authorities are trying to find those responsible for bringing counterfeit condoms into PNG.
Tonga win international health award
10:08:19, 11 August 2008, Radio Australia News
Tonga has received an international award for a health initative to prevent heart disease.
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