Articles tagged ‘Health’.

Psychology Club launch this weekend – all welcome
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A new club for men and women over 18 is about to be established to expand the thinking and understanding of the mind and for all those with an interes...
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Happy Volunteer Week!
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Join with the Mount Alexander Volunteer Network on Tuesday 15 May for a delicious two-course meal at the Castlemaine Town Hall and receive a compleme...
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Mental health misses out
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The Government should be building on its commitment to mental health as there remains significant unmet need for essential services, especially in rur...
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Weekend read: better arthritis treatment
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Better arthritis treatment could be one step closer with research showing muscle inflammation outside joints as much to blame for discomfort and poor ...
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Dietary changes help some children with ADHD
Um ... would sugar be wise for kids with ADHD?
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have completed an extensive report reviewing the studies on the significance of diet for children and yo...
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The Wisdom of Prevention
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Long-term planning, upstream investment and early action prevent harm. We must get better at preventing harm – to people, planet and the economy. Th...
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Find out more during FloodSafe Week
FloodSafe Week will be held across Victoria from Monday 30 April to Sunday 6 May. During the week, the Victoria State Emergency Service (SES) is encou...
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‘America’s worst mom’ heading to Australia
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Lenore Skenazy, New York columnist and author of ‘Free-Range Kids: How to Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Children – without going nuts with worry’ is ...
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‘It will be the end’
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Is Fukushima’s Doomsday Machine About to Blow? By Mike Whitney April 19, 2012 “Information Clearing House” — Mounting troubles...
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We the guinea pigs
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By Christian Monahan, The Produce Garden You’re lying supine in the middle of the road, you have no idea how you even got there, you turn your head,...
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Growers and eaters conference in Bendigo
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Monday 23 April, 2012 Gravel Hill Salvation Army Complex 65-71 Mundy Street, Bendigo Bookings essential: $80/$60 concession trybooking.com/BEHC Contac...
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2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
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By Louis Pictures by Dylan Two weeks ago the 2012 UCI TRACK CYCLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS were held in Melbourne at the HISENSE ARENA. Castlemaine Rocky...
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‘A government that approves CSG operations where 15% of food is produced must be barking mad’
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The Victorian government wants more coal – the community wants farmland and clean water FoE is launching a new campaign today against new coal and C...
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Handheld plasma flashlight rids skin of bacteria instantly
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A group of Chinese and Australian scientists, including CSIRO, has developed a handheld, battery-powered plasma-producing device that can rid skin of ...
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Mean-minded? I don’t think so
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From a reader … I also choose to remove my donations from local groups who want to take gambling money. I have several relatives and friends wh...
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A coward is incapable of exhibiting love, it is the prerogative of the brave
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Several ironies in response to the above: (a) I read the comments whilst AT the Kyneton Aquatic Centre with my son because regrettably none of our pub...
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Computer helps Australians riding for gold
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A new computer is giving Australian cyclists the edge as they prepare to chase gold at the London Olympics. The small computer fitted beneath the bike...
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Disarming disease-causing bacteria
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New treatments that combat the growing problem of antibiotic resistance by disarming rather than killing bacteria may be on the horizon, according to ...
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Marijuana dreams go up in smoke
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By Ben Laycock Smoking pot is quite possibly the most popular illegal activity in the world, no doubt because governments throughout the world are alm...
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Opponents to wind turbines on shaky ground
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Over the past four years, claims have been made that large wind turbines cause a wide range of adverse health effects, including tinnitus, headaches a...
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Headset developed that moves objects with mind power
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Mexican student Leonardo Ojeda has developed a wireless headset that interprets the brain bioelectric activity to move objects. The device could be in...
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Bike hire gives Castlemaine a touch of Paris
Council has apparently been loaned a large steel structure from France, to be installed in Victory Park to go with the new cycling culture
The Castlemaine Visitor Information Centre is now offering bike hire for visitors and residents. Just like they do in Paris. A range of modern bikes, ...
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Message to Gonski: Nuclear weapons are a bad investment in Australia’s future
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The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) will stage a protest today at the Future Fund’s headquarters in Melbourne to call on th...
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25 ‘green’ books to read before you’re compost
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By Christian Monahan It’s a known fact that in the past I’ve used what money I had to buy books instead of food, not that I’m ashamed of, or glo...
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War criminal Dick Cheney gets new heart
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By Bobbot March 25, 2012 “Salon‘ — Dick got a heart transplant. At age 71. Did he shoot the donor himself or did he have someone els...
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Is our soil safe?
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Exposure to arsenic in soil and mine waste may have contributed to a slight increase in past cancer risk in socio-economically disadvantaged areas in ...
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Just when you thought satire was dead …
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By Andrew McKenna The Coalition has called on the Government to distribute Queen Elizabeth’s official portrait in her Diamond Jubilee year. Damn...
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Food bowl to dust bowl?
Despondent Riverland citrus growers are bulldozing their crops because juice orange prices are so low the fruit isn’t worth picking. Independent Sen...
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Greens welcome Labor and Coalition’s about-turn on nuclear subs motion
More shiny black US mega-death machines for Australia? No thanks.
Labor and the Coalition’s about-turn on their support for nuclear submarines is a welcome acknowledgment that they made a mistake yesterday in a...
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The dragon’s egg has landed
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A giant egg has landed in the front garden at Healing Well on Mostyn Street. It’s delighted the centre’s practitioners and intrigued passersby...
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Hundreds rally in Melbourne on Fukushima anniversary
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Five hundred protesters marched through Melbourne today to mark the first anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster and to demand an end to uraniu...
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Today, think about rural women living with violence
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Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Elizabeth Broderick, said that today, International Women’s Day, was a time to think about the right of all women t...
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Fair’s fare
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By Christian Monahan, The Produce Garden The other week I was extremely excited at the prospect of attending a cider making workshop at a local food a...
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