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Old films helping dementia sufferers
4:00 AM | LONDON - Archive films are being used to help people with dementia and other memory disorders in a new project in Britain.
Indigenous parliament fits the bill
17 May 12 | EMARRA Gower, Marly Clark and Alice Wise will make up half of the Tasmanian team to take part in the first National Youth Indigenous Parliament in Canberra next week.
Funds raised for LGH specialty equipment
17 May 12 | Service clubs have joined forces to provide Northern lymphoedema patients with access to specialised treatment equipment not usually found in the state.
ANF seeks federal action on health cuts
16 May 12 | Nurses from around Australia have called on the federal government to take immediate action to address the plight of Tasmanians suffering from health budget cuts.
Warning over diabetes
15 May 12 | SYDNEY - The head of Diabetes Australia has accused the federal government of putting a budget surplus above the health of 1.7 million Australians with diabetes.
Attitude to diabetes shocks mum
14 May 12 | Three-year-old Ella Grace's future has been turned upside down after she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.  | CommentsComments (4)
Stigma and denial creates more issues
14 May 12 | WHEN Christie Gower was at primary school, she thought that she had germs instead of diabetes. ``I got picked on because I was different,'' she said.
Tough fight to reduce diabetes
14 May 12 | Tasmania has nearly 26,000 people diagnosed as diabetes sufferers and the number with type 2 diabetes is growing at an alarming rates.
Swan highlights job stats
14 May 12 | CANBERRA - Treasurer Wayne Swan says a drop in the national jobless rate and returning the budget to surplus underlies the overall economic strengths in the domestic economy.
Faith in God a matter of black and white
14 May 12 | HANSON is back. As a child of the '90s, I remember well the hype that surrounded the rising star of these three pre-pubescent boys.   | CommentsComments (1)
Eat your way to a longer life
14 May 12 | DRINKING red wine, nibbling nuts and having a lovely long sleep may not seem like the ideal recipe for weight loss.
Claim police sent to assess sick
13 May 12 | THE Health and Community Services Union says it is not surprised at claims that police are responding to ambulance emergency calls.
Lead contamination fears at Whitemark
12 May 12 | RESIDENTS of Whitemark on Flinders Island have been advised not to drink or cook with their tap water because of lead contamination.
14,000 sink teeth into dentistry funding
10 May 12 | The $515 million federal budget dentistry package will assist more than 14,000 Tasmanians on public dental waiting lists.  | CommentsComments (1)
$2 million boost for hospital services
10 May 12 | Tasmania will get more than $2 million federal funding in the next two years to increase public hospital services.
09 May 12 | Northern Tasmanian campaigners for a dedicated Launceston hospice have not given up.   | CommentsComments (1)
Fast food targeted in heart strategy
09 May 12 | Fast food and soft drinks need the same type of heavy taxes that forced tobacco prices to soar as a strategy to cut the incidence of heart disease, says Tasmanian Heart Foundation chief Graeme Lynch.   | CommentsComments (3)
Hospital ready for winter rush
06 May 12 | Launceston General Hospital chief executive John Kirwan and his clinical services team have planned for the worst case winter scenario - an influenza pandemic.
Forums to provide organ donor advice
05 May 12 | NORTH-EAST Tasmania and West Tamar residents will talk organ and tissue donation in a series of community forums starting on Monday.
73 per cent of emergency dental work is same day
05 May 12 | LAUNCESTON public dental service centre sees at least 73 per cent of people categorised as emergency on the day they seek help, says Health and Human Services oral health manager Emma Bridge.  | CommentsComments (2)
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