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Former rider transfers passion to new sport

ABC - Health News - 49 min 32 sec ago
It is not uncommon for elite sports people to face adversity in their rise to the top, but few have displayed the determination of Tasmanian Katherine Reed.
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London launches bike hire scheme

ABC - Health News - 49 min 32 sec ago
The first large-scale bicycle hire scheme in Britain will get under way in London on Friday (local time).
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Equestrian champ fighting back from nightmare fall

ABC - Health News - 49 min 32 sec ago
Meg Wade is living every horse rider's nightmare.
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Maths solves sperm movement mystery

ABC - Health News - 49 min 32 sec ago
UK scientists may have unravelled one of the long-standing mysteries of human fertility: why sperm cells tend to behave like tiny, surface-seeking missiles.
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Calcium supplements linked to increased risk of heart attack

ABC - Health News - 49 min 32 sec ago
New research has cast doubt on whether people should take calcium supplements to ward off the degenerative bone disease osteoporosis.
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Incompetent care led to Dingle's death

ABC - Health News - 49 min 32 sec ago
The WA Coroner has been critical of a homeopath and a promiment Perth toxicologist over the death of a woman who used alternative treatments to treat her cancer.
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Flu jabs for under fives to continue

ABC - Health News - 49 min 32 sec ago
Commonwealth chief medical officer Jim Bishop says seasonal flu vaccinations for children under five can continue.
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Disabled students to get $20k under Coalition

ABC - Health News - 49 min 32 sec ago
Thousands of disabled students would be eligible for $20,000 to help with education costs under a Coalition government, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has announced.
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Mental health spending 'simply not enough'

ABC - Health News - 49 min 32 sec ago
Mental health expert and Australian of the Year Professor Patrick McGorry is leading calls for the Federal Government to commit more money to the country's mental health system.
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New drugs bring hope for arthritis sufferers

ABC - Health News - 49 min 32 sec ago
Sufferers of rheumatoid arthritis are about to get access to three more drug options.
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New study into Aboriginal health

ABC - Health News - 49 min 32 sec ago
Researchers in WA are trying to determine why most health and social services have failed to significantly improve the health and well being of Aboriginal people.
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Discussion paper critical of disability services

ABC - Health News - 49 min 32 sec ago
Social Inclusion Commissioner David Cappo has released a discussion paper critical of disability services in South Australia.
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Swine flu victim fights for life

ABC - Health News - 49 min 32 sec ago
A pregnant woman remains critically ill in a Hobart hospital after contracting swine flu.
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Mayors peddle healthy lifestyle

ABC - Health News - 49 min 32 sec ago
Two outback Queensland mayors and their chief executive officers will cycle 200 kilometres this weekend to promote a healthy lifestyle.
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Scientists regrow joints and bones

ABC - Health News - 49 min 32 sec ago
US researchers say they have developed a technique which could one day allow people with knee or hip problems to grow their own replacement joints.
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Salvos' bottleshop concerns

ABC - Health News - 1 hour 49 min ago
A peak national welfare group wants a crackdown on Tasmanian liquor licensing laws for bottleshops.
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France detains L'Oreal heiress' financial adviser

ABC - Breaking News - 2 hours 30 min ago
French police have detained the financial adviser of L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt for questioning in a probe that has embarrassed president Nicolas Sarkozy's government.
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Rudd plans wider post-surgery campaign

ABC - Breaking News - 3 hours 14 min ago
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has welcomed a statement from Kevin Rudd indicating he is willing to campaign nationally for Labor after he undergoes surgery and is released from hospital.
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Palestinian rocket hits Israeli city

ABC - Breaking News - 3 hours 22 min ago
A rocket fired by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip has struck the Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon, causing damage but no injuries.
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London launches bike hire scheme

ABC - Breaking News - 3 hours 34 min ago
The first large-scale bicycle hire scheme in Britain will get under way in London on Friday (local time).
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