http://au.rd.yahoo.com/health/rss/headlines/*http://au.health.yahoo.com/categories/news/ Health News Headlines en-au Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. Sat, 17 May 2008 01:51:47 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/health/rss/headlines/*http://au.health.yahoo.com/080517/4/1qv5d.html A medical conference in Canberra has been told Australia needs to train a new type of health worker to ease the shortage of medical professionals. /080517/4/1qv5d.html Sat, 17 May 2008 01:33:00 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/health/rss/headlines/*http://au.health.yahoo.com/080517/4/1qv33.html A fire safety officer is investigating Brisbane's Palace backpackers hostel to see if the building meets safety requirements following a fire overnight. /080517/4/1qv33.html Sat, 17 May 2008 01:18:00 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/health/rss/headlines/*http://au.health.yahoo.com/080516/3/1quwr.html WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An experimental drug from Swiss drugmaker Novartis slowed the progression of kidney cancer in patients whose tumors returned after initial chemotherapy, researchers reported on Friday. /080516/3/1quwr.html Fri, 16 May 2008 22:15:44 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/health/rss/headlines/*http://au.health.yahoo.com/080516/3/1quu0.html WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health officials issued an alert on Friday about the risk of first-trimester miscarriages and birth defects from Novartis AG and Roche Holding AG transplant drugs. /080516/3/1quu0.html Fri, 16 May 2008 20:46:42 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/health/rss/headlines/*http://au.health.yahoo.com/080516/3/1quqp.html NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Anorexic women with a history of childhood anxiety may have particularly severe symptoms of the eating disorder, a study suggests. /080516/3/1quqp.html Fri, 16 May 2008 19:58:24 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/health/rss/headlines/*http://au.health.yahoo.com/080516/3/1quo0.html NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Just 5 percent of U.S. cancer survivors are meeting experts' recommendations on diet, physical activity and cigarette smoking, a new survey shows. /080516/3/1quo0.html Fri, 16 May 2008 19:04:33 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/health/rss/headlines/*http://au.health.yahoo.com/080516/3/1qugq.html OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada said on Friday it was scrapping a nuclear reactor project designed to produce medical radioisotopes, a move that means half the world's supply will be made by a 50-year-old reactor that was temporarily shut down for safety reasons last year. /080516/3/1qugq.html Fri, 16 May 2008 18:29:45 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/health/rss/headlines/*http://au.health.yahoo.com/080516/3/1quiy.html ROCKVILLE, Maryland (Reuters) - A free hotline for patients to report serious medical side effects should be mentioned in television commercials and also needs to be more widely promoted on pill bottles and pharmacy packaging, U.S. health experts said on Friday. /080516/3/1quiy.html Fri, 16 May 2008 16:54:14 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/health/rss/headlines/*http://au.health.yahoo.com/080516/3/1qugp.html WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health officials issued an alert on Friday about the risks of miscarriages and birth defects from Novartis AGand Roche Holding AG transplant drugs. /080516/3/1qugp.html Fri, 16 May 2008 16:53:27 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/health/rss/headlines/*http://au.health.yahoo.com/080516/3/1qugs.html NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Listening to half an hour of music each day may significantly lower your blood pressure, according to research reported at the American Society of Hypertension meeting in New Orleans this week. /080516/3/1qugs.html Fri, 16 May 2008 15:49:16 GMT