The Federal government was hell bent on implementing the unpopular plan of cutting the Medicare rebate scheduled to take effect on Monday, January 19, 2015. It was really an ingenious plan of the Abbott-Hockey tandem to collect money through the backdoor after their failed attempt to carry out the $7 co-payment system.
Category: Medicine
Non-invasive glucose metering gadget
One of the worst health issues inflicting millions of people in Australia is diabetes, otherwise known as the silent killer.
Indian woman gives birth to baby with two heads
Following the report about an unusual announcement in 9News that a woman in Tregear New South Wales is expected to give birth to a baby with two faces and one skull, a woman in India gave birth on March 12 to an incredibly unique pair of conjoined twins.
Measles Fact Sheet
Measles is a serious disease that is easily spread through the air. Immunisation is effective in preventing the disease. All children and adults born during or after 1966 should be vaccinated with 2 doses of measles containing vaccine if not already immune.
Local doctor mends intestines of young Filipino girl by Kendra Nichols
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines —There was a celebration at the airport in General Santos City when doctors and nurses with the World Surgical Foundation (WSF)arrived.
Cancer is finally cured in Canada but Big Pharma has no interest
Cancer is finally cured in Canada but Big Pharma has no interest. The fact that the international drug & medical industry have no interest is because the cure is really cheaper than a chocolate bar and it won’t get them to gain any profits at all. Besides, if people had the cure so easily, how […]
40-Year-Old Fetus Found Inside Elderly Woman
A Colombian woman who went to a hospital in Bogota, complaining of stomach pains, got the surprise of her life when doctors saw an X-ray and discovered a 40-year-old calcified fetus — or lithopaedian — inside her 82-year-old body.
California Scientists Say Marijuana Compound Cures Cancer by Sarah Dee (theintelhub.com)
Will Oncologists or General Practitioners promote or prescribe Marijuana in Australia? — Hermanelli Torrevillas, MD The Huffington Post reports that two researchers in San Francisco, California have made the astonishing discovery that the compound called cannabidiol, or CBD, extracted from the marijuana plant, could help stop the spread of cancer.
What is Fibromyalgia Syndrome? by Hermanelli Torrevilas, MD
FMS (fibromyalgia syndrome) is a widespread musculoskeletal pain and fatigue disorder for which the cause is still unknown. Fibromyalgia means pain in the muscles, ligaments, and tendons — the soft fibrous tissues in the body. Most patients with FMS say that they ache all over. Their muscles may feel like they have been pulled or […]
Fil-Aussie Doctor Receives Alumni Award in Medical Research
Dr. Leonardo Santos, a Filipino-Australian doctor employed as Senior Staff Specialist, Department of Anatomical Pathology, Sydney South West Area Health Services was one of two awardees as MOST OUTSTANDING ALUMNI IN MEDICAL RESEARCH.
Stem cell treatment in the Philippines
Many Filipinos do not know that the Philippines has one of the most advanced stem cell therapy treatment technologies in the world.
Unlike death and taxes, cardiovascular disease can be avoided
If you take good care of yourself, you just might end up avoiding cardiovascular disease (CVD), the most common killer in this country.