A man accused of pretending to be a nurse in two states is due to appear in a Queensland court on Wednesday after he was found wandering in the Northern Territory outback. Nicholas William Crawford, 30, faces 115 police charges ...
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Spotlight on pregnancy in diabetes in NT
Pregnant women in the Northern Territory were the focus of a presentation at a conference held by the Australian Diabetes Society and the Australian Diabetes Educators Association. The presentation, delivered by Dr I-Lynn Lee, a PhD candidate with Menzies School ...
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China, Australia share diabetes data
Some anti-diabetes drugs appear to work better in Asians than in white patients, which could help in the treatment of Chinese-Australians. A group of 200 people from the Chinese Diabetes Organisation attended the annual scientific meeting in Adelaide of the ...
More »Alleged fake nurse extradited to Qld from NT outback
A man accused of pretending to be a nurse in two states will be flown to Queensland after he was found wandering in the Northern Territory outback. Nicholas William Crawford faces more than 110 charges in Queensland after he allegedly ...
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Women face greater risk of death after heart attack treatment
Women are more likely to die after heart attack treatment than men, new research has found. Experts said this could be because women tend to be older when they suffer heart attacks, and are also more likely to be diabetic. ...
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Nurse-to-patient ratios in Victoria's public hospitals will be enshrined in state law. The legislation, to be introduced to parliament this week, will also cover midwives, and mirror the ratios included in a current Public Sector Enterprise Agreement. Private hospitals and ...
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