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22 May 12 | MICHAEL Godfrey says he simply could not cope without the "remarkable" group of volunteers that help him out each week.
Mistaken views on mental illness
21 May 12 | Too many people mistake normal human emotion for mental illness, a Tasmanian psychiatrist says.   | CommentsComments (1)
Elective surgery gloom deepens
19 May 12 | Northern Tasmanian elective surgery patients' hopes of their day in a theatre slipped further away with the state budget, says Launceston General Hospital director of surgery Berni Einoder.   | CommentsComments (5)
Judge ordered vaccine for child
19 May 12 | BRISBANE - A judge who ordered an infected mother to vaccinate her newborn child against Hepatitis B has reignited debate about the rights of parents.
Hope found in drug to treat brain cancer
19 May 12 | MELBOURNE - A new drug could help prolong the life of people diagnosed with one of the most deadly forms of brain cancer, Australian researchers say.
Old films helping dementia sufferers
18 May 12 | 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.
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