Productivity Commission Proves Private Hospitals Are More Efficient
                    
                    
                        



  
                        10th December 2009 - 
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                    The report states: “On average, the private hospitals in this study reported lower risk adjusted mortality rates than  public and public contract hospitals”.
                
                    
                        Poor Management Of Workplace Cancer Claims Exacerbates Employee Anxiety
                    
                    
                        



  
                        10th December 2009 - 
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                                        Concerns about cancer clusters in the workplace could be resolved more expeditiously, reducing fear and anxiety among employees, a forum on cancer in the workplace was told today.
                
                    
                        New Aihw Report: Australia's Mothers And Babies 2007
                    
                    
                        



  
                        10th December 2009 - 
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                    The rate of women undergoing caesarean section has stabilised for the first time in more than  ten years according to a report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and  Welfare (AIHW). 
                
                    
                        Vaccine To Treat Gum Disease On The Way
                    
                    
                        



  
                        10th December 2009 - 
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                    CSL Limited, Australia’s leading biopharmaceutical company, has today  announced that a vaccine to treat severe gum disease is being developed in a  new collaboration with Sanofi Pasteur, the world’s leading global manufacturer of  vaccines. 
                
                    
                        Save Act's Hospice And Our Health System
                    
                    
                        



  
                        10th December 2009 - 
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                    "ACT citizens should ignore these unsubstantiated allegations and look at the facts. The ACT is a  small jurisdiction with a population base half the size of an area health service in NSW or an area  network in Victoria," Ms Prue Power, AHHA Executive Director, said today.