G20 Rudd's Chance To Show Leadership In Combating Poverty
                    
                    
                        



  
                        23rd September 2009 - 
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                                        Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and other world leaders should use this G20 meeting to take urgent action to protect poor countries from the economic crisis that is forcing 100 people a minute into poverty, international aid and development agency Oxfam said today.
                
                    
                        Health Reform Consultation For Gladstone
                    
                    
                        



  
                        23rd September 2009 - 
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                    The Minister for Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health, and Regional Services  Delivery, Warren Snowdon and Federal Member for Flynn, Chris Trevor, today visited the  Gladstone Hospital as part of consultation with health professionals and stakeholders on  recommendations of the National Health and Hospital Reform Commission. 
                
                    
                        Prostate Cancer Test Age Lowered To 40
                    
                    
                        



  
                        23rd September 2009 - 
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                                        The age at which men are recommended to first have a test to help identify prostate cancer has been reduced  from 50 to 40 years of age.
                
                    
                        Australian Scientists Discover A Major New Reservoir Of Hiv In The Brain
                    
                    
                        



  
                        23rd September 2009 - 
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                    The findings were the result of collaborative research led by the Burnet Institute’s Dr Melissa Churchill and  involving scientists from the Burnet Institute and Monash University in Melbourne, St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney  and John Hopkins University in Baltimore, USA.
                
                    
                        Us Patent Grant Extends Vivagel Coverage To 2024
                    
                    
                        



  
                        23rd September 2009 - 
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                                        Starpharma Holdings Limited (ASX:SPL, OTCQX:SPHRY) today announced that it has received notification  of the grant in the US of a key patent specifically relating to the use of SPL7013 to protect against sexually  transmitted infections (STIs).