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Geelong considers $1.2ma season offer to Patrick Dangerfield

Senior Cats players have demanded the club's bid for Dangerfield must fit in its “premiership” pay scale, which could not put the superstar Crow's salary above Geelong's senior leaders. Dangerfield's worth at Geelong is believed to be about $800,000 a ... >> view original

Geelong Cats Rhys Stanley out for the season after foot surgery

One of the best games of Rhys Stanley's career will also be the last one he plays this year. The Geelong ruckman will have surgery on a foot he injured in the win over Port Adelaide in Adelaide in round 11 and will miss the rest of this season. Teaming ... >> view original

Factory trawler Geelong Star operators Seafish Tasmania in workshop on how to ...

The operators of the controversial fishing trawler Geelong Star are having their practices scrutinised in an effort to prevent more dolphin deaths in Australian waters. Seafish Tasmania, which operates the Geelong Star, will today take part in a two ... >> view original

Perth Zoo health checks elderly python

PERTH Zoo is concerned about the health of its elderly reticulated python Cuddles, who has lost weight and body condition. WITH a length of five metres and weighing 46kg, Cuddles needed to be doubled up to fit into a CT scanner at Murdoch University, ... >> view original

Dream holiday ends in nightmare as young tourist contracts rare kidney infection

A young woman's dream holiday ended in a nightmare when she contracted a rare kidney infection in Egypt. Nicola Collings went from staying in a luxury resort in Sharm el Sheikh to fighting for her life in hospital hours after returning to the UK when she fell ... >> view original

Virus Mutation Explains Poor Performance of Last Season's Flu Shot: Study

Now, researchers think they know why: a mutation that enabled some flu viruses to beat the vaccine. They found that mutations in a specific region of H3N2 viruses significantly decrease the effectiveness of these antibodies. That means the protection ... >> view original

The real reason you wait for life saving medicine

EVERY week a drug company delays seeking approval for a new cancer medicine up to 156 patients will die, and Australian patients are waiting up to five months longer than the US and Europe. A government report has blamed drug companies for delaying ... >> view original

Genome mapping could find a way to finally give blowflies the flick

Don't let its beautiful name and shimmering green body fool you. The Australian sheep blowfly Lucilia cuprina is a nasty parasite. But in mapping its genome, scientists hope to have gained the upper hand against one of the country's most insidious pests. >> view original

'Smart Insulin Patch' Holds Promise for T1DM

A microneedle-array patch ("smart insulin patch") containing glucose-responsive vesicles, which are loaded with insulin and sensitive to hypoxia, can regulate blood glucose in a mouse model of type 1 diabetes. The findings were published online June 22 in ... >> view original

Wet wipes spark severe allergic reactions, prompt health warning in South ...

A health warning has been issued over the use of wet wipes following a spike in allergic reactions to some products. The South Australian Government said national figures showed 15 per cent of people tested this year had reacted to the preservative ... >> view original