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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

Smart money on Patrick Dangerfield going 'home' to Geelong

The speculation has been stifling all season but that is nothing compared with what lies ahead. Peak Dangerfield will be achieved this weekend because Adelaide are hosting Geelong tomorrow. Yes, the Patrick Dangerfield cup will be a cliche by this time ... >> 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

Action needed on Qld doctor training: AMA

Queensland doctors are not being trained to a consistent standard, the state's peak medical body says. The Australian Medical Association Queensland wants the state government to set up a new statutory body to improve doctor training and development. >> view original

Doctors warn against dangers of skinny jeans

Attention wearers of skinny jeans: don't squat — at least not for long. Doctors in Australia report that a 35-year-old woman was hospitalized for four days after experiencing muscle damage, swelling, and nerve blockages in her legs after squatting for several ... >> view original

Inactivity affects muscular strength in young and older people - News

New research reveals that it only takes two weeks of not using their legs for young people to lose a third of their muscular strength, leaving them on par with a person who is 40-50 years their senior. The Center for Healthy Aging and the Department of ... >> view original

Secrets of pesky sheep fly unlocked

The days of one of the nation's most insidious and costly pests may be numbered, thanks to Melbourne scientists. Researchers from the University of Melbourne have decoded the Australian sheep blowfly's genome and hope this will help to battle the pest. >> view original

Bill Gates hopeful of AIDS vaccine in 10 years

Billionaire-philanthropist Bill Gates said the quest for an AIDS vaccine has taken longer than expected. — AFP picPARIS, June 27 — Billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates, who spends millions of dollars on AIDS drug development, said yesterday he hoped ... >> view original

The rise and rise of anorexia

Eating disorders are on the rise again among young girls, starving themselves in a tragic, tormented bid to achieve perfection. It's been dubbed “the silent epidemic”, a disease that disproportionately affects the cleverest and the most privileged, creeping ... >> view original