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Samara one in 2500 with cystic fibrosis
26 May 12 | Samara Horrocks is a happy baby who's taking life as it comes. But most of her seven months of life have been wracked by the symptoms of cystic fibrosis.
Deadly infection from fish hook wound
26 May 12 | As a recreational fisherman with 45 years’ experience, Warren Pepper never suspected that dropping a line in the Hunter River could almost kill him.
Elderly too quick to pop pills: study
26 May 12 | Doctors are still prescribing unnecessary cholesterol and blood pressure drugs to older patients despite being warned against the practice, a study has found.   | CommentsComments (2)
'No plans' to close Medicare outlets
23 May 12 | The federal government has denied reports it will close Medicare branches at Kotara and Charlestown.
Knights back blood donation drive
23 May 12 | Footy fans baying for blood in tonight’s State of Origin clash are being called on to spill some drops of their own.
Hunter superbug outbreak
22 May 12 | Golden staph superbug infections in Hunter hospitals have jumped by almost a quarter this year and more people are contracting drug-resistant strains in the community.   | CommentsComments (7) | Skinner backs away from Hunter ... | Chronic patients with avoidable ...
Alcohol puts 10 a day into Hunter hospitals
21 May 12 | Hunter residents are drinking themselves into oblivion, with a huge surge in the number of people admitted to hospital each year for alcohol-related injury or sickness.   | CommentsComments (29) | Men get the message; women ...
Men get the message; women still risky drinkers
21 May 12 | Hunter men appear to be getting the message and are changing their risky drinking habits, but there has been no significant change in women’s behaviour.   | CommentsComments (6) | Alcohol puts 10 a day into ...
Call for cancer funds in state budget
19 May 12 | A cancer specialist wants Health Minister Jillian Skinner to keep her promise on funding for Hunter cancer services, when the state budget rolls around in June.   | CommentsComments (8)
Health professionals pleased with budget
09 May 12 | Hunter health experts are glowing with good news about what they say is real and new investment in the sector.  | CommentsComments (1) | Budget analysis: Ross Gittins | Budget aims to spread benefits ...
Hospital food woes in the Hunter
09 May 12 | Hunter New England Health’s food service provider was issued with five improvement notices by the NSW Food Authority last financial year.
Port Stephens superclinic a step closer
07 May 12 | A final decision on Raymond Terrace’s $10.6 million Health One/GP Superclinic is due this week, potentially bringing dialysis closer to Port Stephens patients.   | CommentsComments (3)
Bedside crooks stealing from hospital patients
07 May 12 | Heartless thieves are posing as relatives and friends to rob hospital patients when they are at their most vulnerable.   | CommentsComments (17)
Bug in food can place bub at risk
07 May 12 | There is a lot of confusing information available to pregnant women about what is and isn’t safe to eat when they are expecting.
The Glen rehab loses $100,000 funding
07 May 12 | An award-winning Hunter drug and alcohol treatment service has lost $100,000 in federal government funding.  | CommentsComments (3)
eHealth centre opened in Newcastle
05 May 12 | A new shop in the Hunter Street mall, Newcastle, will help in the roll-out of the national eHealth system.
Meningococcal case suspected
03 May 12 | A woman has been admitted to a mid-north coast hospital with suspected meningococcal disease.
Schoolgirl aims to raise awareness of Lupus
02 May 12 | Donna Matuszynski wants the world - or at least the Hunter - to know more about the auto-immune disease Lupus.  | CommentsComments (2)
Third Morisset patient missing in four months
30 Apr 12 | Absentee mental health patient Anthony McEntyre is the third Morisset psychiatric hospital patient to go missing in four months.

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