Welcome to the New Ice Age

Welcome to the new ice age
Joe Rihari, a drug rehabilitation counsellor at Drug Arm in Queensland, said methamphetamine was causing breakdowns in families and physical and mental deterioration in a growing number of young people. "One case I know of a husband started using …
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Hospitals braced for schoolies boozefest
In a bid to accurately gauge the health response, including staffing levels and bed vacancies, Queensland Health is using a new tool developed by Australian scientists to forecast exactly how many schoolies will need treatment. The Patient Admission …
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New CV Risk-Assessment Guidance Counts Stroke With CHD Risk
WASHINGTON, DC — Formal standards for cardiovascular risk assessment had been an integral but secondary part of the third Adult Treatment Panel report and its updates a decade ago, which focused on blood cholesterol management. The latest …
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