Bad batch of GHB sees eight overdose and other top stories.

• Bad batch of GHB sees eight overdose

  

  Three tradies have shocker drug reaction1:30After knocking off for the day, these 3 tradesmen went to the pub and took some liquid fantasy. What happened next was shocking. Courtesy: Network Ten GHB is a popular and dangerous party drug taken in liquid form.A DOCTOR has issued a warning about party drug GHB after a “bad batch” saw at least eight hospitalised in Sydney this weekend, with one person dying.The first patient, a young woman, was admitted to St Vincent’s in Darlinghurst on Friday aft..

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• Cholesterol drug tackles prostate cancer

  

  Cholesterol drug tackles prostate cancerAn experimental drug designed to lower cholesterol may turn out to be an effective weapon against prostate cancer, research has shown.Tumour cells need cholesterol to construct their cell membranes. By cutting their cholesterol production, the new molecule, known as RO 48-8071, causes the cells to fall apart and die.It could also have the added benefit of preventing prostate cancer developing resistance to hormone therapies.Professor Salman Hyder, from the..

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• Medicinal cannabis: Growing Australia's next big export

  

  KIM LANDERS: The cultivation of medicinal cannabis could soon become a vibrant new sector in Australian agriculture.Although the Federal Government is still developing a legal framework to allow its cultivation and supply, a farm in north-west New South Wales is a possible site for Australia's first cannabis crop.Lisa Herbert reports.LISA HERBERT: Nestled in the Peel Valley near Tamworth, Dan Eden is 47 hectares of fertile river-front country. And it's here that Australia's first medicinal ca..

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• How To Lose Weight And Keep It Lost For Good

  

  So you’ve lost the weight and are extremely chuffed. Your life goes back to normal, people can once again approach you without fear of disembowelment, the sun seems brighter, birds twitter happily, and life is just peachy. It’s been a long [insert time period here] of exercise and self denial, but it was worth it. You’ve reached your target weight and all your clothes fit perfectly. A week or two later you weigh yourself only to find that the laboriously shed pounds seem to be sneaking up like ..

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• Veterans assemble dog run at PTSD clinic

  

  BATAVIA — Tearing down brush and hammering in posts, veterans created a respite for those with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and their service dogs.With a 20-foot by 75-foot chain-link dog run installed Saturday, a service dog at the Jack H. Wisby Jr. PTSD Treatment Building has a safe place to go “off-vest,” and more veterans will have an easier time incorporating an animal in their recovery at this safe place.“The dogs can relax, but this improves the quality of life for veterans,” ..

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• Parkinson's sufferers try to hide symptoms

  

  Parkinson's sufferers try to hide symptoms

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