Addiction doctor slams cannabis trials on children as unsafe and other top stories.

• Addiction doctor slams cannabis trials on children as unsafe

  

  An addiction doctor has slammed the rush to legalise medical marijuana for sick children, warning there's no evidence it is safe for young brains."It shouldn't be used at all on children or adolescents," said Dr Philip Crowley, an addiction medicine specialist at the Royal Adelaide Hospital who will present his views at a medical conference on Friday. Addiction expert Dr Philip Crowley says "we know cannabis is toxic to the developing brain in kids".  Photo: AP "We now know cannabis is t..

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• Quintuplet mum's worry as baby rushed to hospital

  

  September 16, 201610:52amPerth couple Kim and Vaughn Tucci, who gave birth to quintuplets earlier this year. Picture: 60 Minutes/Channel 9A PERTH mother who gave birth to quintuplets in January says she is heartbroken after one of her five children was rushed to hospital this week.Kim Tucci, 26, and her husband Vaughn Tucci made international headlines earlier this year following the birth of their four daughters - Ali, Penelope, Tiffany and Beatrix - and one son, Keith.Mrs Tucci took to her pop..

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• HIV acrobat detained after visa cancelled

  

  Australian Associated PressAn HIV-positive circus acrobat who infected his girlfriend is being detained and faces deportation to his native Zimbabwe.Gold Coast performer Godfrey Zaburoni has had his visa cancelled and is being held in immigration detention, a spokesperson for Immigration Minister Peter Dutton confirmed.Zaburoni was originally sentenced to nine-and-a-half years jail in 2013 after becoming only the second person in Queensland to be convicted of intentionally infecting someone with..

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• Cairns Hospital district $80 million in the red, board members facing the sack

  

  Cairns Hospital district $80 million in the red, board members facing the sack Updated September 16, 2016 17:02:00 The Cairns Hospital board is facing the sack over what Queensland Health Minister Cameron Dick is describing as a rapidly deteriorating financial position. Mr Dick said he had written to board members of the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service, giving them four days to give reasons why they should not be removed from their position.An independ..

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• George Christensen says standardising Queensland's age of consent will let 50-year-old men prey on vulnerable teens

  

  Outspoken Liberal-National MP George Christensen has taken aim at Queensland's state Labor government for "legalising 50-year-old men being able to sleep with 16-year-old boys", after it became the last Australian jurisdiction to standardised the age of consent.The Queensland Parliament passed legislation on Thursday that lowered the age of consent for anal sex from 18 to 16, in line with vaginal sex, while also removing the term "sodomy" from its criminal code. More News Videos P..

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• SA chemo bungle 'disturbing and indefensible'

  

  SA chemo bungle 'disturbing and indefensible'

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• Sydney University study claims industry funding leads to bias in artificial sweetener research

  

  Industry funding into the safety of artificial sweeteners is nearly 17 times more likely to deliver a favourable result than independent research, a University of Sydney study says.Professor Lisa Bero from the Charles Perkins Centre analysed 31 studies from 1978 to 2014. She found that financial conflicts of interest introduce a bias at all levels of research. A Sydney University study has found financial conflicts introduce a bias at all levels of research into artificial sweeteners.  Fu..

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• Chopper resuces woman who fell down cliff after climbing safety barrier

  

  The RACQ CQ Rescue chopper has had a busy Friday.The chopper was on its way to Proserpine to transport a patient to Mackay Base Hospital when they were diverted to Whitehaven Beach to retrieve an injured tourist. The RACQ CQ Rescue chopper was called to rescue a tourist who fell down a cliff at the Whitsundays. Photo: RACQ CQ Rescue It is understood the 31-year-old Victorian woman had climbed over a safety barrier at a look out in order to take a photo of Whitehaven Beach when she lost h..

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• Women above 35 who give birth account for 40% of maternal deaths in Australia

  

  Of the Australian women who give birth, 23% are over 35 but these older mothers account for 40% of maternal deaths across the country, a study has revealed. Australia has the second highest rate of births to older women among 14 developed countries – behind only Spain, where 35% are above that age – and the highest rate of caesarean section births, a study in the Lancet says. Just over 32% of Australian women have a caesarean section, it says. The report noted that while hospitals were well s..

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