Cancer patients wait 50 days for treatment | Sydney Morning Herald | 14.10.10 Cancer patients are waiting up to four times longer for radiation therapy than clinically recommended, new state government figures reveal. Waiting times are as high as 50 days at Coffs Harbour and 22 days at Westmead Hospital, well above the internationally accepted benchmark of 14…
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For teenagers, plain packets take gloss off cigarettes | Sydney Morning Herald | 8.10.10 Plain packaging makes cigarettes much less appealing to teenagers, research shows. When 14- and 15-year-olds were shown cigarettes with plain packaging they became more aware of the graphic health warnings on the packets and had higher overall perceptions of the harm…
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