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14 Nov 09

LE Magazine, April 2001 - Report: Lactoferrin Update

  • Mothers’ milk, on the other hand, will contain up to 15% lactoferrin.
  • there are specific receptors for lactoferrin found on many key immune cells, such as lymphocytes, monocytes and macrophages, and is known to be directly involved in the upregulation of natural killer (NK) cell activity.
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Whey

  • whey
    offers “considerable protection to the host” over that of other types of
    protein, including soy, especially during chemotherapy and radiation.
  • whey
    offers “considerable protection to the host” over that of other types of
    protein, including soy, especially during chemotherapy and radiation
26 Jul 09

Rudd rejects buy Australia push | Herald Sun

  • PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has guaranteed a showdown with trade union delegates at this week's national Labor conference by emphatically rejecting their push for a Buy Australia procurement policy.
  • Mr Rudd warned such a measure could damage national wealth by risking Australia's access to export markets.
22 Jul 09

Swan, unions at odds over Buy Australia push - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  • Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan says he does not agree that Australian companies should be given preferential treatment when tendering for government contracts.


    Unions say a Buy Australia campaign is needed to help local companies hit by the global recession.


    They are set to raise the issue at next week's ALP national conference.


    But Mr Swan says a Buy Australia campaign would be counterproductive.

16 Jul 09

Study the first step for medical centre - Local News - News - General - The Border Mail

  • Les Bolitho is pleased his plan for a training centre in Wangaratta will be subject to a feasibility study. Picture: KYLIE GOLDSMITH
  • A PLAN to build a regional centre at Wangaratta to train medical graduates and retain health expertise in the North East and Riverina has been given a boost with the Victorian Government agreeing to fund a feasibility study.

Govt warns against swine flu parties

  • The federal government has warned against people attending swine flu parties to catch the virus and develop immunity before it can mutate into a more severe form.

  • Ms Roxon said a healthy debate was underway about when authorities in Australia should allow swine flu to run its course.


    She said there would be less concern about allowing that to happen once experts had more confidence it was always going to be a mild illness.


    But she warned: "I just don't think we are at that point yet."

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31 May 09

Call to close schools - Weekly Times Now

  • VICTORIA should immediately close every school for a week to slow the progress of the virus, a federal government influenza adviser has warned.
  • "We're at the stage now in Victoria where a blanket closure of all schools and pre-schools should be on the agenda and a decision needs to be made quickly," Professor MacIntyre told The Weekend Australian.

Virus spreads to country Victoria

  • HEALTH authorities have defended their decision not to move to the next phase in combating the spread of swine flu as the virus yesterday hit rural Victoria for the first time.
  • Twenty-six of Victoria's new cases were children aged five to 18. But Health Minister Daniel Andrews said no schools had been added to the seven that remain closed and there was no need for a blanket closure.
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27 May 09

Australian disaster review &squo;kept secret&squo;, Bushfires Royal Commission told | Herald Sun

  • A NATIONAL review into Australia's response to catastrophic disasters was kept secret because of concerns it would cause fear in the community.
  • The review, written by Mr Pearce when he worked in the office of Victoria's Emergency Services Commissioner, worked on four scenarios:

    *  A cyclone hitting Cairns;

    *  An earthquake striking Western Australia;
     
    *  A tsunami on the New South Wales coast; and, 

    *  An influenza pandemic.

    The report found that in any if the scenarios there was a likelihood authorities would be overwhelmed by the event.
02 May 09

UAE rulers: See no evil!

  • In a sign of closing ranks, the UAE ruling family has blocked internet access to all sites showing the horrific footage of a royal prince torturing a migrant worker.

28 Apr 09

Opposition calls on Rudd Government to act on asylum seekers | The Australian

  • THE latest boat of asylum seekers intercepted on its way to Australia is a "death trap" and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is to blame for putting lives at risk, the Federal Opposition says.
  • “Look at the boat ... of the latest arrivals. That's a death trap. It was filled to the gunwales with people. It was just a disgrace.”
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Jacqui Smith scraps plan for email database - Telegraph

  • Records of every electronic communication made by Britons will instead be held by private companies at a cost of around £2 billion.
  • Internet firms will be asked to collect and store vast amounts of data, including from social networking sites such as Facebook.

Comms breakdown delayed fire response - Weekly Times Now

  • Bruce Jefferson, who lost his eight-and-a-half-month pregnant daughter Nicole in the fires, said compulsory evacuation that day would have saved lives.

    "I believe that compulsory evacuation should be mandatary, certainly on days of total fire ban.''
25 Apr 09

Australia captures another refugee boat : Australasia World

  • This heading should read "Australia RESCUES another refugee boat. - gnaylor on 2009-04-25
  • illegal immigrants
  • Sri Lankan migrants
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