Mining, fly-in, fly-out workers and the risk of suicide

Published January 20, 2013

Mining, fly-in, fly-out workers and the risk of suicide

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For more than 15 months, the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Regional Australia has been inquiring into the use of FIFO/DIDO workforces in regional Australia. … Also, they can play a role in the development of two very prominent …
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I thought arthritis only hit elderly – yet my girl had it at TWO

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Treatment included steroid injections to the joints and a regular dose of methotrexate tablets, a chemotherapy drug. Although she doesn't like taking the pills, she's like a normal four-year-old now. She can run and play with her friends. I even take …
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Wendy represents cancer sufferers

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“The drug reduces the risk by 50 per cent – that would be enough for some people, but not for me,” she explained. “A mastectomy reduces the risk by almost 100 per cent.” Wendy set up the National Hereditary Breast Cancer Helpline and was awarded a MBE …
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