Pharmaceutical lobby groups may delay codeine ruling and other top stories.

• Pharmaceutical lobby groups may delay codeine ruling

  A quiet push by three of the nation's most powerful pharmaceutical lobby groups to derail moves to make codeine drugs prescription-only has likely delayed a final decision until at least next year.The Therapeutic Goods Administration's Advisory Committee on Medicines Scheduling in October last year made an interim decision to remove codeine-containing products from over-the-counter sales from June this year, citing growing evidence of codeine-related harm. A move by three pharmaceutical lo..

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• Bob Marley is played during memorial held for sisters who died in the The Seychelles

  

  The family of two sisters who died during a vacation in The Seychelles held an emotional celebration of their life at the luxury resort where they were found.Guests at the $1800 night paradise island resort joined the mum and brother of Robin and Annie Korkki for the poignant candlelit ceremony.The sister's mum Susan and brother Mike held hands as flower petals were sprinkled on the crashing waves of the Indian Ocean. Beauty: The family of Robin and Annie Korkki attended a memorial on the beachf..

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• British man 'cured' of HIV

  

  The HIV virus has apparently disappeared from the British man’s blood. Picture: SuppliedStaff writersNews Corp Australia NetworkSCIENTISTS in Britain are hopeful they may have cured HIV after the virus vanished from the blood of a patient treated with a new therapy. According to The Sunday Times, the 44-year-old is one of 50 people currently trialling a treatment that targets the disease even in its dormant state.Around 37 million are living with HIV worldwide, many of them in Sub-Saharan Africa..

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• driver caught speeding, on phone and over limit

  

  A Coorparoo man has been caught allegedly speeding, while using his mobile phone and driving over the legal blood alcohol limit.That's three of the "fatal five" mostly likely causes of death on the roads as featured in road safety campaigns - the other two being driving under the influence of drugs and driving while tired.  A 21-year-old man has been caught performing three of the fatal five in Warwick. Photo: Glen Watson The 21-year-old was pulled over just after 8am on Sunday for speed..

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• I no longer listen when doctors tell me I'm 'too young'

  

  "Because being in your 20s does not automatically render you exempt from every medical condition." Jessica Seaborn Photo: Supplied The prospect of having cancer is scary at any age. Your heart starts to beat faster in the doctor's office and you're studying their face for any kind of indication that they're about to tell you good news or bad news. The doctors are usually trying very hard to keep you calm and explain things in plain English so that you aren't worrying. They reassur..

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• Queensland: The toothless state

  

  Just one third of Queensland’s 77 councils have fluoridated water supplies. Picture: ThinkstockIF THE legacy of former Queensland Premier Peter Beattie is his famous slogan, “the smart state”, that legacy of one of his successors could be far less salubrious.Queensland: The toothless state could well one of former LNP leader Campbell Newman’s key achievements, after he, among a litany of controversial decisions in his three years at the state’s helm between 2012 and 2014, decided to dump mandate..

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• Ailing Thai king's lung infection eases, kidneys still failing: Palace

  

  BANGKOK - Thailand's hospital-bound King Bhumibol Adulyadej is still being treated for kidney failure although an infection in his lung has eased, the palace said Saturday, in the latest update on the 88-year-old's ailing health. Bhumibol is the world's longest-reigning monarch and beloved by many in Thailand. However he has not been seen in public for nearly a year as he battles a series of ailments in a Bangkok hospital. The palace tightly controls news about his health and it is difficult t..

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