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Complex blood cancer on the rise in Australia

Complex blood cancer on the rise in Australia

Some 80,000 Australians will be diagnosed with the complex blood cancer myeloma in the next 25 years, with 28,000 people expected to die from the disease.

Appetite for sugar tax to fight diabetes and obesity

Appetite for sugar tax to fight diabetes and obesity

Appetite for sugar tax to fight diabetes and obesity

Appetite for sugar tax to fight diabetes and obesity

Calls for a tax on sugary drinks have won the support of a federal parliamentary committee among its recommendations to combat diabetes and obesity.

Incest fears after sperm donor's 200-plus visits

Incest fears after sperm donor's 200-plus visits

Incest fears after sperm donor's 200-plus visits

Incest fears after sperm donor's 200-plus visits

The damning findings of a Queensland fertility clinic probe has revealed a donor may have fathered hundreds of children, sparking incest fears.

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Camera trial to stem rising tide of hospital violence

Camera trial to stem rising tide of hospital violence

Hospital security guards will use cameras to see if discourages violent behaviour but drivers of aggression in hospitals mean it might not work for many.

Warning opioid-laced cocaine could be a killer

Warning opioid-laced cocaine could be a killer

Cocaine users in Melbourne have been warned their drugs could contain a potentially lethal opioid that could lead to an overdose.

PM spruiks cost of living measures amid Payman row

PM spruiks cost of living measures amid Payman row

The new financial year ushers in a range of new cost-of-living measures that the prime minister insists are responsible in light of inflation challenges.

Change allows hundreds to end life on their own terms

Change allows hundreds to end life on their own terms

NSW was the last state to legalise voluntary assisted dying and hundreds of people have asked for approval in the first months of the euthanasia scheme.

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Laws could deliver life-saving fruit and vegies boon

Laws could deliver life-saving fruit and vegies boon

Laws could deliver life-saving fruit and vegies boon

Laws could deliver life-saving fruit and vegies boon

Food companies might find it more profitable to donate than to dump if a Senate bill targeting food insecurity passes.

Pregnant pause as glitch causes baby due date errors

Pregnant pause as glitch causes baby due date errors

Pregnant pause as glitch causes baby due date errors

Pregnant pause as glitch causes baby due date errors

A technical fault has been blamed for errors in due dates recorded for 1700 pregnant women in a glitch that prompted an independent review.

Hospital staffer certified deaths 'outside the law'

Hospital staffer certified deaths 'outside the law'

Hospital staffer certified deaths 'outside the law'

Hospital staffer certified deaths 'outside the law'

An independent review has found a senior staff member at a Tasmanian hospital signed off on death certificates outside the scope of the law.

Skin condition medications added to pharmacy trial

Skin condition medications added to pharmacy trial

Skin condition medications added to pharmacy trial

Skin condition medications added to pharmacy trial

People experiencing skin conditions including eczema will be able to get treatment via a pharmacist and save a trip to the doctor under a NSW trial.

Long wait for aged-care bed, NDIS places clog hospitals

Long wait for aged-care bed, NDIS places clog hospitals

Long wait for aged-care bed, NDIS places clog hospitals

Long wait for aged-care bed, NDIS places clog hospitals

A chronic shortage in NDIS and aged-care placements is crippling the NSW hospital system, the state's health minister says.

Medicare billed by GP for his forbidden sexual affair

Medicare billed by GP for his forbidden sexual affair

Medicare billed by GP for his forbidden sexual affair

Medicare billed by GP for his forbidden sexual affair

A doctor who billed Medicare for his sexual trysts with a patient and threatened to kill her, and himself, when she tried to end it has been suspended.

Fresh bid to aid Aussies with neurological conditions

Fresh bid to aid Aussies with neurological conditions

Fresh bid to aid Aussies with neurological conditions

Fresh bid to aid Aussies with neurological conditions

A national summit being held in Canberra aims to assist millions of Australians suffering from incurable and often degenerative neurological conditions.

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Nurses say 15 pct pay rise will not hit patient pockets

Nurses have demanded a 15 per cent pay rise and a new report argues the NSW government could achieve it without costing taxpayers a cent.

Chilly residents wonder why Australian homes so cold

As more residents take to social media complaining about cold homes, experts warn chilly interiors can impact people's health and wellbeing even if they rug up.

Alarm as steep rise in youth vaping overtakes smoking

Vaping has increased twofold among young people aged 15 to 29 in the past year despite national reforms to crack down on usage.

Ambulance service demands reach unprecedented levels

Victoria's ambulance service demands have surpassed the height of the pandemic, with one family sharing a horror experience after their child stopped breathing.

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Three more years for first illicit pill-testing service

Canberra's pill-testing service will remain open for at least the next three years, with the ACT government extending its funding.

Hospital set for AI medical scans in 'Australian first'

Artificial intelligence is set to used to help with medical scans by a Queensland public hospital in what has been hailed as an Australian first.

Call for support as eye care becomes too dear for many

Australians without private health insurance need more support for eye care with about one in four patients unable to afford treatment, researchers say.

Menopause must not be 'catastrophised', health expert

Introducing menopause leave risks inferring women's work performance is impaired just because they are going through a normal life phase, health experts warn.

Outcry ends move to resume cracking backs of babies

Health ministers have demanded chiropractors not use spinal manipulation on babies, prompting them to reverse a decision to resume the treatment.

Menopause leave bad for women at work: Liberal senator

The number of different types of leave available to workers is becoming "ridiculous", a Liberal senator has told a parliamentary inquiry.

Alarming rise in illegal party drug overdoses

GHB presentations to emergency departments in southeast Queensland have increased by a staggering four-fold in the past two years.

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