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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.

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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

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

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

Nurses say 15 pct pay rise will not hit patient pockets

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.

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Chilly residents wonder why Australian homes so cold

Chilly residents wonder why Australian homes so cold

Chilly residents wonder why Australian homes so cold

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

Alarm as steep rise in youth vaping overtakes smoking

Alarm as steep rise in youth vaping overtakes smoking

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

Ambulance service demands reach unprecedented levels

Ambulance service demands reach unprecedented levels

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.

Three more years for first illicit pill-testing service

Three more years for first illicit pill-testing service

Three more years for first illicit pill-testing service

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'

Hospital set for AI medical scans in 'Australian first'

Hospital set for AI medical scans in 'Australian first'

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

Call for support as eye care becomes too dear for many

Call for support as eye care becomes too dear for many

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

Menopause must not be 'catastrophised', health expert

Menopause must not be 'catastrophised', health expert

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.

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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.

Fifth case of leprosy reported this year

A case of leprosy has been detected in the Northern Territory for the first time in three years.

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'Scary': move to crack the backs of babies sparks alarm

A controversial decision by Australia's chiropractic board to allow practitioners to resume spinal manipulation on children has been met with fierce backlash.

Hospital probe after toddler's undiagnosed cancer death

A Perth hospital's pediatric emergency care will be reviewed after a toddler died from undiagnosed blood cancer despite his family saying they asked for a test.

Hysterectomies fall as options for heavy periods grow

Women opting for less-invasive treatments to manage heavy periods could be a reason for falling hysterectomy rates.

Doctors urge early checks as endometrial cancer on rise

Doctors at Brisbane's Mater hospital say higher rates of obesity among women are driving a rise in cases of endometrial cancer.

Spotlight on long COVID as millions spent on research

More than four years since the outbreak of COVID-19, the government is investing nearly $15 million into research of its long-term symptoms.

Check-ups could stop two men from dying every hour

Men have been urged to get help for their mental and physical health challenges as statistics reveal about 50 die every day from preventable causes.

Insurers on notice to cough up for full hospital bills

Some private health insurers only pay half the cost of a patient's public hospital stay, slugging state taxpayers $150 million each year.

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