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All clear for pharmacy prescriptions in 'win for women'

All clear for pharmacy prescriptions in 'win for women'

Women suffering from urinary tract infections can keep getting treatment at NSW pharmacies, rather than having to visit a doctor, as a trial is made permanent.

Kids reeling as bullying, screen time take heavy toll

Kids reeling as bullying, screen time take heavy toll

Kids reeling as bullying, screen time take heavy toll

Kids reeling as bullying, screen time take heavy toll

Parents and their children are struggling to cope with cost-of-living pressures, the over-use of technology and lingering effects of the pandemic.

Cheaper drugs for cancer, kidney disease patients

Cheaper drugs for cancer, kidney disease patients

Cheaper drugs for cancer, kidney disease patients

Cheaper drugs for cancer, kidney disease patients

Medicines to help women battling endometrial cancer and for people with symptoms of chronic kidney disease will be subsidised, saving patients thousands.

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Doctors demand answers over end-of-life care funding

Doctors demand answers over end-of-life care funding

A peak medical body is calling for urgent end-of-life care funding in the Queensland budget and an explanation as to where previous funding has gone.

Elective surgery target slashed by Victorian government

Elective surgery target slashed by Victorian government

Workforce shortages and non-invasive technology is being blamed for the Victorian government lowering its target to deliver 240,000 elective surgeries a year.

Design and death: palliative care needs more creativity

Design and death: palliative care needs more creativity

Experts say there needs to be greater design innovation in palliative care but attempts at change are being hamstrung by state governments.

Doctors underwhelmed by emergency department review

Doctors underwhelmed by emergency department review

A review of Tasmania's hospital emergency departments has come up short and state and federal governments need to do more, Australia's peak medical body says.

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Childhood upbringing linked to mental health conditions

Childhood upbringing linked to mental health conditions

Childhood upbringing linked to mental health conditions

Childhood upbringing linked to mental health conditions

Research has revealed the link between childhood maltreatment and mental health conditions, with calls for the government to treat it as public health priority.

Increased cost fears with no delay in stone ban

Increased cost fears with no delay in stone ban

Increased cost fears with no delay in stone ban

Increased cost fears with no delay in stone ban

Queensland builders fear the government's decision to scrap a transition period ahead of the engineered stone ban will increase costs to the industry.

Women needed in medical research to prevent gender bias

Women needed in medical research to prevent gender bias

Women needed in medical research to prevent gender bias

Women needed in medical research to prevent gender bias

Medical research is still a men’s game, despite the fact almost half the nation's doctors are women, an internationally renowned anaesthesia researcher says.

Pelvic pain treatments 'outdated' anaesthetists told

Pelvic pain treatments 'outdated' anaesthetists told

Pelvic pain treatments 'outdated' anaesthetists told

Pelvic pain treatments 'outdated' anaesthetists told

A meeting of anaesthetists has been told medical practitioners are offered little training on the range of treatment options available for chronic pelvic pain.

Anxiety clinic calms kids before medical procedures

Anxiety clinic calms kids before medical procedures

Anxiety clinic calms kids before medical procedures

Anxiety clinic calms kids before medical procedures

A pre-surgery anxiety clinic in Brisbane has been working to calm worried children before they undergo medical tests or procedures.

Cyber breach impacts family violence, sex assault data

Cyber breach impacts family violence, sex assault data

Cyber breach impacts family violence, sex assault data

Cyber breach impacts family violence, sex assault data

Data from 4000 people who used Monash Health's family violence and sexual assault support units across two decades has been caught in a data breach.

Sleep could hold secret to recovery from serious injury

Sleep could hold secret to recovery from serious injury

Sleep could hold secret to recovery from serious injury

Sleep could hold secret to recovery from serious injury

Poor sleep affects up to 90 per cent of people who suffer from chronic pain, but health practitioners rarely considered it a central part of their treatment.

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Discovery brings universal flu vaccine one step closer

Scientists are a step closer to developing a universal flu vaccine that could replace yearly jabs thanks to a new discovery made in Melbourne.

New hope for Aussies battling early stage breast cancer

Australians who face a high chance of cancer returning have been given new hope with the federal government expanding a treatment subsidy.

Half of nurses, midwives considering leaving profession

Nearly 10,000 healthcare workers are fed up with understaffing and exhaustion and are considering leaving the industry, a union says.

Mental health chief resigns over government 'inaction'

The chair of Mental Health Australia has resigned in protest, saying not enough was being done by the federal government to address shortcomings.

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Landmark doctor underpayment case prompts culture shift

A record settlement for junior doctors in the NSW health system could result in more than 20,000 sharing in a $230 million payout.

Melbourne's original injecting room to stay

Extra support will be given to Melbourne's sole supervised drug injecting facility after the Victorian government scrapped plans to push ahead with a second.

Australia's healthcare system delivers value for money

The Productivity Commission has released a new report on the nation's healthcare system which concludes it is delivering significant returns on investment.

Dumping of second city injection room 'will cost lives'

A second supervised injecting room will not be built in Melbourne, after the state government rejected a report recommending one for the CBD.

Alarm sounded on 'deep fake' health misinformation

Experts worry it's only going to get harder to stamp out health-related falsehoods on social media as technology blurs the line between fact and fiction.

'Get tested': how hip pain led to late cancer diagnosis

Australian men are being urged not to neglect their health after a squash coach who thought he had a sports injury was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer.

Push for tough vaping laws amid 'prohibition' concerns

The Greens have raised "prohibition" concerns about tough new vaping laws but health ministers from around the country want the legislation to be fast-tracked.

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