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Population shift prompts blood donor plea

Population shift prompts blood donor plea

There's been a shift in blood types across Australia, prompting a plea for more people who come from a variety of backgrounds to roll up their sleeves.

Blood-based marker can identify sleep deprivation

Blood-based marker can identify sleep deprivation

Blood-based marker can identify sleep deprivation

Blood-based marker can identify sleep deprivation

Researchers have found a way to test sleep deprivation with one simple blood test, which could help reduce road and workplace deaths.

Ramping 'major factor' in deadly 10-hour ambo wait

Ramping 'major factor' in deadly 10-hour ambo wait

Ramping 'major factor' in deadly 10-hour ambo wait

Ramping 'major factor' in deadly 10-hour ambo wait

A review into the death of a man who endured a 10-hour long ambulance wait has found ramping was a major factor in the delay.

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Spinal injuries rise due to falls and road accidents

Spinal injuries rise due to falls and road accidents

New data indicates an increasing trend in Australians suffering from spinal injuries with falls and transport incidents behind a majority of hospitalisations.

Call to mandate minimum training for aged care workers

Call to mandate minimum training for aged care workers

Aged care workers should have minimum training standards to ensure better quality care for patients and greater career progression, a new report says.

More than $1 billion for women and girls' health plan

More than $1 billion for women and girls' health plan

The Queensland government has pledged $1 billion over five years to improve women and girls' health care experience as part of a landmark strategy.

Rise in street demand and trafficking of harmful drug

Rise in street demand and trafficking of harmful drug

Increased border seizures and rising street demand for an illicit drug is concerning authorities, who warn the potent sedative causes serious harm and can kill.

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Noisier world linked to increase in hearing loss

Noisier world linked to increase in hearing loss

Noisier world linked to increase in hearing loss

Noisier world linked to increase in hearing loss

Earphones, concerts and occupational noise all have an effect on our ears which is why researchers are pushing for more awareness on World Hearing Day.

Publicly funded IVF on the way for Queensland women

Publicly funded IVF on the way for Queensland women

Publicly funded IVF on the way for Queensland women

Publicly funded IVF on the way for Queensland women

Queensland has become the latest state to announce publicly funded reproduction treatments for women and girls suffering from fertility issues.

Poorer mental health weighs on LGBTQI people: analysis

Poorer mental health weighs on LGBTQI people: analysis

Poorer mental health weighs on LGBTQI people: analysis

Poorer mental health weighs on LGBTQI people: analysis

Mental health across the queer and gender-diverse spectrum is on a tightrope in Australia, with high rates of suicidal ideation and self-harm.

Vape shops funding organised crime, minister warns

Vape shops funding organised crime, minister warns

Vape shops funding organised crime, minister warns

Vape shops funding organised crime, minister warns

Organised crime groups are using vape sales to fund other illicit activities, the health minister says, prompting moves to further restrict e-cigarettes.

Australians encouraged to continue getting booster jabs

Australians encouraged to continue getting booster jabs

Australians encouraged to continue getting booster jabs

Australians encouraged to continue getting booster jabs

As COVID-19 continues to spread, the Australian government recommends that all adults get booster jabs in accordance with the latest health advice.

Hospital workers to protest 'the great parking gouge'

Hospital workers to protest 'the great parking gouge'

Hospital workers to protest 'the great parking gouge'

Hospital workers to protest 'the great parking gouge'

About 1000 hospital workers are set to walk off the job to protest parking fees the union says have risen 127 per cent since 2019.

'Crisis' as eating disorders cost Australia $67 billion

'Crisis' as eating disorders cost Australia $67 billion

'Crisis' as eating disorders cost Australia $67 billion

'Crisis' as eating disorders cost Australia $67 billion

The Butterfly Foundation is calling on the Australian government to commit to annual funding to combat eating disorders as the cost of them grows.

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Vaping rates, alcohol and drug use by young women up

Smoking rates have fallen but e-cigarette use has tripled in recent years, along with the number of young women consuming risky levels of alcohol and drugs.

Health workers 'welcome to reapply' amid vaccine ruling

Queensland Health Minister Shannon Fentiman says health workers axed over refusing the COVID-19 vaccine can reapply for their jobs after a court ruling.

Vape shops could close as government eyes sales ban

Vape shops have been put on notice, as the government attempts to ban the sale of e-cigarettes and vapes in coming months,

American royalty braves Aussie outback in humble Falcon

US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy will take on the outback in a beat-up Ford Falcon to raise money for cancer, albeit with an armoured SUV in tow.

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Friable asbestos at one of five extra tainted sites

Friable asbestos has been found at one of five more Sydney sites containing asbestos-contaminated mulch, the NSW Environmental Protection Authority says.

Legionnaires' disease warning for parts of Sydney uni

Legionella bacteria has been found in a cooling tower at the University of Sydney after three people were admitted to hospital with Legionnaires' disease.

Most regional areas hit with 30pct palliative care cut

Funding earmarked for NSW regional palliative care services has been 're-profiled' by up to 41 per cent as doctors warn waitlists for the dying are rising.

Warning as deadly rates of dementia expected to soar

Dementia could overtake heart disease as Australia's leading cause of death, with rates of the condition expected to almost double by 2054.

Breakthrough bacteria research offers treatment hope

Latest research could be the key to unlocking new antibiotics against resistant bacteria, which a sepsis survivor says is a significant step forward.

Greener grass if weed is legal but doctors more blunt

Legalising weed has been touted as a solution to reducing the stigma of users and increasing health benefits as senators hash out the effect of proposed laws.

Massive 5kg tumour removed from woman after son's birth

A young mother had a five kilogram ovarian tumour removed after giving birth to her son in Brisbane.

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