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Call for funding boost after shocking blood cancer rise

Call for funding boost after shocking blood cancer rise

A shocking rise in blood cancer cases has prompted calls for more prevention and early detection research, with the disease killing 16 Australians every day.

Staff abused after sparking hormone therapy probe

Staff abused after sparking hormone therapy probe

Staff abused after sparking hormone therapy probe

Staff abused after sparking hormone therapy probe

A state government has defended its position after critics slammed its landmark decision to block hormone therapies for young trans patients.

Disability reforms 'need leadership, action'

Disability reforms 'need leadership, action'

Disability reforms 'need leadership, action'

Disability reforms 'need leadership, action'

A plan to stamp out homelessness for Australians living with disability needs real action and not just talk if lives are to be improved, advocates say.

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Autism portfolio elevated to cabinet

Autism portfolio elevated to cabinet

Autism is now a cabinet-level portfolio in one Australian state after a ministerial reshuffle triggered by an independent politician's resignation.

Social media influencer accused of drugging baby bailed

Social media influencer accused of drugging baby bailed

A social media influencer accused of drugging her baby to gain game online fame by manufacturing symptoms that led to surgery has been granted bail.

Trialling ways to reduce dementia in the Torres Strait

Trialling ways to reduce dementia in the Torres Strait

Hoping to reduce high rates of dementia among Torres Strait Islanders, a team of researchers is developing a pilot program for people at risk of the disease.

Young trans patients denied hormone therapy amid probe

Young trans patients denied hormone therapy amid probe

Critics slam a state government's suspension of hormone therapies for young trans patients amid a probe, saying it will cause "immeasurable trauma".

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Bird flu outbreak gone but virus threats remain

Bird flu outbreak gone but virus threats remain

Bird flu outbreak gone but virus threats remain

Bird flu outbreak gone but virus threats remain

An avian flu outbreak in NSW has been eradicated, health authorities say, as the state joins Victoria in lifting restrictions on poultry and egg producers.

'Opportune' ads lure quitting interstate psychiatrists

'Opportune' ads lure quitting interstate psychiatrists

'Opportune' ads lure quitting interstate psychiatrists

'Opportune' ads lure quitting interstate psychiatrists

Dissatisfied public hospital psychiatrists who have quit over pay and conditions are being enticed across the border with a job-ad blitz in major newspapers.

Diet time: why a watch may tell if you’re eating greens

Diet time: why a watch may tell if you’re eating greens

Diet time: why a watch may tell if you’re eating greens

Diet time: why a watch may tell if you’re eating greens

Health sensors could track even more vital signs from your skin in future, including your blood sugar levels and vegetable intake.

Woman's missed heart attack prompts push for change

Woman's missed heart attack prompts push for change

Woman's missed heart attack prompts push for change

Woman's missed heart attack prompts push for change

A woman who died of a heart attack in an emergency department was misdiagnosed as having an adverse reaction to codeine, a coroner has found.

Wards shut as fears mount for mass psychiatrist walkout

Wards shut as fears mount for mass psychiatrist walkout

Wards shut as fears mount for mass psychiatrist walkout

Wards shut as fears mount for mass psychiatrist walkout

Psychiatrists have begun to walk away from their jobs in the public system over an intensifying wage dispute which threatens to cause significant bed closures.

Last-ditch bid to stop psychiatrists quitting en masse

Last-ditch bid to stop psychiatrists quitting en masse

Last-ditch bid to stop psychiatrists quitting en masse

Last-ditch bid to stop psychiatrists quitting en masse

Replacing psychiatrists with nurses and counsellors will not lower standards, state leaders insist, as crisis plans are drawn up for looming resignations.

Free vaccine rollout to protect newborns from virus

Free vaccine rollout to protect newborns from virus

Free vaccine rollout to protect newborns from virus

Free vaccine rollout to protect newborns from virus

Pregnant women will be able to get a free vaccine to protect their babies from RSV, as part of a $174 million national immunisation program.

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Doctors baulking at $3k a day to plug mental health gap

Patients in mental distress will face tele-consults as NSW Health scrambles to lessen the impact of two in three public psychiatrists resigning.

Footage released in probe of 'malnourished' man's death

Authorities investigating the death of a "seriously malnourished" man with Down syndrome have released footage showing his living conditions.

No quick fix after years of warnings over health system

The nurses union claims it warned for years about serious health system failures identified in an audit, which the state government says it will work to remedy.

Doctors warned 'aggressive' tactic will impact families

Families of people with poor mental health will bear the brunt of chaos caused by psychiatrists resigning as experts warn the public system is failing patients.

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Row erupts as creaking health system poses serious risk

Patient wait times continue to climb while a maintenance backlog poses major threats, an audit report of one state's health system has found.

Research highlights alcohol links to disease and death

The largest investigation of alcohol consumption in Australia's history shows how it increases the risk of cancers, other diseases and death.

EDs face surge of patients with psychiatrist exodus

Emergency departments could bear the brunt of housing large numbers of mental health patients after 60 per cent of one state's psychiatrists threatened to quit.

Worries autism plan may overlook children who need help

Australia has launched its first national autism strategy and action plan but some say it doesn't go far enough to improve inclusion and engagement.

Change for families' lengthy autism diagnosis wait

Australian families affected by autism are hoping the first national strategy and plan for the condition will change often years-long diagnosis timelines.

Sober centre operator defends empty beds as row flares

The number of empty beds at sobering up centres shows community outreach programs are working, an operator says.

Twelve days' reproductive health leave could save $26b

A new report reveals the staggering impact of reproductive health problems on productivity, feeding calls for extra leave entitlements.

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