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Calls for permanent pill testing after festival success

Calls for permanent pill testing after festival success

The first festival pill-testing trial in Victoria has been hailed a success after 40 per cent of patrons indicated they would use smaller doses of their drugs.

COVID-19 vaccine negligence claims 'needle in haystack'

COVID-19 vaccine negligence claims 'needle in haystack'

COVID-19 vaccine negligence claims 'needle in haystack'

COVID-19 vaccine negligence claims 'needle in haystack'

A class action accuses the government of negligence in approving COVID-19 vaccines, but lawyers say the case has no chance of making it to a hearing.

Online medical care helps coughers avoid waiting rooms

Online medical care helps coughers avoid waiting rooms

Online medical care helps coughers avoid waiting rooms

Online medical care helps coughers avoid waiting rooms

A free telehealth service is designed to divert more than 85,000 people from GP and hospital waiting rooms.

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'Starve yourself': weight stigma harms health treatment

'Starve yourself': weight stigma harms health treatment

Doctors are accused of placing too much focus on weight when treating women with polycystic ovary syndrome, which researchers warn is affecting quality of care.

Abortion access still a lottery for the disadvantaged

Abortion access still a lottery for the disadvantaged

When it comes to abortion access, Victorians face a 'postcode lottery' with those in disadvantaged and regional areas confronting barriers to the service.

Pharmacy pill trial becomes 'business as usual'

Pharmacy pill trial becomes 'business as usual'

More ways of expanding health care are being considered amid a GP shortage, with women to continue being able to access contraceptive pills at NSW chemists.

Menopause inquiry urges leave, education provisions

Menopause inquiry urges leave, education provisions

A Senate inquiry into the impacts of menopause and perimenopause has made a raft of recommendations, including reproductive leave and better education.

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Menopause advocates hopeful report sparks conversation

Menopause advocates hopeful report sparks conversation

Menopause advocates hopeful report sparks conversation

Menopause advocates hopeful report sparks conversation

A Senate committee is preparing to hand down its report into the impacts of menopause, with advocates hoping this could spark much needed change.

Patient warning over plan to ease GP load with pharmacy

Patient warning over plan to ease GP load with pharmacy

Patient warning over plan to ease GP load with pharmacy

Patient warning over plan to ease GP load with pharmacy

The peak body for GPs has hit out at a NSW government plan to let pharmacies treat more health conditions to take pressure off doctors.

Why you can expect to see more Aussie doctors using AI

Why you can expect to see more Aussie doctors using AI

Why you can expect to see more Aussie doctors using AI

Why you can expect to see more Aussie doctors using AI

Australia doctors are increasingly using AI tools in their clinics but medical groups insist patients will not be diagnosed by technology.

Apology, reform after landmark birth trauma inquiry

Apology, reform after landmark birth trauma inquiry

Apology, reform after landmark birth trauma inquiry

Apology, reform after landmark birth trauma inquiry

All recommendations from an inquiry into birth trauma, which highlighted ways maternity care can be improved, have been accepted by the NSW government.

'Investment in disabled lives': NDIS costs curb pledge

'Investment in disabled lives': NDIS costs curb pledge

'Investment in disabled lives': NDIS costs curb pledge

'Investment in disabled lives': NDIS costs curb pledge

Changes aimed at reining in costs of the NDIS are being criticised by advocates but people on the disability scheme are being assured their needs will be met.

Long COVID cost economy $9.6b in lost work hours

Long COVID cost economy $9.6b in lost work hours

Long COVID cost economy $9.6b in lost work hours

Long COVID cost economy $9.6b in lost work hours

Research shows long COVID meant about 100 million work hours were missed in 2022, costing the Australian economy billions.

Unpaid carers urged to share experiences for strategy

Unpaid carers urged to share experiences for strategy

Unpaid carers urged to share experiences for strategy

Unpaid carers urged to share experiences for strategy

A national strategy is being developed by the federal government in providing support to the more than three million people who are unpaid carers.

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Drug reform, treatment on agenda at long-awaited summit

The NSW government has set dates for its promised drug summit, but it is being urged to start taking harm-minimisation actions before the event starts.

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.

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.

Vape ban contested as smokescreen rises over costs

Access to vapes will be made harder under new laws but the banning of e-cigarettes is being criticised as counterintuitive for promoting a black market.

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Pharmacy lobby blasts plan for chemists to sell vapes

The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has slammed a new plan that would allow smokers to buy vapes at pharmacies without the need for a doctor's prescription.

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.

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.

'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.

Social media key to stamping out vape and smoking rates

A generation of Australians are being set up for a health "catastrophe" unless action is taken against rising addictions to vaping and smoking, top doctors say.

Lack of GPs driving record hospital pressure: minister

NSW emergency department attendances and ambulance responses are at a record high, while the state lost 500 general practitioners in one year.

Healthy babies and land on track but other gaps wider

New data released by the Productivity Commission shows five of 19 Closing the Gap targets are on track to address inequity for First Nations people.

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