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Rural medical students are just what the doctor ordered

Rural medical students are just what the doctor ordered

Two young medical students are helping rural teenagers get into university as country high schools face science teacher shortages and bush hospitals shrink.

'Like sand in my eye': treatment gives hope to patients

'Like sand in my eye': treatment gives hope to patients

'Like sand in my eye': treatment gives hope to patients

'Like sand in my eye': treatment gives hope to patients

Thyroid eye disease is a rare, complex, progressive and potentially vision-threatening autoimmune condition estimated to impact 23,000 Australians.

Fast treatment for urinary infections and birth control

Fast treatment for urinary infections and birth control

Fast treatment for urinary infections and birth control

Fast treatment for urinary infections and birth control

Access to subsidised treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections and hormonal contraceptives will be expanded.

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Experts call for medication reviews amid fresh figures

Experts call for medication reviews amid fresh figures

Nearly two million Australians are being prescribed at least five daily medications, according to fresh government data probing dispensing trends.

Nobel medicine prize goes to research of brain activity

Nobel medicine prize goes to research of brain activity

Karl Deisseroth, Peter ‌Hegemann and Georg Nagel ‌have won the Nobel Prize in ‌medicine for work the Nobel Assembly says has opened a new era in neuroscience.

Doctors to walk out as fears over patients' safety grow

Doctors to walk out as fears over patients' safety grow

A state's public hospital system will be without thousands of doctors for four hours later this week as they bid to win fairer pay and safer workloads.

Sky's the limit for bush medics but policy doesn't land

Sky's the limit for bush medics but policy doesn't land

Rural Australians are dying earlier than their city peers amid health workforce shortages, as outdated policies continue to lure most specialists to the cities.

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Cold and flu ingredient to be removed over allergy link

Cold and flu ingredient to be removed over allergy link

Cold and flu ingredient to be removed over allergy link

Cold and flu ingredient to be removed over allergy link

A plant ingredient found in dozens of cold and flu supplements on the market will be taken off the shelves, Australia's medicine regulator has announced.

Dance of death is a disco as world premiere looms

Dance of death is a disco as world premiere looms

Dance of death is a disco as world premiere looms

Dance of death is a disco as world premiere looms

Are you going to die? Then the latest show from Queensland dance company The Farm might be for you.

Subsidised access to cancer-fighting drug expanded

Subsidised access to cancer-fighting drug expanded

Subsidised access to cancer-fighting drug expanded

Subsidised access to cancer-fighting drug expanded

The federal government has expanded the range of cancers a drug will be subsidised to treat as part of its discounted medicines scheme.

Fresh hope as treatment cost slashed for rare cancer

Fresh hope as treatment cost slashed for rare cancer

Fresh hope as treatment cost slashed for rare cancer

Fresh hope as treatment cost slashed for rare cancer

Patients suffering a rare form of brain cancer will be able to access a new, targeted treatment at low cost for the first time in two decades.

New test provides hope for menopause 'tunnel of chaos'

New test provides hope for menopause 'tunnel of chaos'

New test provides hope for menopause 'tunnel of chaos'

New test provides hope for menopause 'tunnel of chaos'

Researchers hope to develop a diagnostic test to detect whether women are at risk of developing cardiovascular disease by looking at menopausal transition.

Deal spares MS patients $33k annually in medicine costs

Deal spares MS patients $33k annually in medicine costs

Deal spares MS patients $33k annually in medicine costs

Deal spares MS patients $33k annually in medicine costs

MS patients have avoided paying tens of thousands of dollars for treatment, with the government keeping key multiple sclerosis treatments on the PBS.

MS patients face losing cheap access to $30,000 drug

MS patients face losing cheap access to $30,000 drug

MS patients face losing cheap access to $30,000 drug

MS patients face losing cheap access to $30,000 drug

An overhaul of drug pricing in the US is partly to blame for two companies threatening to pull their products from Australia's Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

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Saving lives, playing gigs all in a country practice

A doctor who moved to the country to save up for a sailing trip is still working in the bush 40 years later, a career path he encourages others to explore.

Pioneering researcher remembered as cancer fight ends

A renowned pathologist and former Australian of the Year has been remembered as a selfless fighter who strived to improve the lives of others.

'Gives women options': chemists to prescribe the pill

Women in the regions will be able to save themselves what can be a long trip to the doctor's as pharmacies become eligible to prescribe the contraceptive pill.

World-first for drivers who use medicinal cannabis

Thousands of medicinal cannabis users will be able to take the wheel without fear of losing their licence under groundbreaking reforms to drug driving laws.

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One Nation's Barnaby Joyce fires up anti-abortion rally

One Nation firebrand Barnaby Joyce has capitalised on his party's rise in the polls by appearing at a pro-life rally urging a vote against the major parties.

Reported diphtheria death denied by health authority

A territory health authority says the death of a man in an outback hospital is in no way linked to diphtheria despite media reporting to that effect.

Not a 'me' disease: bowel cancer surge in young people

A mysterious rise in bowel cancer rates in young people has doctors stumped and is putting patients through a treatment regime unsuited to their stage of life.

Government accused of slow response to disease outbreak

Vaccine hesitancy, health staff shortages and overcrowding in remote communities could all be causes of a diphtheria outbreak, the federal health minister says.

Elderly man's fatal overdose after pharmacy error

A pharmacy dispensed a mislabelled pill organising pack for an elderly, vision-impaired man, who later died from a drug overdose, a coroner has bee told.

Misconceptions cloud palliative care as population ages

Australians have been urged to start conversations about end-of-life care as the nation's ageing population puts palliative care in the spotlight.

Free access to potentially life-saving jab for seniors

The federal government is introducing free respiratory syncytial virus vaccinations for Australians 75 years and older.

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