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Medical trial aims to beat 'widow maker' heart attacks

Medical trial aims to beat 'widow maker' heart attacks

While heart attack risks like high blood pressure and cholesterol are important to address, researchers are developing a test for other silent factors.

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.

Growing obesity crisis tanking Aussie productivity

Growing obesity crisis tanking Aussie productivity

Growing obesity crisis tanking Aussie productivity

Growing obesity crisis tanking Aussie productivity

An all-of-the-above strategy is needed to head off Australia's worsening obesity problem, bipartisan research finds.

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Label unhealthy foods, weight drug boss tells Australia

Label unhealthy foods, weight drug boss tells Australia

Workplace health checks, clearer labels on unhealthy foods and better education would help Australia reduce high rates of obesity, a drug company chief says.

Aussies self-diagnosing mental health over the internet

Aussies self-diagnosing mental health over the internet

Australia's armchair psychologists are self-diagnosing mental conditions and sometimes self-treating instead of seeking professional guidance, experts warn.

One simple change could possibly save dozens of babies

One simple change could possibly save dozens of babies

A leading diabetes expert is urging Australia to make access to a game-changing medical device easier and cheaper for those with the condition.

Shift needed to help young asthmatics breathe easier

Shift needed to help young asthmatics breathe easier

A peak body is highlighting National Asthma Awareness Week by driving a cultural shift in how asthma is treated in childhood - from relievers to preventers.

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Disease centre set to defend against future pandemics

Disease centre set to defend against future pandemics

Disease centre set to defend against future pandemics

Disease centre set to defend against future pandemics

COVID-19 won't be Australia's last health crisis, the health minister has warned, introducing laws to set up an agency protecting against pandemics.

'Cult' members jailed for gambling with child's life

'Cult' members jailed for gambling with child's life

'Cult' members jailed for gambling with child's life

'Cult' members jailed for gambling with child's life

The parents of an eight year old girl have been jailed over the child's "painful" death after a church group gambled with her life and withheld her insulin.

'Overdoses will grow': calls for more injecting rooms

'Overdoses will grow': calls for more injecting rooms

'Overdoses will grow': calls for more injecting rooms

'Overdoses will grow': calls for more injecting rooms

Drug safety advocates are calling for more medically supervised drug injection services and other measures to reduce overdose deaths.

Aussies delay dental treatment as cost of living bites

Aussies delay dental treatment as cost of living bites

Aussies delay dental treatment as cost of living bites

Aussies delay dental treatment as cost of living bites

Only one-in-three Australians visits the dentist regularly as costs keep them away, while the dental association calls on government to expand subsidies.

Millions needed for life-saving diabetes devices

Millions needed for life-saving diabetes devices

Millions needed for life-saving diabetes devices

Millions needed for life-saving diabetes devices

As the number of people with diabetes spirals there's a call for the funding of insulin pumps and glucose monitoring devices for those unable to afford them.

Researchers unlock biological secrets to ageing

Researchers unlock biological secrets to ageing

Researchers unlock biological secrets to ageing

Researchers unlock biological secrets to ageing

Researchers have unlocked the secrets to aging on a molecular level, potentially paving the way to improve the health and quality of life as people grow older.

Social media key to stamping out vape and smoking rates

Social media key to stamping out vape and smoking rates

Social media key to stamping out vape and smoking rates

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.

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Free RSV immunisations for babies amid surge in cases

A free RSV vaccine which could prevent thousands of babies and young children from being admitted to hospital is being rolled out in Queensland.

Prevention better than cure to close rural health gap

A study of 66,000 private health patients in regional Australia has mapped out the rates of chronic disease and revealed poor access to specialist care.

Show us the money, as rural health on life support

Rural Australia is the engine room of the national economy, but little profit is returned for crucial services like healthcare, a conference has been told.

Heat disrupts cancer tests for a million rural Aussies

Bowel cancer screening kits cannot be used when temperatures rise above 30.5C, sparking calls for targeted rural health campaigns during winter.

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