Indyanna, 2, was walking strangely one day — a few weeks later, a brain scan revealed she had a tumour the size of a golf ball on her brain. And while it took several weeks to reach that diagnosis, what came next happened very quickly — she was operated on that day, and now faces … Read more
A Perth mother is lucky to be alive after she choked on her food then suffered a heart attack, before her husband put his first-aid training into action and saved her life. Derek and Donna Edwards on Saturday met the St John WA emergency dispatcher who talked Mr Edwards through resuscitating his wife just over … Read more
Several months ago, four NSW children lost their grandfather. Just weeks later, the children were rocked by the death of their father. They have now been told their mother has just six months to live. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today Melanie Nast Young is only 45 but has been diagnosed with … Read more
Lyn Whiteway thought she had the flu but she had actually developed a life-threatening condition known as sepsis, which many Australians know little about. Thankfully she went back to hospital where doctors finally diagnosed the condition just in time — 24 hours later she would have been dead. WATCH VIDEO ABOVE: Australians film tongue twister … Read more
Cases of children eating up to 120 multivitamin gummies in a single day are among a “significant” increase in parent calls to the Queensland Poison Information Centre concerning overuse of the gummies. QPIC received 180 calls relating to toddlers eating multivitamins with iron — which can be toxic for children if overused — in 2023. … Read more
Like most parents, mother-of-three, Kydonia* wants to make the best decisions to help her young children thrive. But the Adelaide mum was shocked to find out the extent of misleading marketing around toddler foods and the lack of laws to prevent it. “I ended up downloading an app that tells you if there’s additives and … Read more
Australian supermodel Elle Macpherson has hung up on three Australian radio hosts mid-interview following a seemingly uncontroversial question. The 60-year-old was speaking by phone with B105 hosts Stav Davidson, Matt Acton and Loren Barry on Tuesday morning when she abruptly ended the chat. Macpherson is currently promoting her new book, discussing her cancer diagnosis, business … Read more
The number of whooping cough cases are the highest they’ve been in six years, prompting South Australian health officials to urge pregnant women and children to get immunised. SA Health said whooping cough cases are currently 10 times the number they were this time last year. The infection, also known as pertussis, can be serious … Read more
An Adelaide teenager is pleading with parents and doctors to stop telling kids to “toughen up”, saying bouts of pain may be masking something sinister. Lucy O’Neill was diagnosed with Juvenile Arthritis when she was 14 years old after years of struggling with chronic pain. Now 19 years old, she has described how it took … Read more
Parents are being urged to secure freestanding ovens and supervise their children at all times after a 19-month-old girl was crushed under an oven in New Zealand. The inquest of Kendra Paisley Ann Scanlon found the oven was unsecured when it fell on her on April 28, 2022 at her family home in Rotorua, on … Read more
