When a child falls over, even if they aren’t physically injured, they look to their parents for a reaction. Some caregivers respond to respond with a hug, kiss or words to acknowledge what has happened and settle their child’s emotions. Other parents think it is best not to overact or put too much emphasis on … Read more
Thousands of women in NSW will have easier access to the oral contraceptive pill from this week, as the state government makes permanent a trial scheme designed to ease pressure on the healthcare system. From Saturday, women who have been taking the pill for the last two years will be able to get their script … Read more
NEW YORK — A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to further regulate fluoride in drinking water because high levels could pose a risk to the intellectual development of children. U.S. District Judge Edward Chen cautioned that it’s not certain that the amount of fluoride typically added to water is causing lower … Read more
A quick-thinking nurse has shared the moment she called on her years of experience to save a choking baby at a Sydney park. Heidi Young was enjoying a birthday barbecue with friends in 2019 when a six-month-old girl began struggling to breathe because a piece of sausage was lodged in her windpipe. Within seconds, the … Read more
Nurses are on strike despite a recommendation to accept an interim pay rise and continue negotiating, with public rallies planned as they call for pay rises. The 24-hour stop-work action by nurses and midwives on Tuesday will affect elective surgery and cause delays for some patients, while support for life-saving care is not expected to … Read more
When Pooja Mehta’s younger brother, Raj, died by suicide at age 19 in March 2020, she felt “blindsided”. Raj’s last text message was to his college lab partner about how to divide homework questions. “You don’t say you’re going to take questions one through 15 if you’re planning to be dead one hour later,” said … Read more
AFL legend and current Swans CEO Tom Harley, and his podcaster wife Felicity said they “did not know enough” about meningococcal disease when their five-week-old son Hugo contracted the potentially deadly infection. Now the couple are urging other parents to stay vigilant, with experts warning meningococcal disease cases are likely to spike this spring. Meningococcal … Read more
The number of lives lost to infections that are resistant to the medications intended to treat them could increase nearly 70 per cent globally by 2050, a new study projects — further showing the burden of the ongoing superbug crisis. Cumulatively, from 2025 to 2050, more than 39 million deaths across the world could be … Read more
A Southern California man battling an irreversible lung disease — which doctors say he contracted just by doing his job — has been awarded a historic justice in court. Gustavo Reyez Gonazlez, 34, was diagnosed with silicosis after working with engineered stone slabs used in kitchen and bathroom countertops for nearly two decades at local … Read more
Grazier Jane Martin was mustering sheep in a dusty outback paddock, something she had done countless times before. But this particular day was different: as she rode her motorbike on a remote station on the Darling River in western NSW she could not stop crying. “My world just opened up and I cried and cried … Read more
