Crunch talks are underway as doctors face a four-month deadline before a fresh tax hit kicks in and potentially adds an extra $15 to the bill for NSW patients’ GP visits. Doctors across the country’s most populous state could be forced to increase their fees in order to keep their doors open if the scheduled … Read more
When Astrid Carpentier took her daughter Jorja to Queensland Children’s Hospital (QCH), the emergency department was “full of kids” with “the same cough” as her sick child. Health officials have warned about mycoplasma pneumonia — the illness that put three-year-old Jorja in hospital for days — as the state responds to a spike in cases. … Read more
Breakthrough Australian research into artificial ovaries hopes to give women diagnosed with leukaemia the chance to have children. Stacey-Lee Craanen was diagnosed with leukaemia at age three and again at age seven, and like others with cancer, her future fertility options were compromised. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Australian researchers on the verge of breakthrough artificial … Read more
An American woman has shared a warning with her followers on social media after she was severely burned after being out in the Australian sun. Taylor told her followers she was visiting Sydney for the first time when she was badly sunburned. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: US tourist shows confronting sunburn. Watch the latest news … Read more
Those heavy lead aprons may be on their way out at the dentist office, depending on where you live. The nation’s largest dental association said Thursday it will no longer recommend the use of lead aprons and thyroid collars on patients who are getting dental X-rays. There are two main reasons for the change. X-ray … Read more
Over years of research and diet rankings, one regimen has consistently been found to bring a host of health benefits, and it hasn’t fallen out of favour amid changing fads. The Mediterranean diet once again topped the list in US News and World Reports’ annual ranking for 2024 — for the seventh consecutive time — … Read more
A NSW mum is calling on the government to put in place laws that prevent life insurance companies from what she says discriminates against people based on their genes. Kristie Ivone was diagnosed with breast cancer last September, and later discovered she carried a cancer gene linked to four different types of the disease. WATCH … Read more
Health authorities have warned the public to remain vigilant for a deadly tropical disease known as melioidosis. The disease has killed two people and infected 22 others in the Top End. Melioidosis is a disease caused by bacteria found deep in tropical soil and water, that can come to the surface during heavy rain. Watch … Read more
A NSW push to poach interstate essential workers has been dismissed by South Australia as a desperate effort to fill the more populous state’s skill “chasms”. The Make the Move Campaign is aimed at boosting the number of essential workers in regional NSW by spotlighting the stories of nurses, police, teachers, firefighters and midwives who … Read more
Kate Walker was only 16 years old when she started vaping, and it wasn’t long before she couldn’t go half an hour without a puff, she said. “I always had a vape with me,” Walker, now aged 20, said. “It was the first thing (I did) when I woke up and the last thing (I … Read more
