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
Experts have warned that supermodel Elle Macpherson’s decision to shun conventional medicine to beat breast cancer was dangerous and could lead to recurrence. The 60-year-old last week said she ignored the advice of 32 doctors, who advised her to have a mastectomy, radiation, chemotherapy and hormone therapy. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Breast cancer survivors angry … 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
This article first appeared in The Conversation. Roughly one in six people are affected by infertility worldwide. And with more than half the world’s population now living in urban areas, researchers are interested in whether living in noisy and polluted cities could be to blame. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today A … Read more
A Florida surgeon mistakenly removed a man’s liver instead of his spleen, causing him to die on the operating table, a lawyer for the man’s widow alleges. William Bryan, 70, of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, underwent surgery on August 21, at Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast hospital in Miramar, Florida, because of spleen abnormalities, according to … Read more
A US couple is suing an Atlanta hospital — in the country’s southeast state of Georgia — for allegedly losing part of a patient’s skull after it was removed during brain surgery because “several bone flaps” were lacking identification. Fernando and Maria Cluster are accusing staff at Emory University Hospital Midtown of negligence that led … Read more
More than 200 cities and counties declared racism was a public health crisis in the past few years, mostly after George Floyd was murdered by police in Minneapolis in May 2020. Racial justice advocates said they finally felt heard by the quick swell of political will to address disparities like disproportionate COVID-19 deaths or infant … Read more
The average age Australian women start going through menopause is 52. Menopausal symptoms range in severity but can include a loss of lean muscle tissue, hormonal changes, weight gain, loss of skin elasticity, hot flushes and insomnia. Nutritionist Donna Aston, the director of online health and wellness company AstonRX from Melbourne, believes menopause is wildly … Read more
Whooping cough cases have skyrocketed in Victoria, with the state’s health department labelling the worrying increase a “public health concern”. More than 10 times the number of cases has been recorded so far in 2024 than for the whole of last year, with children aged 9–12 accounting for nearly 40 per cent of all cases. … Read more
