Infection risk: warning for Sydney heart surgery patients
A rare infection risk has prompted NSW health authorities to replace cardiac surgery equipment at four Sydney hospitals and advise open heart surgery patients to consult their doctors.
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Kate Aubusson
Kate Aubusson is a journalist with Fairfax Media
Choice between watching a child suffer or breaking the law
A new study is hoping to find out what pushes parents to risk prosecution to treat their child's epilepsy with cannabis.
Teenage boy stabbed during brawl in Fairfield
A teenage boy has been taken to hospital after being stabbed in south west Sydney on Sunday night.
The secret admission at the heart of the hospital scandals
"Do patients need to be informed?" The outrageous suggestion tears at the edges of an extraordinary week for the state's health system that saw announced the exposure of three critical medical errors at three separate Sydney hospitals.
Cancer patient left in dark over chemo scandal
A cancer patient caught up in the latest chemotherapy dosing scandal at a Sydney hospital said a senior hospital staff member told her not to "run to the media".
The hidden condition holding back students
Screening for a serious congenital condition may fail to identify babies at risk of developing poor skills in primary school, a world-first study suggests.
'No idea how sick I was': the machine that kept Melissa alive
Melissa Allsop was thirty weeks pregnant when she lost consciousness. She woke up two months later, 800 kilometres away from her baby.
Report reveals who really drinks the most alcohol
Young people cop all the bad press but who really drinks the most alcohol?
Gastro warning: 49 outbreaks in NSW childcare and nursing homes
A wave of gastroenteritis outbreaks in daycare centres and aged care homes has sent more than 3,300 young children and adults to NSW emergency departments.
The truth about ready-made baby food
To all the parents making a frantic dash down the baby food aisle: you're doing just fine.
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