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| UpdatedDr Glenn Gardener from Brisbane's Mater Hospital explains the options for parents with children with spina bifida.
Topics: human-interest, babies---newborns, medical-procedures, australia
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| UpdatedSydney couple Claudine and Dave Fitzgibbon were facing the difficult decision to proceed with a pregnancy after another spina bifida diagnosis or to terminate, but then doctors offered a glimmer of hope.
Topics: medical-procedures, medical-research, doctors-and-medical-professionals, babies---newborns, people, brisbane-4000, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedWhen Leslie Lobo's wife Desiree was diagnosed with aggressive ovarian cancer he was by her side, and his unwavering support continued when she chose alternative treatments over chemotherapy.
Topics: ovarian-cancer, alternative-medicine, medical-procedures, australia
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| UpdatedWhen Maureen McIlquham's daughter Michelle was discharged from hospital on a cool autumn night in 2009, she never imagined the 28-year-old would be dead in the family home just hours later.
Topics: states-and-territories, disabilities, healthcare-facilities, medical-procedures, death, sydney-2000, australia
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| UpdatedDi Wilschefski was talking about guardian angels when she was struck down by cardiac arrest on Serendipity Drive, where her life was saved by a cardiac nurse and a portable defibrillator.
Topics: emergency-incidents, medical-procedures, healthcare-facilities, health-policy, people, samford-4520, melbourne-3000
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Nearly 50 serious mistakes occurred in the Queensland public health system between 2010 and 2015, a new report finds, with incidents including seven cases of medication-dispensing errors which led to deaths.
Topics: health, medical-procedures, doctors-and-medical-professionals, brisbane-4000, qld
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Tasmanians are being prescribed morphine-based medications more than any other state and it directly relates to long wait lists for elective surgery, says the peak body representing family doctors.
Topics: doctors-and-medical-professionals, medical-procedures, health-administration, state-parliament, federal---state-issues, hobart-7000, launceston-7250, tas
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| UpdatedBowel Cancer Australia says less than 20 per cent of bowel screening participants who require a colonoscopy are getting it within the recommended 30 days, while others are waiting a year, and there are concerns the delays could be fatal.
Topics: bowel-and-rectal-cancer, medical-procedures, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedA $250 million funding boost by the Federal Government to the nation's organ donation system has seen a 16 per cent increase in the number of Australians deciding to donate their organs.
Topics: health-policy, doctors-and-medical-professionals, medical-procedures, healthcare-facilities, act, nsw, qld, sa, tas, wa
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Topics: medical-procedures, doctors-and-medical-professionals, maroochydore-4558
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Topics: medical-procedures, doctors-and-medical-professionals, maroochydore-4558
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A new hybrid operating theatre in Queensland will be the only one of its kind in the southern hemisphere when it opens on the Sunshine Coast in April.
Topics: doctors-and-medical-professionals, medical-procedures, maroochydore-4558
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Topics: medical-procedures, doctors-and-medical-professionals, maroochydore-4558
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| UpdatedA 10-year-old boy from Papua New Guinea is one of a handful of children from the Asia-Pacific who came to Australia for life-changing medical treatment.
Topics: medical-procedures, health, volunteers, melbourne-3000, papua-new-guinea, pacific
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| UpdatedWhen a child walks for the first time it is a moment of great joy, but one Sydney family is yet to experience that with their four-year-old daughter Isabella, who has a form of cerebral palsy called spastic diplegia.
Topics: cerebral-palsy, health, diseases-and-disorders, medical-procedures, sydney-2000, united-states
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Paige Humphreys, nine, has a rare condition that could see her bleed to death at any moment. Her father Andrew Humphreys is crowdfunding to raise money for an operation to save her in South Korea.
Topics: child-health-and-behaviour, diseases-and-disorders, medical-procedures, coraki-2471
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Nine-year-old Paige Humphreys has a rare illness that could see her bleed to death at any moment.
Topics: diseases-and-disorders, child-health-and-behaviour, medical-procedures, coraki-2471
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There are not too many people who can walk around their hometown, pointing out people they helped keep alive — 81-year-old Ian ‘Snow’ Neilson is one of those people.
Topics: volunteers, medical-procedures, road, health, people, smithton-7330
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A Victorian woman becomes the first person in the world to trial a revolutionary treatment for epilepsy which involves implanting a pump in a patient's abdomen that sends medication directly to the brain.
Topics: health, epilepsy, medical-research, medical-procedures, science-and-technology, diseases-and-disorders
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| UpdatedIn an Australian first, doctors are screening people at high risk of developing pancreatic cancer to pick up early warning signs of the aggressive disease, something long thought to be ineffective and expensive.
Topics: cancer, diseases-and-disorders, health, medical-research, medical-procedures, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedA cosmetic surgeon who admitted to taking a sedative and falling asleep while performing liposuction on a patient has his medical registration cancelled by New South Wales health authorities.
Topics: doctors-and-medical-professionals, medical-ethics, medical-procedures, fairfield-2165
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| UpdatedQueensland skin cancer patients will be the first in Australia to be treated with a new machine for delivering radiation, which is less invasive and leaves less scarring than surgery.
Topics: health, medical-procedures, skin-cancer, diseases-and-disorders, brisbane-4000, qld
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Topics: medical-procedures, medical-research, cancer, cairns-4870
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| UpdatedIn the business of bone donation, old hips are giving new life to people needing reconstructive surgery.
Topics: bones-and-muscles, health, medical-procedures, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedAfter being bedridden for 12 years, a Queensland woman with the rare condition known as stiff person syndrome is able to walk again thanks to the work of Brisbane doctors.
Topics: doctors-and-medical-professionals, medical-procedures, science-and-technology, health, toowoomba-4350, qld, brisbane-4000