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'We cannot cure everybody': Doctor faces grilling

Dr Kiran Phadke fronts a hearing at NSW Parliament House.

A parliamentary inquiry has been swamped by the former patients and their families and friends, of Dr Kiran Phadke, the clinical oncologist and haematologist under investigation for practising outside clinical guidelines.

NSW Health allays fears over 'outbreak' claim

"There was not an outbreak of tuberculosis in October in Sydney": Health authorities insist.

Health authorities have moved to allay fears over a reported 'outbreak' of tuberculosis, after a Sydney man with TB misdiagnosed with asthma and lung cancer before he received appropriate treatment.

Doctors sound alarm on controversial 'strokecheck' tests

Health authorities fear the Strokecheck test does more harm than good.

Leading vascular surgeons, the Australian Medical Association and the Stroke Foundation are all warning the public to avoid a new charity that has partnered with Amcal pharmacies and workplaces to host GP consultations about stroke risks.

Life in limbo

Dan Gaffney doesn't really know how long his treatment will continue working.

More than a million Australians have been diagnosed with cancer, and one in 23 Australians are now living in its shadow.