American doctor's warning for Australian men
After years of harmful overtreatment and controversy, the PSA test for prostate cancer in making a comeback.
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Kate Aubusson
Kate Aubusson is a journalist with Fairfax Media
New measles outbreak: infected people spent time at children's hospital
Six more people have been infected with measles and health authorities have listed some locations where the cases spent time.
Over-the-phone abortion service safe and effective, review finds
The service has been providing safe and effective terminations to hundreds of Australian women.
'You start to get twitchy': Julia's battle after being hit by a car
Julia Proud cried when she was told she needed to stop taking her opioids. "The thought of feeling the pain again was too confronting."
'No-one mentioned it': The pregnancy danger Kate never knew
Why pregnant women aren't told about the serious virus that can cause serious malformations and disability in their unborn babies.
'We cannot cure everybody': Doctor faces grilling
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
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.
Sydney measles alert: Unvaccinated woman and two children infected
Two children and a young woman contracted measles and spent time in western Sydney while infectious
'I just cried and cried': Terminally ill man has Centrelink payments cut for interview no-show
A 21-year-old cancer patient with just months to live had his Centrelink payments cut off because he failed to go job-hunting.
More Sydney hospitals embroiled in fake doctor scandal
A man who allegedly impersonated a doctor worked shifts at the Royal North Shore and Mona Vale Hospitals, health authorities reported on Thursday.
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