Healthcare
Health Minister orders investigation into health insurer Bupa after alarming announcements
Bupa has announced big changes, alarming members and prompting doctors to warn that the moves are 'one big leap towards US-style managed care'.
- by Esther Han
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This name change is about more than vanity
The desire to have your skill properly recognised is only human.
- by Victor Lu
Healthcare
Record 30 per cent increase in complaints about health insurance
A startling 30 per cent increase has seen the total number of complaints to the Private Health Insurance Ombudsman hit a record high.
- by Esther Han
Healthcare
Dion's fight to overcome muscular dystrophy so he can continue helping others
Dion Detterer needs 24-hour care and 24-hour ventilation but says large gaps in the roster and unqualified support workers have left him fearing for his life.
- by Esther Han
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Sleeper sell: Anaesthetists want name change so people know how skilled they are
They're concerned that most people don’t realise how highly trained and skilled the lucrative speciality is.
- by Aisha Dow
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Weight gain core to new national pregnancy guidelines
Weight gain for would-be mothers is a key focus of the federal government’s new national medical guidelines for pregnancy.
- by Kate Aubusson
Healthcare
Doctors want newborns to be screened for 'bubble boy' SCID disease
In the first five weeks of his life, Harrison Draper went from being a healthy, pink-skinned newborn to a sick child who left doctors stumped. He had 'bubble boy' disease.
- by Esther Han
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Healthcare
Nestle wipes '4.5' health star rating off flagship Milo product
Long accused of exploiting a loophole, Nestle has bowed to pressure and announced it will remove the 4.5 health star rating splashed on Milo.
- by Esther Han
Health
Two people have died in national outbreak of listeria linked to rockmelon supplier
Vulnerable people, including pregnant women, have been warned to avoid eating the fruit.
- by Aisha Dow & Rachel Clun
Healthcare
One third of Australians don't know difference between ovarian and cervical cancers
Nearly 30 per cent of Australians don’t know the difference between ovarian and cervical cancer, and experts are desperate to change this.
- by Esther Han
Healthcare
Junior doctors to get $2m refund for troubled tester's botched exam
Troubled multinational testing company Pearson Vue will refund more than $2 million to distressed doctors after an IT bungle halted a major exam last week.
- by Aisha Dow