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Measles alert issued for shopping centre, club in the Sutherland Shire

Measles alert issued for shopping centre, club in the Sutherland Shire

A warning has been issued for locations across the Sutherland Shire after a child was diagnosed with the highly infectious virus measles.

  • by Lucy Cormack

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How Georgina is driving one cancer's death rate down to zero
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How Georgina is driving one cancer's death rate down to zero

Professor Georgina Long has transformed cancer treatment globally. This is why her goal of zero deaths from melanoma could become reality.

  • by Esther Han
Your poo is (mostly) alive. Here's what's in it
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Your poo is (mostly) alive. Here's what's in it

If you’ve ever thought your poo is just a bunch of dead cells, think again.

  • by Vincent Ho
I was a young doctor, about to kill myself, when I heard a knock at my door
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Opinion

I was a young doctor, about to kill myself, when I heard a knock at my door

Thirty years later, I'm head of my medical college and I'm breaking my silence in the hope it will save lives - because whoever came to my door saved mine.

  • by Steve Robson
Dear Steve, I was among the young doctors who decided to knock on your door
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Opinion

Dear Steve, I was among the young doctors who decided to knock on your door

I read Professor Steve Robson's article revealing his attempted suicide 30 years ago - and had to let him know: I was among his young medical colleagues who realised he was in trouble.

  • by Kate Tree
How women can protect brain health to cut dementia risk
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How women can protect brain health to cut dementia risk

We know cholesterol levels affect our heart health, but new research indicates they are just as important for our brain health.

  • by Sarah Berry
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'I'm devastated': Paul Davis' disease has killed members of his family
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'I'm devastated': Paul Davis' disease has killed members of his family

Paul Davis, a former Balmain Tigers star, has been diagnosed with a disease that's taken the lives of many of his family members.

  • by Esther Han
Patients with rare disease get free access to life-saving wonder drug
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Patients with rare disease get free access to life-saving wonder drug

"We don't know what will happen to you": Lea Chant was told her baby boy would die before he was 30. Her fate was a mystery.

  • by Kate Aubusson
WA child recovering in hospital with meningococcal

WA child recovering in hospital with meningococcal

A child is recovering in a West Australian hospital after being diagnosed with meningococcal serogroup W disease.

'Dozens of cancer cases': Perth community renews push for answers over pollution
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'Dozens of cancer cases': Perth community renews push for answers over pollution

A 2011 report into health risks in the area was only made available online on Tuesday, nearly seven years after its publication.

  • by Hannah Barry
The hospital whose staff are failing to wash hands before touching newborns
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The hospital whose staff are failing to wash hands before touching newborns

The two poorest performing hospitals when it comes to maternity care have been revealed in a new report.

  • by Esther Han