Healthcare
Spike in childcare centre gastro outbreaks prompts NSW Health warning
NSW Health has warned families about washing hands and staying home when sick after hundreds of children have fallen ill in gastro outbreaks at childcare centres.
- by Rachel Clun
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Healthcare
NSW Health Minister denies jobs will be cut to meet funding shortfall
Health Minister Brad Hazzard say new technology will change the health workforce over the next decade, but claims of looming job cuts are "rubbish".
- by Megan Gorrey
Cancer
Kathryn wanted to be a doctor. But first she had to beat cancer
All her life, Kathryn Woodward was a self-confessed “over-planner” but her plans were derailed by a sudden diagnosis.
- by Stuart Layt
Healthcare
Mother urges doctors to remember Luca's death as inquest findings released
Luca Raso, 13, died from peritonitis resulting from ruptured gangrenous acute appendicitis following several days of serious illness, after a GP misdiagnosed his condition..
- by Nick Bielby
Bushfires
'Horrified' doctors call for direct action on bushfire health threat
Doctors want the federal government to act on the “unprecedented public health threat” of bushfires raging along the east coast.
- by Kate Aubusson
Babies
Common headache drug could change the lives of underweight babies
Most people use it to ease a headache but researchers are investigating whether ibuprofen could ease a range of development issues suffered by very small babies.
- by Stuart Layt
Hospitals
Hospitals in 'critical condition': 3 million flood NSW emergency departments
Unprecedented numbers of patients are flooding NSW emergency departments and elective surgery waiting lists with no sign of a reprieve, health report shows.
- by Kate Aubusson
Oral health
'Unacceptable' gaps in dental health for older Australians
The Australian Dental Association NSW said poor oral health in older Australians was estimated to cost $750 million per year.
- by Rachel Clun
Opinion
Bushfires
Bushfire smoke is changing our way of life
The bushfire crisis is preventing us from enjoying good physical and mental health.
- by Dr Bob Vickers
Healthcare
Free up pharmacists to help disaster victims, researchers say
As natural disasters become more common, laws must be updated to allow pharmacists to help displaced patients as effectively as possible, researchers argue.
- by Stuart Layt
Exclusive
Health
One-stop-shop: service treats mental illness, neurological, and addiction as 'brain disorders'
A new service that demolishes the “artificial silos” separating mental illness, neurological conditions aims to do for people with “brain diseases” what gold standard comprehensive cancer centres have done for cancer patients.
- by Kate Aubusson