Healthcare
A miracle solution for some, ‘barbaric’ for others. The truth behind the boom in cutting babies’ tongues
The number of babies having tongue-tie releases in Australia has skyrocketed over the past two decades. But debate continues to rage about the merits of the procedure.
- by Henrietta Cook
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Arden’s electrical issues were known three years before shock hospital move
Authorities knew in 2021 that electromagnetic waves from Metro Tunnel trains were a risk to Arden’s recently scrapped hospital towers.
- by Henrietta Cook, Rachel Eddie, Kieran Rooney and Aisha Dow
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Hospitals
The seven-day healthcare clinic that’s closed 14 per cent of the time
The GP clinic is meant to cut wait times at Northern Beaches Hospital. Instead, it’s struggling to stay open.
- by Angus Thomson
‘Glute master’ influencer banned by healthcare watchdog
Khadije Dandachli is accused of posing as a nurse and injecting unknown substances into the buttocks of patients, allegations she denies.
- by Angus Thomson
How Emily took advantage of one of the few ‘good things’ to come out of COVID
Chemotherapy and a transplant makes it hard for Emily West to go outside, but a post-pandemic explosion in telehealth has made it easier for her to get the care she needs.
- by Angus Thomson
Qld public servants get 10 days’ leave for reproductive health
Entitlements provide days off for fertility treatments, chronic reproductive health conditions such as endometriosis and preventative screening for cancers.
- by Fraser Barton
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Children's Health
The case for testing children for high cholesterol
New research has reignited a debate about whether children should be screened for high levels of cholesterol, which is often inherited and can begin early.
- by Aisha Dow
How two chefs from an Australian aged care home beat the world’s best cooks
Chefs David Martin and Harry Shen are acutely aware of the bad reputation that surrounds food in aged care. It’s something they want to change.
- by Henrietta Cook
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‘Unprecedented demand’: Psych service for city’s vulnerable in funding crisis
A mental health service for the vulnerable in the city and eastern suburbs no longer accepts adult patients not at risk of suicide.
- by Mary Ward
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Oral health
‘A prevailing fixation’: Why do we love straight, white teeth?
Teeth are essential to everyday life – and they carry our secrets long after we’re gone. What do they know? (And what makes a “perfect” smile?)
- by Angus Holland
‘Bouncers thought I was drunk’: What it’s like to live with narcolepsy
Narcolepsy is known as a condition that causes someone to instantly fall asleep, but for sufferers, the impacts are much more varied, and dangerous.
- by Mary Ward