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Health minister intervenes in chiropractors’ decision to allow spinal manipulation of babies
Mark Butler is seeking an urgent explanation from the Chiropractic Board of Australia after its controversial decision to allow practitioners to recommence spinal manipulations on babies.
- by Henrietta Cook
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Minister vows to assess bulk-billing as Joondalup Hospital probe begins
The health department will join a review of hospital services, and what people pay for GPs in Perth’s north will be scrutinised, after the death of toddler Sandipan Dhar.
- by Jesinta Burton
Circumcision doctor accused of ‘amputation’ fails to have ban lifted amid appeal
One of Hershel Goldman’s newborn patients suffered an “amputation or partial amputation” of his penis, a tribunal heard, while another baby needed a blood transfusion.
- by Henrietta Cook
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Chiropractors give themselves green light to crack babies’ backs after four-year ban
Doctors have slammed a national move by chiropractors to resume spinal manipulation on babies and children despite a report recommending an end to the practice.
- by Henrietta Cook
The exuberant medical broadcaster who popularised the 5:2 diet
Once described as “the great gonzo scientist of our times”, Dr Michael Mosley was happy to use himself as a guinea pig, eating black pudding made from his own blood and using psilocybin on camera.
The NSW ghost hospitals set to get more doctors and nurses
The state’s health system is under increasing pressure but the NSW government will pump millions into understaffed hospitals.
- by Christopher Harris
‘They were grown men with guns. I was in my PJs’: The crises where police aren’t wanted
Police should be relegated to back-up support for mental health workers or not respond at all to call-outs for severely mentally ill people in crisis, a major state inquiry has concluded.
- by Kate Aubusson
Joanna just wanted a simple beauty treatment. But the pain was ‘hell on earth’
After being burnt on her genitals during a traumatic beauty procedure, Joanna has joined medical experts to call for tighter regulations on the laser hair-removal sector.
- by Henrietta Cook
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Mental health
Adam’s son died in the Hunter Valley bus crash. In a NSW first, he’ll try MDMA to ease his anguish
A clinic will trial psychedelic drugs to treat fear and anxiety in people with PTSD, offering fresh hope for healing. But some say it’s not a miracle cure.
- by Megan Gorrey
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Skin cancer
Hayley’s melanoma came back. Then scientists tried something different
The Sydney teacher is one of dozens of Australians who contributed to a global trial set to transform treatment of melanomas and, potentially, other cancers.
- by Angus Thomson
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Smoking & vaping
E-cigarette use rising in NSW despite vapers saying they want to quit
The number of people using vapes in NSW increased last year, but survey data suggests more than half are considering quitting in the next six months.
- by Mary Ward