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Radical new approach to treating food allergies rolled out across Australia
Experts hope a daily dose of peanut powder could be the game changer in helping Australia tackle its mantle as allergy capital of the world.
- by Henrietta Cook
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More Australians die while waiting for an organ donor
More than 50 Australians died while waiting for an organ transplant last year – and the number of registered donors is declining.
- by Mary Ward
Devastated Perth parents slam findings over their toddler son’s death
The family of 21-month-old Sandipan Dhar, who died from undiagnosed leukemia, are rejecting Ramsay Health Care’s finding that he received “appropriate” care.
- by Holly Thompson
What Amy Winehouse and Shane Warne can tell us about death statistics
An Australian analysis has compared the death rates of sports stars and musicians.
- by Angus Dalton
The dodgy nail salon practices fuelling a surge in fungal infections
Podiatrists estimate there has been an 80 per cent rise in cases of fungal nail infections linked to poor hygiene practices as pedicures and manicures become a beauty staple.
- by Henrietta Cook
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This man’s eye burst like a ‘balloon full of water’. He’s suing a hospital over an injection gone wrong
Sydney Eye Hospital denies it breached its duty of care to Giovanni Busa, who is taking legal action over a procedure he alleges left him blind in one eye.
- by Angus Thomson
It’s winter, your nose is runny. But these cold and flu tablets may not help
What some consumers don’t realise is that a common drug used to treat blocked noses does not work when taken in tablet, capsule or liquid form.
- by Jewel Topsfield
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Painful contraction for private maternity hospitals
One in four women gives birth in private hospitals. The collapse of private obstetrics will have huge flow-on effects for the public system.
- by Kate Aubusson
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Using AI, this app may tell if you have an STI
An Australian app is showing promise in identifying infections in photos using artificial intelligence, amid a surge in people contracting STIs over the past year.
- by Mary Ward
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‘Sex bubbles’: Why Victorians should keep a list of their sex partners
The state is in the grip of its largest mpox outbreak, with 76 cases detected over the past three months, compared with just eight cases last year.
- by Henrietta Cook
‘People don’t want to talk’: The taboo ‘zombie’ problem in medical science
Bad science is affecting clinical guidelines, but now an Australian professor has a solution.
- by Angus Dalton