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Excessive screen time blamed for worsening eyesight among children
Optometrists have reported a significant rise in myopia among children, who are being diagnosed younger than ever before.
- by Henrietta Cook
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Certain noises enrage me, but I was relieved to hear it’s a thing
When I covered my ears at a dinner party earlier this year, I had to face some hard truths.
- by Antoinette Lattouf
What a mango farmer eats in a day (other than mangoes)
Naturally, 58-year-old Marie Piccone does have half a mango she grew for dessert.
- by Nicole Economos
‘When my son was in hospital, I prayed for one miracle. I can now see four’
In early 2016, Deyaan Udani, a seven-year-old boy from western Sydney, became India’s youngest organ donor.
- by Mary Ward
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Joe beat the odds twice in seven months. This device was key to his survival
The 64-year-old touch rugby referee collapsed twice during halftime at separate games. Multiple doctors have told him he is lucky to be alive.
- by Holly Thompson
How much coffee is too much coffee?
Is three coffees a day too many? How about four? Experts share their thoughts.
- by Alice Callahan
Aylin was told she’d wake up beautiful. Instead, she feels deformed
The mother of five is one of more than 1000 former patients registered as part of a class action against celebrity surgeon Daniel Lanzer.
- by Aisha Dow
‘Toughest days of my life’: Heartbroken Ashcroft plots resurgent return
Watching on as hundreds of kids took part in a sporting clinic, Will Ashcroft felt envious. Now, the wounded Lion is plotting to return better than ever.
- by Nick Wright
This young mum went to her GP with unexplained weight gain. Now she’s fighting for her life
Emma Eltringham watched her daughter fight and beat a rare form of leukaemia. But after thinking things could return to normal, she was also diagnosed with a late-stage cancer.
- by Holly Thompson
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It’s more than a shake or a shuffle, and you can get it young. Inside the world of Parkinson’s
Every year more than 11,000 Australians discover they have Parkinson’s, and they’re not all over 65. What’s it like to live with the condition? And what’s the breakthrough offering fresh hope?
- by Angus Thomson
Healthy respect for ruling on GP payroll tax changes
Doctors and general practice owners have welcomed a decision by the Queensland government to not subject GPs to extra payroll taxes.
- by Fraser Barton