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Joint replacements could become day surgeries to cut down on backlog
A small number of NSW hospitals currently offer same-day discharge. The NSW government’s surgical taskforce wants to expand the option to the rest of the state.
- by Angus Thomson
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Super Saturdays and ‘HIT’ clinics to slash surgery waitlist backlog
A radical blueprint proposes several measures in a bid to cut the number of people waiting in pain for surgery.
- by Aisha Dow and Henrietta Cook
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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
‘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
The unusual vaccination plan to halt ‘out of control’ flesh-eating disease
As Victoria heads into the riskiest months for transmission, officials urging people in areas affected by the Buruli ulcer – including Melbourne’s inner-north – to avoid mosquito bites.
- by Henrietta Cook and Aisha Dow
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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
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‘Deadly’ Perth babies’ hospital move sets top doctors on collision course with minister
A leaked document shows the fears health professionals hold about a government decision to locate higher risk births away from the state’s children’s hospital.
- by Michael Genovese
A test could have saved Alison from chemotherapy
Advocates say cancer patients are missing out on life-saving medicines and enduring unnecessary cancer treatments because they are not getting timely access to genomic profiling.
- by Aisha Dow
When Muhammad Ali’s family emailed a Sydney doctor, he thought it was spam
It’s not every day you get an email from the family of Muhammad Ali, so when Sydney doctor Daniel Nour did, he was sceptical.
- by Mary Ward
‘Almost like injecting a drug’: Sunlight seems to protect us from depression, anxiety
People who get more light during the day and less at night are less likely to suffer from mental health issues, a study has found.
- by Liam Mannix
The controversial chemical used by every Melbourne council
It has been banned in Germany and a World Health Organisation says it probably causes cancer. But Melbourne councils are standing by their decision to use a controversial weed killer.
- by Henrietta Cook