It should be easier for young Australians to visit a GP
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Healthcare

It should be easier for young Australians to visit a GP

It’s unacceptable that one in six Australians aged 25-34 feel they can’t afford to visit a doctor.

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Hundreds rally outside Parliament House to protest LNP trans youth ban

The event in Brisbane was one of 20 held across the nation calling on the Queensland government to reinstate health care for trans youth.

  • byCourtney Kruk
People with disabilities ‘let down’ by hospital experience
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Healthcare

People with disabilities ‘let down’ by hospital experience

It is concerning that advocates have been requesting a meeting with the NSW Health Minister since October to discuss solutions.

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‘Like someone took a hot poker and stabbed it through my heart’:Women left behind by medical research

‘Like someone took a hot poker and stabbed it through my heart’:Women left behind by medical research

Australian medical research currently does not account for the needs of women,a scoping review from the Department of Health and Aged Care has found.

  • byEmily Kaine
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Where are Sydney’s sickest suburbs? Follow the money,heat and air pollution

One part of Sydney has several suburbs with near-perfect scores. Less than an hour away,it was a different story.

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Colic treatment containing deadly nightshade under investigation
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Colic treatment containing deadly nightshade under investigation

Parents can access the formula over the internet without a doctor’s visit or prescription.

  • byHenrietta Cook andLiam Mannix
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Woman behind Botox hospitalisations barred by healthcare watchdogs

Woman behind Botox hospitalisations barred by healthcare watchdogs

Norsafiza Binti Zakaria was named on Friday as the unregistered practitioner under investigation after one of her patients was treated in intensive care.

  • byAngus Thomson
Ninety hours in emergency:Leaked patient list reveals dire effects of psychiatrist crisis

Ninety hours in emergency:Leaked patient list reveals dire effects of psychiatrist crisis

Severely ill and distressed patients are waiting three and a half days in emergency for mental health beds that don’t exist in a shocking escalation of the state’s psychiatrist workforce crisis.

  • byKate Aubusson andAngus Thomson
He’s been an arsonist and artist,now he’s on a mission to change lives

He’s been an arsonist and artist,now he’s on a mission to change lives

Damien Linnane’s 10-month stay in prison led him on a journey to overhaul an outdated healthcare system. Only one thing stands in the way.

  • byAngus Thomson
Megan found an ideal mix of money and lifestyle. Many more will be following her

Megan found an ideal mix of money and lifestyle. Many more will be following her

Megan Hamill moved to Australia chasing sunshine and better wages. Thousands of other nurses like her will soon be fast-tracked to address workforce shortages.

  • byAngus Thomson
Who pays for COVID’s victims? Ultimately,we all do

Who pays for COVID’s victims? Ultimately,we all do

Even if you do not care about the health of others,there is a self-interested reason to want fewer people spending months of their lives in private hospitals.

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