The genetic ‘crystal ball’:Would you want to know which disease will kill you?

The genetic ‘crystal ball’:Would you want to know which disease will kill you?

Your risk of cancer,heart attack and Alzheimer’s could be revealed with a swab of saliva. But the burgeoning DNA technology has significant flaws.

  • byAngus Dalton

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The man who shut down a Sydney emergency department
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The man who shut down a Sydney emergency department

Robert Steven Turner has faced court after allegedly sending death threats to nurses,leading to his dramatic arrest at Westmead Hospital.

  • byAngus Thomson
Doctors back ban on suntan oil ads luring TikTok,Instagram users

Doctors back ban on suntan oil ads luring TikTok,Instagram users

Australian Medical Association president Steve Robson said he had thought the country had matured past the era of extreme sun exposure.

  • byAisha Dow
Cancer or harmless? Doctors grapple with a rise in ‘incidentalomas’

Cancer or harmless? Doctors grapple with a rise in ‘incidentalomas’

They are the small,dark spots on medical scans that no one was looking for. They could be harmless or life-threatening,and they are on the rise.

  • byHenrietta Cook
The March 9 Edition
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The March 9 Edition

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Why has everyone suddenly got ADHD?

Why has everyone suddenly got ADHD?

Diagnoses of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are soaring. Figuring out why is a minefield.

  • byAmanda Hooton
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The tiny killer linked to heart attack,stroke and death

The tiny killer linked to heart attack,stroke and death

A world-first study has identified a factor that leads to a 4½-times greater risk of heart attack,stroke and death – and exposure is unavoidable.

  • byAngus Dalton
How TV doctor Michael Mosley fixed his insomnia

How TV doctor Michael Mosley fixed his insomnia

A new SBS show profiles a world-first study from Flinders University setting out to tackle Australia’s sleeplessness problem.

  • byLauren Ironmonger
‘Not government policy’:Proposed demolition of ED rejected
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‘Not government policy’:Proposed demolition of ED rejected

The $36 million facility,which opens next month,was slated to be demolished under the hospital’s long-term master plan.

  • byAngus Thomson
‘Food was a coping mechanism’:What’s behind the obesity surge
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‘Food was a coping mechanism’:What’s behind the obesity surge

An extra 2.5 million Australians are now classified as obese compared with a decade ago. Andrew Wilson says the health system is letting down people like him.

  • byAngus Thomson
‘A perception it’s your fault’:Call for all people with diabetes to receive new tech

‘A perception it’s your fault’:Call for all people with diabetes to receive new tech

Should people with Type 2 diabetes receive the same subsidised care as their Type 1 counterparts?

  • byMary Ward