Sydney Children's Hospital saves 50 babies from developing HIV
When Annie* saw her daughter Jess* for the first time, nobody knew how old she was.
- by Amy Corderoy
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Facebook's plan to help prevent suicide
Facebook has used "compassion research" to understand how people can best help a friend in need.
- by Amy Corderoy
Ice taskforce report shifts focus from policing to treatment
Recommendations from the government's ice taskforce obtained by Fairfax Media show it will call for more treatment services to be funded.
- by Amy Corderoy
Record Paul Ramsay Foundation grant to cut suicide by 20 per cent
The largest private donation for suicide prevention will fund a new program that aims to cut suicide in NSW by 20 per cent.
- by Amy Corderoy
A quarter of high school kids 'sexting' images or videos of themselves: study
Sexting is "just part of the broader sexual repertoire" of young people today, experts say.
- by Amy Corderoy
War on drugs 'a war against our own children': Harm Reduction Australia
Australia is caught in an irrational, un-winnable war against drugs that is actually just a "war against its own children", according to health and legal experts.
- by Amy Corderoy
Radical new company For Benefit Medicines to direct 100% of profits to patients
Drug companies don't always have the best reputation when it comes to acting in the interests of patients. But a new company is bucking that trend.
- by Amy Corderoy
Andrew Robb trade trip with former Nash staffer Alastair Furnival raises questions
Labor Senator Penny Wong says inclusion of former junk food lobbyist in trade delegation raises "serious questions about integrity of the federal lobbying register".
- by Amy Corderoy
Better protection for consumers of complementary medicines
Australians who use complementary medicines could soon be protected from dodgy claims and products that don't contain what they say they do.
- by Amy Corderoy
The additional cost of cancer: out-of-pocket expenses and lost income
Cancer patients are experiencing significant out-of-pocket costs for their treatment at the same time as losing income at work, a study has found.
- by Amy Corderoy
Heart attack, stroke: popular painkillers to carry warnings from 2016
Some of Australia's most popular painkilling medications will carry warnings from next year that they could put people at risk of heart attack and stroke.
- by Amy Corderoy
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