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Regular health checks as you age ensure potentially serious conditions can be treated early.

Living better for longer: The health checks for your 40s, 50s and beyond

As life expectancy for Australians stretches into the 80s, focus is shifting from quantity to quality of life. The key to staying well for longer? Staying ahead of the game with regular check-ins. Here’s what you need to know.

  • Shona Hendley

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An excerpt from an internal NSW Health document detailing the cost of a pay rise for psychiatrists.

The early warning that put a price on fixing the state’s psychiatrists crisis

The public was told giving psychiatrists a pay rise will cost $700 million. Internal government documents suggest it would cost a lot less.

  • Kate Aubusson
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Got a cough coming on? Don’t soldier on. For heaven’s sake, march homewards

Based on the cavalier public behaviour I’ve witnessed recently, I fear we’ve forgotten the hard-won lessons of COVID.

  • Julie Power

Why do we fall as we age (and can we prevent it)?

The likelihood of falling grows, and the consequences worsen, as we age. What steps can we take to protect ourselves?

  • Jackson Graham and Kayla Olaya
Healthscope hospital pic.

‘Over my dead body’: Fight to keep Healthscope’s hospitals alive just getting started

Just what will it take to ensure the lights stay on at 37 hospitals employing 18,000 staff across Australia? We are about to find out.

  • Colin Kruger
Kristy Gatt with son Blake, who was hospitalised with RSV after missing the window for free immunisation.

Kristy thought this virus was mild. Then her baby ended up in hospital

Many babies are heading into winter without full protection against the leading cause of severe respiratory illness in infants.

  • Angus Thomson
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Premier Chris Minns has called for the “massive” federal excise on tobacco sales to be considered in light of the proliferation of black market cigarettes.

As illegal smokes spread in Sydney, the premier wants tobacco tax reviewed

As black market sales proliferate, Chris Minns has called for the effectiveness of the federal excise to go under the microscope.

  • Max Maddison, Penry Buckley and Perry Duffin
Stephanie Boulet is a psychologist who have lived experience of anorexia nervosa and is leading efforts to investigate personalised treatments for eating disorders.

Stephanie was told she would never get better. Now she’s at the forefront of treating her illness

Only 50 per cent of people with an eating disorder have weight and shape concerns as their central or most important symptom.

  • Kate Aubusson
“I had disappeared, and what was left of me was only a shell,” says Nathan Dunne of the onset of his illness. “I felt like a puppet.”

‘I felt like a puppet’: A midnight swim leads to a long-term mystery illness

After the terrifying onset of profound identity loss, finding a diagnosis took years. The verdict: a condition said to affect 2 per cent of the population.

  • Nathan Dunne
Hedonistic pursuits like drinking and partying to excess are fine in our 20s but can have major health implications from our mid 30s onwards.

Why 36 to 46 is the most important time of your life for your health

You can no longer get away with the excesses of your 20s as you age, new research shows. But there are steps you can take to get back on track.

  • Polly Dunbar

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