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Gender Pain Gap: women’s pain ignored and dismissed

The Nurofen Gender Pain Gap Index Report reveals that more than half of women surveyed believe they’ve had their pain disregarded, compared to only 48 per cent of men

Nicotine pouches are being marketed to young people as an alternative to vaping and smoking. Supplied

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Alarming new nicotine trend replacing vaping

There are growing concerns over the rise in a nicotine replacement product targeting vape-addicted youths. Here is what you need to know.

Teenager Nathan Fernandes , Mum Queen FernandoÃs and Dr Nelson Low. Nathan Fernandes collapsed in pain and spent the next 18 months housebound, barely able to walk and certainly not able to play soccer - he was a champion athlete.Mum Queenie took him to multiple doctors and specialists but no one could tell Nathan what was wrong and what was causing his excruciating calf pain. Queenie turned detective and worked in collaboration with Monash Children's Health Head of Paediatric Plastic Surgery Dr Nelson Low to discover that Nathan, now 16 and in Year 11, had a rare conditio n where the tibial nerve was compressed in his calf. Picture by Wayne Taylor 22nd February 2024

Victoria

Mum turns detective to help find cure for son’s mystery illness

When her son collapsed on the soccer field and couldn’t walk for 18 months, a desperate Ferntree Gully mum took matters into her own hands to solve the medical mystery.