Shock claim over surgery waitlist side effect
Queenslanders waiting for elective surgeries in certain areas, including parts of the southeast, are becoming addicted to opioids as the waitlists hit crisis levels, the state’s peak medical body warns.
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Frontline staff demand medic-led hospitals to solve crisis
Doctors and nurses demand to be put back in control of the state’s hospitals, which are buckling under the weight of “controlling” and “costly” bureaucrats.
One in three teens admit they’ve tried this deadly trend
Surviving as a teenager can be hard enough but there are scary new concerns for those impressionable.
Our vaping shame – and it’s only getting worse
Decades of work to drive down tobacco use in Australia is at risk of going up in smoke.
Controversial calls for school nurses to weigh students
Queensland is not in support of calls for students to be weighed in schools to a bid to combat obesity, with Health Minister Shannon Fentiman saying GPs are best placed to give advice to families.
Giving birth to my son saved my life
Just minutes after a mum gave birth to her son doctors told her they had found something dangerous.
Women filing police complaints over childbirth trauma
Queensland women are filing police complaints against obstetricians with claims of mistreatment and even assault during childbirth.
Statewide appeal as 400k Qld kids at risk of deadly disease
Queensland is in the midst of an outbreak of an invasive form of a vicious and deadly disease, sparking a warning from health authorities who say close to 400,000 children face heightened risk.
Baby death probe reveals alarming trend among pregnant women
An inquiry into a spike in baby deaths in Queensland has exposed a worrying trend that the Health Minister says must change.
Scary trend now affecting 98 per cent of teen girls
Nearly all girls aged 14-19 have been subject to this growing trend – leading to drastic results.
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