Popular festivals to roll out pill testing
Several popular Aussie music festivals – including one where a person died and another where multiple overdoses occurred – will both have pill testing in place.
Young Adults
Mystery condition leaves young woman in ‘debilitating’ health fight
It started with a virus, now this 23-year-old SA woman is bed-bound and doctors investigating what’s caused her life-altering health condition.
‘Not a dream’: Young mum has organ removed after misdiagnosis
A mum-of-two spent the holidays in hospital away from her young family due to receiving surgery for the removal of an organ. Doctors soon discovered the true cause of her symptoms.
‘Split-second decision’: The burger that cost Odetta her life
Odetta Maxwell, 25, will never meet her sister’s new child – all because of one moment on our roads. Here, her family pleads for change.
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Heartbreak after young Adelaide chef fails to turn up to work
When chef Ryan Krouwel missed his shift at a well-known bistro in the CBD, his sister rushed to check on him. What she found left her family shattered.
Doctors said my 200bpm heart rate was ‘just anxiety’
Mum-of-three Lauren Pfeiffer would be sitting on the couch and her heart would be beating over 200 beats per minute, but doctors said she had “anxiety”.
‘Fireworks in your face’: Woman’s insane mystery pain after Covid
A consuming pain condition has left a young married woman confined to her parents’ home, after she was forced to give hers up when her condition got too much to bear.
‘Voices in my head’: Unusual symptom sparks devastating diagnosis
Saffron Fry began hearing new voices in her head when she suddenly started suffering from seizures earlier this year.
‘A nanny state’: Popular Adelaide YouTuber leaves country
Popular YouTuber Vaping Bogan has decided to call it quits on Australia and take his family to the UK after government changes to vaping laws. Here’s why.
‘Alarming’: Product flooding into Australia
Authorities have seized more than a million products as the latest wave of illicit nicotine products hits Australia.
‘Hardest thing’: Mystery lingers after family’s unthinkable decision
The young Adelaide woman’s grieving family says her life was just getting started when the seemingly impossible happened.
‘I ran’: Alisha’s shocked reaction as docs find cause of painful rash
Despite the frightening results of her medical tests, Alisha Meyer said her diagnosis still came as a relief.
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