Baby joy for Angel of Mercy after Covid horrors
Infectious diseases nurse Laura Keily held the hands of Covid patients so they didn’t die alone, and she’s now celebrating her “whole new life” as a mum.
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Melbourne research has found jockeys have the highest rate of concussion of any sport in the world and many are unknowingly back riding before their concussion has healed.
Olivia’s couch-jumping joy for cancer mission
When Olivia Newton-John’s crusade to open a cancer hospital was finally realised, she treated a nervous pair to a personal celebratory serenade.
Booze support service demand ‘triples’ in lockdown
Experts say alcoholism should be treated as a mental health condition, after calls to support services soared in lockdown.
Experts’ big prediction on Victoria’s winter Covid wave
Health experts believe Victoria’s current Covid wave has passed its peak, but relief for the state’s trouble-plagued health system could still be some time off.
Hospital ‘wage theft’ fight escalates as more doctors to sue
Doctors at a string of hospitals are set to take their bosses to court after a landmark “wage theft” class-action hearing wraps up on Friday.
Sham healers prey on the vulnerable with bogus cures
Bogus health merchants who spruik electric shocks, starvation and even frog poison as wellness cures are being targeted by authorities.
Ricky Nixon’s health venture raises ‘red flags’
Doctors have blasted controversial ex-sports agent Ricky Nixon for selling a potentially dangerous $350 intravenous infusion treatment.
Scientists use cancer drug to switch off diabetes
A young teen’s organ donation has paved the way for a world first diabetes breakthrough that is the closest thing yet to a cure.
Race could determine your chance of surviving a stroke
Melbourne doctors have made a surprise finding that patients’ response to acute stroke treatment is influenced by ethnicity and race.
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