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Robyn Riley is the medical editor for the Herald Sun. She is an award-winning journalist and an author who has been covering the medical and health round for more than three decades, with a particular interest in research. Join the Herald Sun’s Health & Medical Facebook group to be the first to hear about the medical breakthroughs you need to know about at www.facebook.com/groups/heraldsunhealth

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Health

One of world’s greatest medical researchers dies aged just 67

An Australian professor who helped save millions of lives will be remembered as one of the world’s most influential scientific minds of our time.

Anxiety & Depression

Depression thumbnail for laughing gas story.

New way to treat depression that only takes four 60-minute sessions

A cheap, safe and readily available drug has for the first time been used to successfully treat a group with depression. After just four 60-minute sessions a fifth went into remission.

Pregnancy

Generic photo of a pregnant woman. Picture: uStock

This tool will change way doctors treat mums after giving birth

One in three mums will experience psychological trauma after giving birth. But a new tool is changing the way doctors deal with it. This is how.

Parenting

Why a fifth of kids are suffering with pain issues like headaches

A fifth of Australian kids are suffering from painful issues like headaches unnecessarily for this reason.

Mental Health

Health workers and colleagues Vesselin Petkov, Sophiya Ogrodzinski and Martin Ogrodzinski enjoy dressing up in Star Wars character and role play for Star Wars Day, May 4.. Picture: Brendan Radke

I’m an anaesthetist – I have a very unusual way of meditating

Anaesthetist Vesselin Petkov has a very unusual hobby that helps him meditate. He says it comes in handy and he even does it in between seeing patients.

Fertility

3D rendering of the icsi(intracytoplasmic sperm injection) process - in which a single sperm is injected directly into an egg Picture: Istock

IVF families blocked from own embryos in cruel twist

IVF families have been blocked from their own embryos because they do not comply with reforms enacted after they were created.

Conditions

This chatbot is helping people manage their pain.

Why this text message could help you deal with a painful flare up

Back pain, arthritis or nerve damage? Aussies are sending texts like these when they experience chronic pain. This is why it’s helpful.

NSW

These are the suburbs where STIs have increased.

The Sydney suburbs where STIs are rising

Australia is grappling with a hidden epidemic of sexually transmitted infections, experts warn. See the interactive map to view the areas with the biggest increases.

Sexual Health

The suburbs where STIs are rising at concerning rates

Australia is grappling with a hidden epidemic of sexually transmitted infections, experts warn. See the interactive map to view the areas with the biggest increases.

Fertility

Staffer at centre of IVF embryo mix-up may still work at clinic

Monash IVF has refused to say whether the staffer behind the “human error” that saw a woman give birth to a stranger’s baby is still working.

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