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Sarah Booth is a health reporter at the Herald Sun. She previously worked in the masthead’s digital team and on the breaking news round.

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The drastic fad diets on Aussies’ New Year’s resolutions lists

Millions of Aussies plan to diet in 2024, trying everything from keto to veganism. But are you setting yourself up to fail before day one?

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MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA - 31/12/2023 New Years Eve Midnight fireworks at Docklands, 2023.PICTURE : David Geraghty

Victorians ring in 2024 in style

Hundreds of thousands of people flocked to the CBD for New Year’s Eve celebrations and Victoria Police praised the overall crowd behaviour, however there were several incidents of aggression against paramedics.

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International airport terminal. Asian beautiful woman with luggage and walking in airport.Escape 29 October 2023Travel updatesPhoto - iStock

Where Aussie travellers made the most insurance claims

Jetting off next year? Your holiday destination may have been the home of the most travel insurance claims this year. Read what people claimed.

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Closeup of pharmacist's hands taking medicines from shelf at the pharmacy

‘Predatory’ pharmacist nets $65k in gifts from lonely patients

An “exploitative” Melbourne pharmacist has been banned after she accepted more than $65,000 in gifts from lonely patients she befriended, including a car and an overseas holiday.

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RendezView. Photo of young cancer patient lying in hospital. Chemotherapy. (Pic: iStock)

Cancer patients skip tests amid record charity demand

Victorian patients are delaying important tests to cover the cost of cancer, with a huge jump in the number of referrals for financial counselling.

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MELBOURNE, DECEMBER 25, 2023: Baby Ella Yiu, born December 25, 2023 weighing 3.39kgs at Box Hill Hospital. Picture: Mark Stewart

Baby Ella a precious Christmas arrival

New mum Michelle Lam was due to give birth on January 6 but got a surprise gift on Christmas morning, welcoming her daughter Ella at Eastern Health Box Hill.

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MELBOURNE, DECEMBER 15, 2023: Twins home for Christmas after four months in the Monash NICU after being born at 27 weeks, Sienna (left) and Henry Nash. Pictured with parents Georgia Shapero and Matt Nash. Picture: Mark Stewart

Parents of ‘miracle’ twins get their Christmas wish

Twins who were born at 27 weeks and battled through several intense months in hospital will celebrate their first Christmas at home.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos SEPTEMBER 6, 2022. Ambulance and Paramedics are seen at Melbourne's St Vincent Hospital., Picture: NCA NewsWire / Luis Enrique Ascui

Ambos plead with public ‘we’re not taxis’

Paramedics say Victorians with minor ailments — including conjunctivitis — have been told by some GPs to call triple-0 in the mistaken belief they will skip emergency department queues.

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Victorians warned of gastro outbreak linked to public pools

Victorians are being warned of a rise in gastro cases linked to public pools amid reports people have been swimming while infected with the chlorine-resistant parasite.

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Penthrox has been approved for sale in Europe, meeting a significant market need for a non-narcotic emergency analgesic.

Women push for pain relief after breakthrough IUD project

It’s a common but sometimes painful procedure some find “worse” than childbirth. So why don’t women get pain relief — and could this Melbourne hospital change that?

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