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A suspected case of botulism in a woman in Sydney is believed to be linked to an unregulated anti-wrinkle injection she received at a residential premises.

Deadly paralysing bacteria linked to bogus botox in Sydney

Three people have developed symptoms of a rare but life-threatening paralysing illness after suspected fake botox injections at a Sydney home, prompting health authorities to warn the public against receiving anti-wrinkle injections from unauthorised practitioners. 

  • Kate Aubusson

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The swollen hand of a patient with hereditary angioedema.

Their arms, legs and throats start randomly swelling. Then scientists ‘engineered’ a precision treatment

The swelling started with almost no warning, then seven-year-old Fiona Wardman’s hand ballooned like a rubber glove hooked to a tap.

  • Liam Mannix
Ozempic injections have been shown to lower the risk of heart failure in patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease.

Sweeping study finds 42 health conditions Ozempic can improve – and 19 it makes worse

Weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic can help people to lose more than a fifth of their body weight and have been linked to a range of other health benefits, but also some concerns.

  • Joe Pinkstone
Ryan Millar takes a nap at work.

This Perth office is encouraging naps at work. Here’s why yours should too

Ever wished you could duck somewhere for a quick kip at work? Staff at this Perth workplace can, and the results may surprise you.

  • Claire Ottaviano
Hundreds of medicines are in short supply including Hormone Replacement Therapies.

If Australia made more of its own medicines, we’d all feel better

Australia imports about 90 per cent of its medicine, and this makes us incredibly vulnerable to any supply disruption. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

  • Jennifer Martin
Catherine, Princess of Wales during a visit to The Royal Marsden Hospital in London on Tuesday.

Catherine, Princess of Wales, confirms she is in remission from cancer

The palace has never confirmed the type of cancer, how far it had progressed, or what other treatment she was undergoing, beyond chemotherapy.

  • Mark Landler
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Anne Weekes at Wee Waa Hospital: “The hospital is part of the fabric of the town.”

The hospital where you can have an emergency only during business hours

Patients used to turn up in the back of a ute, needing urgent help for a snakebite or farm injury. Now they can only do so between 8am and 5.30pm.

  • Catherine Naylor
The newly opened Moderna Technology Centre at Monash University in Clayton, Melbourne.

‘We don’t have a Team Australia approach’: Vaccine facility rejects plea for help

A request by NSW to access a taxpayer-funded Moderna mRNA facility was knocked back, raising more questions about how much value Australia is getting from the facility.

  • Liam Mannix and Paul Sakkal
Medical misogyny has a long history.

From wandering wombs to the missing clitoris: How medical misogyny works

From Ancient Greece right through to modern medicine in Australia today, the treatment of women in science started badly and remains a serious problem.

  • Kate Aubusson and Emily Kaine
More than half of Australians aged 16 and up are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

This powerful lobby group claimed 665 pharmacies would close. Here’s what really happened

The Pharmacy Guild claimed 60-day scripts would force pharmacies to shut and cause 20,000 job losses. The figures tell a very different story.

  • James Massola

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