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Maddie Thwaites and Ciaran McAuley with their two-year-old daughter, Mairead.

‘I am just so thankful’: The test that let little Mairead beat the odds

The findings of a landmark genetic study bolster calls for the federal government to establish a free expanded carrier screening program.

  • Kate Aubusson

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Pathologist Richard Scolyer inside his lab this week.

Any day was a bad day to have a bike crash. The day Richard Scolyer broke his neck was a particularly bad one

In an extract from his new book, Brainstorm, the world-renowned pathologist goes behind the scenes on a momentous week.

  • Richard Scolyer
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Cellular count makes the blood boil

Content creators make the wrong call.

The Royal College of Pathologists of Australia is warning of an acute shortage of pathologists.

‘The cancer you didn’t suspect’: Medical test delays could be endangering patients

Patients are facing stressful waits for results from some medical tests, including cancer diagnoses, with fears the delays could impact their treatment.

  • Henrietta Cook
Shane and Katherine Tuck at the Brownlow in 2009.

‘His brain was just toasted’: It was only after Shane’s death that his family learnt the truth

An Australian medical peak body has become the first to speak out about the long-term impact of repeated head trauma on athletes and their families.

  • Angus Thomson
Royal Hospital for Women has successfully grown tissue from all types of endometriosis, which will help them diagnose and treat the condition in women. Kate Ford, photograpged at home in Oyster Bay, suffers from endometriosis.

Endometriosis affects one in nine women. World-first research at a Sydney hospital is giving them hope

A breakthrough paves the way for research into effective treatments, potentially limiting the need for invasive and painful surgeries.

  • Angus Thomson and Wendy Tuohy
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Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes arrives to federal court in San Jose, California, to hear her sentence.

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to more than a decade in jail

The startup promised to revolutionise how patients receive diagnoses by replacing traditional blood-testing labs with small machines envisioned for home use.

  • Jody Godoy and Dan Levine
Mater and Swoop Aero have partnered to ferry pathology samples from remote communities in minutes instead of hours.

Blood from a drone: new flying fleet to ferry pathology samples

Mater Hospitals and drone company Swoop Aero have partnered to ferry pathology samples from remote communities in minutes instead of hours.

  • Stuart Layt

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