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Shar Christoff Harris with her son.

‘It’s getting worse and worse’: Dying Perth mother stuck in ED for 36 hours

She posted a video after hospital staff were forced to park her at the end of a hallway and put up a makeshift curtain while they waited for a bed in a ward.

  • Sarah Brookes

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King Charles was hospitalised in London after experiencing side effects from ongoing cancer treatment.

King Charles hospitalised after side effects from cancer treatment

The 76-year-old monarch was “greatly disappointed” to cancel public appearances scheduled for Friday.

  • Rob Harris
Rebecca Aliberti with daughters Shekinah, Makaysha and Kasharna and husband Francis.

Hospital patients lose free family accommodation for new apartments

The Victorian government stripped free housing from breast cancer patients and parents of ICU babies months ago, with no alternative system in place.

  • Sophie Aubrey

‘Will I have mattered?’ What legacy means for the child-free

We are in the midst of the greatest intergenerational wealth transfer ever. But for those without children, deciding where their money should go is a complex affair.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
Professor Richard Scolyer is recovering at home with a long scar on the left side of his head.

Former Australian of the Year down to ‘months, not years’ after brain tumour returns

Surgery has revealed that Professor Richard Scolyer has had a recurrence of his highly aggressive glioblastoma.

  • Garry Maddox
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The retsina diet will have to wait

It’s all Greek to feed.

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Professor Richard Scolyer at the Charles Perkins Centre, Sydney University.

Former Australian of the Year heads into brain surgery after devastating scan

World-renowned pathologist and researcher Richard Scolyer is facing an operation to explore fears of a lethal tumour growing back.

  • Garry Maddox
Queensland Deputy Commissioner Steve Gollschewski.

Police commissioner on leave after shock cancer diagnosis

The Queensland Police Service confirmed the news on Friday afternoon, through a brief statement from its media unit.

  • Cameron Atfield
University of Sydney professor Georgina Long said the trial would uncover whether the approach she has pioneered to treat melanoma could be used to fight glioblastoma.

Can this melanoma therapy beat brain cancer? We’re about to find out

A world-first clinical trial will investigate whether the experimental treatment given to a former Australian of the Year can treat aggressive tumours in other patients.

  • Angus Thomson
Too good to be true: Kaitlyn Dever as wellness scammer Belle Gibson.

Who’s real in Netflix’s hit wellness fraud drama, and where are they now?

Apple Cider Vinegar, the story based on scammer Belle Gibson, has topped Netflix charts world-wide. Here’s a guide to the key players.

  • Karl Quinn

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