Gender shock: why young women aren’t happy
It’s supposed to be a new world of empowerment for young women. How they are really feeling about life, sex and careers in 2024 may shock you.
Health
Wealthy to pay more for aged care
Self-funded retirees will be asked to pay more out of their own savings for their aged care under a deal set to be struck between Labor and the Coalition that will chart a new course for the care of older Australians.
High cost of relief for dying patients
Palliative care patients may have to pay more than $4000 for imported pain-killing tablets as existing morphine products are removed from the market and supplies dwindle.
Plastics proven to devastate health
The finding that the chemicals in many common products are associated with a wide range of health risks is ‘a red flag for the world’, a researcher said.
Isolation another burden for those with dementia
Those living with dementia are increasingly isolated from friends and family and left out of family and social gatherings, a new study finds.
So is yours the typical Australian family?
Just what is the typical Australian family? A new report finds family structures are increasingly diverse, and governments aren’t keeping up with the change.
IV crisis worsens with morphine supplies now low
Supplies of several crucial medicines are running short around the nation, such as liquid morphine products vital to ease the suffering of palliative care patients, including children.
Cheese may not be the bee’s knees
If a little whole-fat cheese is going to make you eat that big salad or fruit-and-veggie plate, go for it, is the expert advice.
Suicide strategy delay risks lives – advocates
A delay in finalising a national suicide strategy is leaving support services uncertain about their future, advocates say.
Magic number: why do people hit this age, and decide to separate?
The late forties and early fifties are turbulent years for anyone in the Australian life-cycle. But what is it about this particular birthday that makes people rethink their marriages?
‘I have always been able to solve any problem … this is the first I can’t solve’
He blazed a trail in the Aussie snowfields before making ski tourism big in Japan. Today visionary businessman Colin Hackworth is not giving up on his legacy – despite a devastating diagnosis.
It’s contagious: membership grows in the Ozempic club
What’s going on? Why is everyone so slim all of a sudden? Well, it’s Ozempic. Everyone in my Pilates class is on it and they weren’t fat to begin with.
Psychedelic trial for compound headaches
A rare condition could be treated with magic mushrooms, as an Australian study doubles down on the nation’s commitment to psychedelic medicine.
Call for national strategy to tackle drugs shortage
The ongoing drug shortage means sick kids are receiving second-tier chemo, surgeries are being cancelled because of IV fluid shortages and ADHD meds are in short supply.
Hope for pill that reverses brain functions lost to Alzheimer’s
Scientists at UCLA have restored brain function lost to Alzheimer’s disease in what may prove a massive medical breakthrough.
The most damaging screen to kids’ development isn’t smartphones
Even if it’s simply running in the background in a room, TV can be damaging for children.
Have you got what it takes to swim the English Channel?
A 19-time swimmer of the 32km stretch between England and France, Renford was once the undisputed King of the Channel. Decades later his grandson enters the water to create his own slice of history.
Albanese facing a pay-grab stampede
Nearly 300,000 disability workers will demand taxpayers fund an above-inflation pay rise in the wake of $15bn in wage increases given to childcare and aged-care staff.
Experts call for regulation of plastics linked to autism
Medical experts have called for an overhaul of plastics regulation in Australia as growing evidence indicates that neuroendocrine-disrupting chemicals are linked with the development of autism.
Cells being taught to fight cancer
Australian scientists are teaching cells in the body to fight brain cancer on their own, and hope to slash rates of recurrence in one of the most aggressive types of tumour.
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