What if doctors could know your anxiety risk through your genes?
Australian researchers are trying to understand what genes could increase a person’s risk of developing an anxiety disorder and how they might respond to treatment.
Health
Hospitals ‘risk losing psych training accreditation’
NSW public hospitals risk losing their accreditation to train junior psychiatrists as the speciality’s medical college performs emergency inspection visits amid a huge shortage of senior staff specialists.
Are you ready for ageing? Care will be rationed, rights or not
The new ‘rights-based’ aged care system will be rationed, just like universal free healthcare. Promises won’t match delivery.
Mass cuts to mental health workforce planned amid staff exodus
NSW public health districts were pursuing a secret policy of swingeing cutbacks to the state’s public psychiatry workforce even as a recruitment crisis was crippling critically underfunded services.
Roasted squash the humble hero of this gut-friendly dish
Eat smarter with this healthy recipe crafted by a nutrition expert by using any seasonal vegetables you have on hand.
Taxpayers spent $24m to compare 70 doctors’ fees. Why burn another $7m?
A re-elected Labor government will commit $7m to the flawed website Medical Costs Finder, a $24m venture supported by only 70 of 11,000 specialists.
Contraceptives, IVF bankrolled ahead of election
Women will have access to cheaper birth control, IVF and endometriosis treatments by May, with new entries to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
Covid’s surreal shopping frenzy pushed Australia to the brink
In the pandemic’s early days, panicked shoppers cleaned out supermarket shelves – then Team Australia came to the rescue.
Why I changed my mind about Menopausal Hormone Therapy
The advocacy of more than 2000 pissed-off menopause warriors pushed me to research and rethink the role of MHT in keeping women healthy in their later years.
Our children are rapidly losing their sight. What can be done?
The sudden rise of short-sightedness worldwide, particularly among kids, has experts alarmed and rushing for answers before a myopia epidemic takes hold.
The end of cancer: cell therapy breakthroughs take us to the edge of a cure
Rapid immunotherapy advancements could relegate killer cancers, such as the dangerous and deadly ovarian cancer, to the status of a ‘chronic disease’.
‘Don’t you believe me?’: breaking down the doctor-patient paradigm
This confronting artistic project lays bare tensions between dismissive or disbelieving medical professionals and patients suffering from chronic illness.
Covid’s dangerous hangover: alarming slide in child vaccination
Childhood vaccination rates have been falling across the country since the Covid pandemic, with some pockets seeing steep declines.
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See where Australian children are under-vaccinated
Alarm is being raised as routine vaccination rates fall in the pandemic’s wake, posing a threat to us all | Rates of undervaccinated babies vary across the nation.
My father knew the meaning of a life well lived
There was a serenity to this humble man, who we buried this week: it came of valuing duty, sacrifice and love above all else.
I loved lockdowns (no, I’m not deranged)
The idea that those who complied with the laws to protect our health during the pandemic lacked backbone is pretty insulting.
Ever heard of ‘sleep divorce’? It’s more common than you think
Poor sleep can be bad for your health and put unnecessary strain on relationships and intimacy, and new data suggests Australians are less likely to seek help for it.
Dinner at 11am and the world’s best sleep score: is Bryan’s quest to live forever working?
He made a fortune in tech and venture capital and at 47 is trying to wind back the clock on his once ‘debaucherous’ lifestyle, turning himself into a lab rat in a bid to become 18 again. But could you live like this?
27 easy (and unheard of) ways to improve your health
Want to keep your body and mind in top form with as little effort as possible? Experts swear by these quick fixes to make a real difference to our health and wellbeing.
‘Tempers frayed and people were exasperated’: Covid from the inside
Hundreds of thousands of health professionals knew they would need to step up for Covid. Some of them succumbed. And then came the backlash.
Doctors warn of deadly risk of killer bacteria following Alfred floods
Flood-ravaged communities cleaning up after ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred need to be aware of the serious risks of bacteria lurking in the mud. One bug has already killed 16 people this year and it’s moving south.
What’s behind the rise in autism diagnoses
Perverse incentives for education funding in the United States are a much stronger explanation than exposure to ‘toxins’.
Headspace turns to hospitals for potential reform
Mental health charities built into hospitals are willing to risk more for their patients and unify state and federal health resources, a leading hospital has appealed.
Scolyer: ‘I’m lucky to have more time with family’
Renowned scientist Richard Scolyer says while he has only months to live, his survival ‘gives a lot of hope’ to the efficacy of the experimental immunotherapy he trialled.
How to boost your body: the good vitamin guide
The number of people hospitalised due to a lack of essential vitamins and minerals has soared. Here are ways to ensure you get enough.
How to treat the next pandemic: apply trust
We will have no excuse not to be prepared for the next global health emergency. And yet, five years after it was declared a pandemic, there is no surety that we have learned the lessons of Covid-19.
Covid five years on: good, bad and very, very ugly
The Covid-19 pandemic officially started five years ago. Australians lived through the early months of 2020 watching a global health catastrophe unfold and having their own lives upended. Here’s a reminder in pictures of how the first 100 days played out in Australia.
‘Not unexpected, still devastating’: Scolyer has ‘months to live’
Former Australian of the Year Richard Scolyer has been given months to live after embarking on experimental treatment for his incurable brain tumour.
One in 5000 Aussie kids are born with the disease that killed Prince Frederik. Spotting the symptoms can be tricky
Part of the difficulty with diagnosing this genetic mutation is the nature of the disease’s symptoms, which can vary significantly from patient to patient.
‘The endless cycle of maintenance’: hard rocker Tim Rogers’ big life change
After a deeply personal confession about his drinking made headlines, the You Am I frontman reveals his relationship with booze now, taking up team sport in his 40s and ‘outrunning the black dog.’
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