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Steph Cassar, 12, who lives with inflammatory bowel disorder.

‘I thought my life would change’: Overcoming an invisible disease to get back into sport

About 180,000 Australians live with IBD, which includes Crohn’s and colitis. For many, the disease can make it difficult to lead an active life.

  • Lauren Ironmonger

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Margaret Gordon is being treated for breast cancer.

I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I’m glad it wasn’t long COVID

I’ve always enjoyed being social and have often had too many drinks. Did I regret it? No. When you have cancer, it’s a bit too late to worry.

  • Margaret Gordon
John Watkins: “I’m sick and tired of losing the capacity to do the common everyday things I used to do without thinking.”

As my ‘Parkinson’s pause’ fast forwards, I am stunned by acts of bravery

The longer I Iive with Parkinson’s disease, the more I fear its impact - in particular, the resolute determination it shows in searching out skills to degrade.

  • John Watkins

I turned to the internet for dessert recipes. It was my saddest Google search ever

Now that there are many things I can’t eat, food is all I think about.

  • Kerri Sackville
Michael J. Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease when he was 29. “I’m not pathetic… I’m a tough sonofabitch.”

I have a chronic illness. Michael J. Fox brought me back to my future

In our culture, illness is a foe to be quashed with courage and determination. That’s just wrong.

  • Kerri Sackville
Composite image of Caitlin and Lawrence Dowell (left) and Archie Dowell (right)

Archie waited 32 years for a diagnosis. His nephew waited two months

A bipartisan report recommended a national genomics testing program in November 2021, but the most vulnerable are still jumping through hoops for a life-saving diagnosis.

  • Angus Thomson
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Sleep becomes very difficult when cortisol levels don’t drop.

The truth about the internet’s favourite stress hormone

Can’t sleep? Keep breaking out, or getting sick? If you’ve scrolled TikTok lately, you might be inclined to blame one or all of these things on your cortisol levels.

  • Dani Blum

Do you need to avoid antibiotics in your 40s?

A new study has found that over-40s who have taken antibiotics are nearly 50 per cent more likely to develop inflammatory bowel disease.

  • Leah Hardy

Singer Celine Dion has stiff person syndrome. What is it?

It’s a rare condition more common in women than men. How does it affect the body and what are the treatments?

  • Jackson Graham
Celine Dion has been diagnosed with stiff-person syndrome,

Celine Dion shares diagnosis of incurable disorder, stiff-person syndrome

The singer will cancel or postpone dozens of shows in her Courage World Tour.

  • Annabelle Timsit

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