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Health
The WA suburbs with the worst ‘health score’ (and which one could get a fifth McDonald’s?)
Development plans for a fifth Macca’s in one suburb are being fought by locals, as a new report reveals Perth is the ‘least healthy’ of all capital cities in the country.
- by Holly Thompson
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University investigates papers by top Australian cancer researchers after retractions
The University of Newcastle has launched a review into several scientific papers co-authored by two leading researchers after integrity concerns were raised.
- by Liam Mannix
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Women's health
This cancer is preventable, but not enough women are testing for it
Shanny Pyke was overdue for her cervical screening test when she was diagnosed with the condition in her early 40s. She wants other women to learn from her story.
- by Angus Thomson
Exercise can help patients avoid deadly heart damage from life-saving cancer treatments
Health experts want blood- and breast-cancer patients prescribed exercise to mitigate heart damage during treatment.
- by Henrietta Cook
Michelangelo ‘painted a woman’s breast cancer’ in the Sistine Chapel
The naked woman was brought to life by the Renaissance figure in his iconic fresco, known as The Flood, painted between 1508 and 1512.
- by Josephine McKenna
What’s in a name? The push to rebrand the most common type of cancer
A team of experts are weighing up whether low-risk prostate cancer cases should be renamed to reduce anxiety and unnecessary treatment.
- by Henrietta Cook
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Hospitals
Backlog of thousands of MRI scans threatens missed diagnoses
Up to 3000 MRI scans at Westmead Hospital are waiting up to two months to be processed, putting patients at risk of diagnosis and treatment delays.
- by Kate Aubusson
‘I’m done being insecure’: Olivia Munn bares mastectomy scars
The actor has spoken about her decision to show her mastectomy scars in the latest campaign for Skims.
- by Lauren Ironmonger
Investigation
Pollution
‘Enormous implications’: Australia’s tap water clean-up could cost billions
Authorities have proposed much lower safe limits for cancer-linked “forever chemicals” in drinking water. What does it mean for you?
- by Carrie Fellner, Ben Cubby and Daniel Lo Surdo
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Hospitals
Kevin Bartlett’s wife Denise had a single wish after brain cancer treatment: to come home
The Bartletts are among a growing number of Australians who have accessed hospital in-home services, a potential solution to hospital bed shortages that offer patients a chance to heal in the comfort of a familiar environment.
- by Henrietta Cook
Opinion
Breast cancer
I survived breast cancer. Shame my marriage didn’t
As more of us survive, where is the focus on cancer’s long-term effects?
- by Kate Browne
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