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Composite index of British nurse Megan Hamill, for a story on new fast-track pathway for nurses from Ireland, the UK, United States, Singapore, Spain, and the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Ontario

Megan found an ideal mix of money and lifestyle. Many more will be following her

Megan Hamill moved to Australia chasing sunshine and better wages. Thousands of other nurses like her will soon be fast-tracked to address workforce shortages.

  • Angus Thomson

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Generic hospital photos of John Fawkner Hospital in Moreland Friday 22 November 2024. Photo AFR/ LUIS ENRIQUE ASCUI

Spinal surgery, aged care, long COVID: Australia’s most expensive hospital stays revealed

Private health funds are becoming particularly concerned about the burden of long COVID on the health system, five years since the pandemic began.

  • Angus Thomson
The measles, mumps and rubella vaccine.

Travellers at Sydney Airport warned to watch out for measles

NSW Health said anyone transiting through Sydney’s international and domestic airports on January 17 should watch for measles symptoms for at least another 10 days.

  • Angus Thomson
Joanne Cockle stresses constantly about paying for appointments for herself and her two children with autism (she cancelled a specialist appointment before christmas because she couldn’t afford the $380 gap fee). More than half of people in NSW reported their mental health was worse because of cost of living pressures, a new survey has found. Bateau Bay, January 23, 2025. Photo: Rhett Wyman / SMH

NSW is in a cost-of-living crisis. Here’s what it is doing to our health

Joanne Cockle cancelled a specialist appointment because she couldn’t afford the $380 gap fee. Balancing her own needs with those of her two children is a constant stress.

  • Angus Thomson

The terrifying experience that made me a fierce supporter of vaccines

I don’t want any children, or any new parents, to go through what we did.

  • Jane Caro
Stella the baboon: not diet books, no problem.

What Stella the baboon taught me about losing weight and living longer

Baboons eat the perfect diet in the wild. There’s one specific “appetite” that could help humans eat well too.

  • Angus Dalton
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Ozempic injections have been shown to lower the risk of heart failure in patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease.

Sweeping study finds 42 health conditions Ozempic can improve – and 19 it makes worse

Weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic can help people to lose more than a fifth of their body weight and have been linked to a range of other health benefits, but also some concerns.

  • Joe Pinkstone
Resigning public psychiatrist Prachi Brahmbhatt

Prachi can’t advocate for her patients in NSW, so she’s leaving

Prachi Brahmbhatt is one of dozens of psychiatrists quitting the NSW health system. The body representing her and her colleagues say this will be disastrous.

  • Max Maddison and Nick Newling
Jean Hailes for Women’s Health chief executive, Sarah White, is among the Australian women’s health experts warning menopause influencers are making claims about the powers of novel hormone treatment that are not supported by data.

College of GPs pulls support from menopause event as experts criticise influencer claims

The college said the So Hot Right Now conference, where the headline speaker is high-profile British GP Louise Newson, was no longer deemed eligible to be credited as professional development for GPs.

  • Wendy Tuohy
Composite image of gutted Wyong Hospital maternity unit.

This birthing unit couldn’t find staff. Now it’s being replaced with offices

The gutting of Wyong Hospital’s maternity unit will leave the Central Coast’s 350,000 people with only one remaining birthing unit.

  • Angus Thomson

Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/topic/health-hq3