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University of Sydney professor Georgina Long said the trial would uncover whether the approach she has pioneered to treat melanoma could be used to fight glioblastoma.

Can this melanoma therapy beat brain cancer? We’re about to find out

A world-first clinical trial will investigate whether the experimental treatment given to a former Australian of the Year can treat aggressive tumours in other patients.

  • Angus Thomson

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Protesters gathered outside Parliament House at a rally calling for the LNP to reinstate healthcare for trans youth in Brisbane on February 8.

‘Completely devastating’: Parents of trans kids open up over Qld’s hormone therapy ban

Two Brisbane mothers reveal how the LNP’s ban on hormone therapy for trans children is affecting their kids.

  • Courtney Kruk
A dctor injecting a young child with a vaccination

Anti-vax parents share tips online on how to flout no jab, no play childcare laws

Experts have raised the alarm about anti-vaccine networks sharing tactics for skirting Victoria’s no jab, no play laws, while immunisation rates among children continue to decline.

  • Nicole Precel and Henrietta Cook
Renata Bernarde says she uses AI to make sense of her health problems.

ChatGPT will see you now: How AI is revolutionising healthcare

AI models can pass complicated medical exams, read MRI scans and blood tests, and provide diagnoses. But medical bodies and AI developers urge patients to remain cautious.

  • Liam Mannix and Angus Thomson
Royal Perth Hospital.

Health minister slams Liberals’ ‘plan’ to rebuild Royal Perth Hospital

On Saturday Libby Mettam said the state’s hospital facilities had been shamefully neglected.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
Mel Armstrong’s daughter, Lucy, pictured here with her father, Adam, lives with a serious condition of the large intestine.

Lucy has a serious condition. A clinic that helps her and other children has quietly closed

Parents of sick kids as well as staff at the Royal Children’s Hospital fear a specialist unit that treats complex colorectal conditions has been quietly disbanded.

  • Broede Carmody and Henrietta Cook
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The raft of health investments will give direct financial relief to at least half a million Australian women.

HRT, contraceptive pills to cost less in major women’s health pledge

It will also be cheaper for women to get long-acting contraceptives and menopause assessments, in a significant package that Labor says will save women thousands of dollars.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Rory Marples in Gome in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

‘On the streets I once walked dead bodies lay prostrate and forgotten’

I’m heartbroken by the violence that erupted in the vibrant city where I treated patients only last year.

  • Dr Rory Marples
Recent research suggests that three in 10 cannabis users will develop cannabis-use disorder.

‘It is a public health threat just like alcohol’: Marijuana dependence linked to higher risk of suicide

Patients with cannabis-use disorder died at almost three times the rate of the general population. Young adults are most at risk, a new study has found.

  • Roni Caryn Rabin
A suspected case of botulism in a woman in Sydney is believed to be linked to an unregulated anti-wrinkle injection she received at a residential premises.

Deadly paralysing bacteria linked to bogus Botox in Sydney

Three people have developed symptoms of a rare but life-threatening paralysing illness after suspected fake Botox injections at a Sydney home, prompting health authorities to warn the public against receiving anti-wrinkle injections from unauthorised practitioners. 

  • Kate Aubusson

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