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  • Loo scrolling: Study investigates link between this bathroom habit and a painful health condition

    Loo scrolling: Study investigates link between this bathroom habit and a painful health condition
    2025/09/13
    Using your phone while on the toilet could be linked to an increased chance of haemorrhoids, according to a study from the United States. So if you're a loo scroller, the extra time spent on the toilet could be doing you more harm than good.
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    7 分
  • Australian women are living longer but it's not all good news

    Australian women are living longer but it's not all good news
    2025/09/06
    The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has produced a snap shot of Women’s health across the life course. While rates of cancer have gone down for women over the last 25 years, younger women continue to experience higher rates of depression and other mental health conditions.
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    9 分
  • Radiotherapy could save your life: dispelling the misconceptions

    Radiotherapy could save your life: dispelling the misconceptions
    2025/09/06
    Despite being a proven life-saving treatment, 1 in 5 Australians who need radiotherapy never receive it. This year, on September 7, the first-ever World Radiotherapy Awareness Day will be launched, and experts say it's an opportunity to dispel fears of the treatment.
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    10 分
  • 20,000 more aged care packages more quickly after Labor agrees to Coalition deal

    20,000 more aged care packages more quickly after Labor agrees to Coalition deal
    2025/09/03
    20,000 more home care packages are to be available to vulnerable older Australians after the federal government was forced to make a deal with the Coalition. It was the first major test faced by Labor since it was re-elected, which was cornered in the senate to make changes to its aged care reform policy.
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    6 分
  • Australia - allergy capital of the world

    Australia - allergy capital of the world
    2025/08/26
    The number of Australians living with allergy has doubled in nearly 20 years, according to a new report, which examines the financial and personal costs of the chronic condition. Demand for services is unprecedented, and experts warn allergy does not just impact health - it can reshape sufferers’ lives.
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    6 分
  • Autism stakeholders welcome new government commitment - but are perplexed they weren't consulted

    Autism stakeholders welcome new government commitment - but are perplexed they weren't consulted
    2025/08/22
    The number of children being diagnosed with autism is rising, putting a heavy strain on the National Disability Insurance Scheme. The government has responded, announcing a plan to divert children away from the NDIS to a new scheme called Thriving Kids. Parents and autism advocates say they were unaware of the strategy until it was made public.
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    7 分
  • Would you seek contraceptive advice from TikTok?

    Would you seek contraceptive advice from TikTok?
    2025/08/12
    Public health experts have raised concerns about the beliefs and behaviours of individuals of reproductive age on social media. In a recent study, La Trobe University researchers looked into the rise of contraceptive misinformation on TikTok.
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    6 分
  • Chikungunya: a new mosquito-borne virus to contend with

    Chikungunya: a new mosquito-borne virus to contend with
    2025/08/11
    A chikungunya outbreak in China has infected more than 7,000 people. Chikungunya causes fever and joint pain, but in some cases can be fatal. There is no vaccine or real treatment. Epidemiologist Jason Rasgon, from Penn State University, explains how the disease is transmitted, and why it seems to be spreading to new areas. The chikungunya virus is not currently endemic in Australia. There have been no locally acquired cases, though mosquitoes capable of spreading the virus are present in some areas of Queensland, and travellers can become infected with the chikungunya virus if travelling to a region of the world where chikungunya is found.
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    4 分