Chris Sfetkas wanted to fix his smile. But he was able to access $41,000 of his super after medical practitioners told the tax office he was in “chronic pain”.
Horsham postman Brendan Cole has a full life,14 years after receiving donor small intestine,liver and pancreas. As The Age turns 170,we revisit people who captured the nation’s attention.
A new report shows more than two-thirds of the state’s local government areas have no surgical abortion providers and almost 40 per cent have no listed pharmacies that dispense abortion medication.
Gosford Private Hospital is closing its maternity services. It’s the latest in a string of private maternity hospital closures amid rising private healthcare costs and declining birth rates.
Leonard’s home became his hospital,complete with his wife,his own bed and his dog.
More than a million people have been prescribed cannabis products in Australia,but many remain confused about the rules and regulations.
Psychiatrists have warned that chronic understaffing of the public mental health system is risking patient safety as they fight for a 30 per cent pay rise.
John Ruttle has a condition that kills 7600 Australians a year,but half of people with it don’t know it. One small tweak could change that.
NSW researchers believe 7900 people may live with metastatic breast cancer in their state alone,in the first attempt to count diagnoses.
The death of a man with mental health issues who took his life after cannabis was prescribed by a Melbourne company has thrown a spotlight on a booming industry.
Each year 73,000 bags of blood are thrown out instead of being donated to save thousands of critically ill and injured.