The Sydney suburbs where patients wait the longest for an ambulance revealed

The Sydney suburbs where patients wait the longest for an ambulance revealed

Ambulances and emergency departments are under more pressure than ever,data released on Wednesday reveals. See how your suburb stacks up.

  • byAngus Thomson

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The man who saved bananas from certain death – and next,750,000 children

The man who saved bananas from certain death – and next,750,000 children

Professor James Dale’s bananas are the first genetically modified fruit approved for commercial growth. But would you eat one?

  • byAngus Dalton
Birth injury ‘no one talks about’:Why marathon runner Sally couldn’t jog across a car park

Birth injury ‘no one talks about’:Why marathon runner Sally couldn’t jog across a car park

Sally Maconochie faced a terrible choice when her preschooler son bolted across a busy car park:potentially trigger the prolapse of her pelvic organs,or risk the worst.

  • byWendy Tuohy
‘Puffy-head bird-leg syndrome’:What space travel does to the body
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‘Puffy-head bird-leg syndrome’:What space travel does to the body

Weird things can happen to the body in space – not least from abrupt changes in gravity as well as weightlessness,radiation and being in close quarters. How do astronauts do it?

  • byJackson Graham
Forget the stereotype. The Irish are drinking a lot less

Forget the stereotype. The Irish are drinking a lot less

The image of the drunken Irish is taking a hit,with booze consumption in Ireland is at its lowest level in more than 35 years.

  • byRob Harris
Nothing to sneeze at:Why so many Australians suffer from hay fever

Nothing to sneeze at:Why so many Australians suffer from hay fever

A record one-in-four people now have the debilitating condition,which is a risk factor for developing asthma.

  • byHenrietta Cook
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‘IVF is changing’:Why more women are freezing their eggs
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‘IVF is changing’:Why more women are freezing their eggs

When Jaimie Gardner first froze her eggs in 2021,she joined a growing cohort of women taking their fertility into their own hands.

  • byAngus Thomson
‘No one wants vapes for our kids’:Qld passes nation’s toughest anti-vaping laws

‘No one wants vapes for our kids’:Qld passes nation’s toughest anti-vaping laws

“We know these vapes are being marketed at children,with flavours like fairy floss and bubblegum,and they’re hiding dangerous poisons,” the health minister says.

  • byCatherine Strohfeldt
Pragmatism,morality and the social science of pill testing
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Pragmatism,morality and the social science of pill testing

Critics of pill testing fear it will create a false sense of security that leads to more people taking more drugs. But the evidence says otherwise.

  • byLiam Mannix
In the shadow of a mining giant,children crawl in poison

In the shadow of a mining giant,children crawl in poison

Blood lead levels in children under five are on the rise again despite decades of remediation efforts in a town built on one of Australia’s richest mines.

  • byAngus Thomson andRhett Wyman
Class action looms for these popular over-the-counter medicines

Class action looms for these popular over-the-counter medicines

After a landmark $US425 million settlement in the United States,the drugs are being investigated in Australia over alleged links to stomach cancer and kidney damage.

  • byKayla Olaya