How plastic surgeon Terry Wu taught himself English,went to therapy and became an arts supremo

How plastic surgeon Terry Wu taught himself English,went to therapy and became an arts supremo

When Wu came to Australia aged 14,he couldn’t speak English – so he committed to learning 20 words a day. He knows the importance of diverse role models,especially in positions of cultural power.

  • byElizabeth Flux

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Older doctors facing mandatory health checks as complaints surge
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Older doctors facing mandatory health checks as complaints surge

The Medical Board of Australia has released new data showing doctors over 70 are 81 per cent more likely to be the subject of a complaint than their younger counterparts.

  • byHenrietta Cook
The one thing mothers can donate to help save premature babies’ lives
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The one thing mothers can donate to help save premature babies’ lives

Just seven mothers are booked in to donate breast milk used to protect premature babies from deadly infections,with high rates of cold and flu almost wiping out the regular donor base.

  • byKate Aubusson
This syndrome is shockingly misdiagnosed. Little wonder Bethany felt ‘medically gaslit’

This syndrome is shockingly misdiagnosed. Little wonder Bethany felt ‘medically gaslit’

Health experts want greater education about a debilitating syndrome which leaves patients,particularly women,facing a fight getting recognition and diagnosis.

  • byAisha Dow
Artificial heart developed in Melbourne
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Artificial heart developed in Melbourne

The Australian-designed artificial heart that has just been implanted in a person for the first time.

‘Can I get a soda?’ First words from historic artificial heart recipient
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‘Can I get a soda?’ First words from historic artificial heart recipient

In a world-first operation,a revolutionary Australian-designed titanium heart has been implanted in a human.

  • byAmanda Hooton
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It’s winter,your nose is runny. But these cold and flu tablets may not help

It’s winter,your nose is runny. But these cold and flu tablets may not help

What some consumers don’t realise is that a common drug used to treat blocked noses does not work when taken in tablet,capsule or liquid form.

  • byJewel Topsfield
TGA to review warnings after young father’s supplement death

TGA to review warnings after young father’s supplement death

The medicines’ regulator will reconsider warnings for some cold and flu tablets,after a young father died from a severe allergic reaction last month.

  • byMary Ward
Coming to a hospital near you:People to be filmed in bodycam trial

Coming to a hospital near you:People to be filmed in bodycam trial

Health Minister Ryan Park,announcing the plan to give security guards body-worn cameras,said the upwards trend in physical attacks was unacceptable.

  • byChristopher Harris
Surgeon suspended for using patient ‘as a prop’ now operating under a new name

Surgeon suspended for using patient ‘as a prop’ now operating under a new name

Colorectal surgeon Gary McKay legally changed his name to Barry McCabe this year,but a record of previous findings against him did not appear until the Herald inquired.

  • byMichael Koziol
Controversial surgeon William Mooney hit with fresh legal action as he leaves court

Controversial surgeon William Mooney hit with fresh legal action as he leaves court

Mooney had just appeared at the NSW Court of Appeal where the NSW Medical Council was trying to stop him practicing again.

  • byKate McClymont