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.
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.
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.
Health experts want greater education about a debilitating syndrome which leaves patients,particularly women,facing a fight getting recognition and diagnosis.
The Australian-designed artificial heart that has just been implanted in a person for the first time.
In a world-first operation,a revolutionary Australian-designed titanium heart has been implanted in a human.
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.
The medicines’ regulator will reconsider warnings for some cold and flu tablets,after a young father died from a severe allergic reaction last month.
Health Minister Ryan Park,announcing the plan to give security guards body-worn cameras,said the upwards trend in physical attacks was unacceptable.
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.
Mooney had just appeared at the NSW Court of Appeal where the NSW Medical Council was trying to stop him practicing again.