Not all medication is ‘pregnancy-safe’. So how do you calculate the risks?

Not all medication is ‘pregnancy-safe’. So how do you calculate the risks?

For those dealing with chronic health conditions,the choice to continue or stop taking medication during pregnancy can be complicated.

  • byWendy Syfret

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Underground drug trafficking operation linked to ‘colourful’ clinic owner,court hears

Underground drug trafficking operation linked to ‘colourful’ clinic owner,court hears

Police seized hundreds of vials of testosterone,human growth hormone and anabolic steroids,17 luxury cars worth more than $3 million and a safe of cash in raids.

  • byErin Pearson
Surgeons transplant gene-edited pig kidney into living human for first time

Surgeons transplant gene-edited pig kidney into living human for first time

Previously,pig kidneys have been temporarily transplanted into brain-dead donors but this recipient is “robust” and expected to be discharged soon.

  • byMike Stobbe
Australia’s largest online weight-loss business at loggerheads with regulators
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Australia’s largest online weight-loss business at loggerheads with regulators

One of the nation’s fastest-growing technology start-ups has accused Australian medical regulators of damaging patient outcomes.

  • byDavid Swan
Work on this year’s budget has started. Welcome to rent-seekers central

Work on this year’s budget has started. Welcome to rent-seekers central

The Albanese government knows what it should do to manage the economy better,but lacks the courage to do more than a little.

  • byRoss Gittins
Why Sydney scientists kept two livers alive in a box for a week

Why Sydney scientists kept two livers alive in a box for a week

The world-first study used an organ-preserving machine nicknamed a “liver in a box” that could revolutionise the way scientists trial medicines.

  • byAngus Dalton
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Labor strikes $3 billion peace deal with pharmacies after 60-day script furore

Labor strikes $3 billion peace deal with pharmacies after 60-day script furore

The agreement resolves a year-long spat that led to 200 pharmacy owners storming out of question time yelling obscenities.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
Unethical,lying doctor can get his licence back after ban as ‘he can be trusted’

Unethical,lying doctor can get his licence back after ban as ‘he can be trusted’

Surgeon William Mooney can be trusted to resume practice in “an honest and ethical manner” after earlier findings which included deliberately misleading authorities.

  • byKate McClymont
Transparency on antibiotic use required

Transparency on antibiotic use required

The World Health Organisation has identified antimicrobial resistance as one of humanity’s greatest threats.

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‘Years my kids didn’t have’:Boost to Australian gene therapy development
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‘Years my kids didn’t have’:Boost to Australian gene therapy development

When Megan Maack’s two children were diagnosed with childhood dementia,it took years for a drug that could help to be available in Australia.

  • byMary Ward
Do the latest vaccines better protect us from COVID-19?
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Do the latest vaccines better protect us from COVID-19?

For the first time,Australian researchers have sought to put a number on how much better newer vaccines shield us from severe disease.

  • byAngus Dalton