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Disability
‘They’re gaslighting us’: More disability homes close as state funding ends
More than 80 group homes for disabled residents have closed, upending the lives of some of Victoria’s most vulnerable people.
- by Grant McArthur and Kieran Rooney
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Winter is coming, and Qld’s new top doctor has set her sights on shielding the state
Dr Marianne Gale knows a thing or two about preventable diseases. And now she’s on a mission to combat an illness that floored 95,000 Queenslanders last year alone.
- by Courtney Kruk
The Sydney hospitals where nurses are expected to be prison guards
Alleged killings are predictable when hospitals are treated as prisons, a senior psychiatrist says, as the use of Section 19b orders has become a lightning rod.
- by Kate Aubusson
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Healthcare
‘I’m grieving my old body’: How a young woman lost her ovary to a surgeon now under investigation
The federal health minister has requested scrutiny of clinical governance at the Epworth hospital after allegations that one of its surgeons performed unnecessary surgeries to treat endometriosis.
- by Henrietta Cook
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Pollution
Plan to protect children from toxic metals erased from NSW government report
The state’s chief scientist warned delayed action on lead contamination put generations of children at risk of lifelong complications.
- by Angus Thomson
The troubled Sydney hospital where men escaped before alleged stabbing, deadly crash
Urgent reviews have been launched after two men absconded from involuntary care at the state’s largest mental health facility, but staff fear being made scapegoats.
- by Kate Aubusson
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Healthcare
Bullying, mismanagement allegations rock major medical body
The incoming president of one of Australia’s largest medical colleges has cast doubt on its long-term survival after months of dysfunction.
- by Angus Thomson
Health insurance just became more expensive. Here’s what you need to know
The biggest rise in premiums in eight years will hit 15 million Australians from April. See how it affects your health fund.
- by Angus Thomson
Opinion
Medicine
We have an antibiotics problem. They kill more Australians than road accidents
Resistant infections kill about 1600 people in Australia every year, yet we’re barely talking about it.
- by Mark Blaskovich
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Medicine
Superbugs deaths are rising: This ‘Netflix-style’ subscription could turn the tide
About 100 Australians die every week from a superbug infection, with newborn babies and the critically ill being at greatest risk of the rising threat.
- by Kate Aubusson
Opinion
Genetics
Men lose their Y chromosome as they age. Now we know why this matters
This loss, evident in almost half of older men, is associated with serious diseases throughout the body and a shorter lifespan.
- by Jenny Graves