WA parents are being urged to book in their kids’ flu jabs as early as next month as the State anticipates another crippling flu season following a particularly high caseload over the summer.
Hannah Cross
Don’t blame kids for being so hooked on screens that it’s crippling their language development — and their backs. Blame the rest of us, who have made them this way.
KATE EMERY
WA school kids are sitting down and using screens so much they’re turning up at physios with sore backs and necks. Here’s everything you need to know to help your child.
Kate Emery
Seven festival-goers are fighting for their lives under induced comas after overdosing on illegal substances in Melbourne on Saturday.
Anneke de Boer
However, there is a serious side to man flu, which could also explain why cancer rates are significantly higher in men while painful autoimmune diseases — are more common in females.
John Naish
Parents are bypassing Australian drug regulations — and possibly risking criminal prosecution — to online shop for gummy bears laced with a sleep-inducing substance to make their children slumber.
We delve into a personal story of resilience and the meaningful and profound impact of a Western Australian program.
Olivia Senior and Every Week Counts
Many children with type 1 diabetes are going without a lifesaving medical device because it is too expensive but a Perth study is hoping to change this.
Claire Sadler
From a small coastal town in Canada to the big smoke Down Under, researcher Dr Brittany Dewdney is on a mission to find the most effective treatment for brain cancer.
Jessica Evensen
A petition is calling for more paid parental leave for parents who often burn through their leave before their newborn even leaves hospital.
The Women’s Hearts Breakfast borrowed the Black Swan Room at Optus Stadium to shine a spotlight on women’s heart health in Western Australia.
Lauren Higham
We sought some advice from Western Radiology Consultant Cardiologist Associate Professor Adil Rajwani about ways we can maintain a healthier heart.
Olivia Senior and Western Radiology
A group of specialist kids’ doctors sounded the alarm over the ‘extreme risk’ of moving Perth’s new maternity hospital away from the QEII precinct in a comprehensive report outlining ‘grave concerns’.
Josh Zimmerman
Doctors Without Borders are calling for militants to allow the safe passage of medical teams and wounded civilians to health facilities after ambulances and a hospital were damaged during deadly airstrikes.
Anneke De Boer
The team dealing with mental health crises at Perth Children’s Hospital recently changed its model of care more than a year after a teenage girl was allegedly raped in its unit.
By analysing urine for tell-tale compounds, a simple paper test could catch cancer in the earliest stages when it is easiest to treat.
Roger Dobson
Dementia is a devastating condition that primarily affects the elderly however, what people don’t know is dementia can also strike the very young, bringing a unique set of challenges.
Dani Meager and Perron Institute
The Department of Health has raised the alarm after a traveller returned from Bali triggered a health alert in WA after they visited a hotel and shops while infected with measles.
INSIDER: Men’s grooming is undergoing a transformation ... and it’s tipped to grow into very big business
A neuroprotective drug developed by Western Australia-based biotech company Argenica Therapeutics has achieved a remarkable milestone.
Scientists believe they’ve found the key to why the debilitating effects of multiple sclerosis (MS) progresses at different rates in different people.
Could a single tablet help patients with anorexia? That is the tantalising prospect offered by a recent study looking at the use of psilocybin, the hallucinogenic component of magic mushrooms.
Lucy Elkins
The mum of beloved Perth teenager Amelia ‘Milli’ Lucas is facing yet another devastating cancer fight, two years after losing her daughter to brain cancer.
Sarah Makse
Rarely a week goes by when I don’t give at least one patient 300mg of aspirin. For people with acute chest pain, possibly having a heart attack, it can literally be lifesaving.
Professor Rob Galloway
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