Health

Australians in end-of-life agony can’t always see a doctor. Telehealth can help them die with dignity | Andrew Denton

A collision of state v federal law on voluntary assisted dying has had tragic consequences. And a Labor conscience vote that never reaches parliament is no conscience vote at all At last week’s ALP national conference, delegates changed…

Hepatitis patients battle stigma, cost, late diagnosis

By Seun Adeuyi (Abuja), Hope Abah (Makurdi) & Hassan Ibrahim (Bauchi) V iral hepatitis remains one of Nigeria’s most neglected public health challenges despite the availability of vaccines, effective treatment and growing awareness…

Heart attack patients have higher levels of microplastics in their blood, says study

Woman awarded $17M after hospital removes her healthy bladder instead of routine ovarian surgery

A U.S. jury has awarded US$17 million to a woman whose surgeon removed nearly all of her healthy bladder during what was meant to be a routine operation to take out an ovarian cyst.

Nurse allegations led Jewish patients to hide religion, inquiry hears

Jewish patients requested their religion be removed from their hospital admission information following allegations nurses made menacing comments about Israeli patients, the royal commission on antisemitism has heard.

I'm a therapist who struggled with people pleasing. Here's what I learnt

For me, people pleasing was a coping mechanism that developed over time out of vigilance, responsibility and love for my family. But there was a better way.

How early screening saved Hong Kong woman from her family’s liver cancer fate

Hongkonger Ms Lam has long known she is carrying a ticking time bomb after her mother and grandmother died of liver cancer. Her mother was completely asymptomatic until a late-stage diagnosis left no option for surgery. “I knew I carried…

Rotary offers free medical care to residents of FCT community

The Rotary Club of Abuja Federal, in partnership with the Silver Cross Hospital Foundation, has provided free medical services to residents of Piwoyi community in the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) of the Federal Capital Territory…

Yobe police recover stolen tricycle, arrest suspect in Kano

The Yobe State Police Command has arrested an armed robbery suspect and recovered a stolen commercial tricycle allegedly stolen after its rider was drugged in Potiskum area of the state. The command’s spokesman, SP Dungus Abdulkarim, said…

Gymnast found out he won Commonwealth Games medal while in neck brace

Gabriel Langton taken to hospital after landing on head while competing on high bar in Glasgow but escapes serious injury

Johnson & Johnson announces $7 billion settlement of talc lawsuits

The settlement covers claims alleging that J&J's talc products cause ovarian cancer.

One taken to hospital after fire at MacPherson HDB flat

The person was found unresponsive in the living room of a ninth-floor unit at Block 39 Circuit Road, the Singapore Civil Defence Force said.