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Red Cross in the poo as donors wiped out

AAP - 09-08-2022

The Red Cross is in desperate need of your poo - it takes guts, but it's for a good cause. Perth is home to the only Lifeblood Microbiota Donor Centre in

 
New facility to free-up SA hospital beds

AAP - 08-08-2022

Two dozen beds have been found for NDIS patients stuck in South Australian hospitals, as the state government continues efforts to ease the pressure caused by the latest wave

 
WA targets vapes with misleading labels

AAP - 06-08-2022

Thousands of illegal vapes have been seized in Western Australia amid warnings a new generation is becoming addicted to nicotine. More than 15,000 e-cigarettes,

 
Race against time for bush stroke victims

AAP - 04-08-2022

A stroke patient in the bush may notice their symptoms in the early morning, arrive at a hospital for a scan three hours later, before being flown to a specialist unit in

 
Filling the gaps for migrant health care

AAP - 02-08-2022

In an Australian first, a multicultural health collaborative will provide care and a voice to culturally and linguistically diverse people, many whose visas render them ineligible

 
People given 'too much' asthma medicine

AAP - 01-08-2022

Most Australians with asthma are prescribed too much preventer medicine, which increases the chance of harmful side-effects, experts say. More than two million

 
'Like Narnia': the healing power of music

AAP - 31-07-2022

A young woman dying of cancer wanted music to soothe her in the final moments of life. So a harpist went to her bedside at a Brisbane hospital, where she and

 
SA calls for national action on vaping

AAP - 27-07-2022

South Australia has called for a national approach to tackle the growing use of vapes and e-cigarettes among young people. Education Minister Blair Boyer will

 
Young Australians urged to be organ donors

AAP - 25-07-2022

Young Australians are being urged to become organ and tissue donors as part of a national campaign dubbed DonateLife Week. Studies show a single organ donor can

 
Aussie eyes suffering pandemic screen time

AAP - 18-07-2022

Most Australians have at least one problem with their eyes with almost one in three admitting too much screen time during the pandemic affected their vision.

 

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