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Accidents and medical complications could have ended their career dreams, but these medical professionals say technology and workplace modifications have allowed them to continue practising — in some cases with a deeper understanding of their patients' world. 
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To the night nurse who offered her own mobile phone for us to say goodbye: I don’t even know your name, but thank you
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University of Melbourne researchers are working on a tool to help GPs discuss sexual health with their older patients, who are experiencing an increase in STIs.
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Facing death, I felt the connection between the past and the present more deeply than I ever thought I would.
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Experts note that although the Supreme Court Justice is not in imminent danger, the presence of two separate malignancies in her lung raises the possibility of metastatic cancer elsewhere.
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Vital medicines are flown to a remote Vanuatu village in what will now become a regular service.
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Should we trust Facebook to dispatch police to the homes of distraught users?
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Developments in medicine and health that we’re still thinking about at year’s end.
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American researchers find Australia's healthcare system is the second best in the developed world with the United States' costly model named the worst.
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A study finds that people who go to the hospital after being shot die as often as they ever have, even though gun deaths are rising.
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Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital and gas company BOC are facing criminal charges over the 2016 incident, in which nitrous oxide was confused for oxygen.
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America's top public health official has issued a rare national health advisory warning to the nation about the dangers of e-cigarettes.
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America's nurses are running on empty almost one year into the pandemic. They've reused PPE, canceled PTO and worked extended shifts for employers they don't always feel value their safety. It's driven many nurses to quit.
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A registered nurse worries about the safety of drinking water in her home state where hospital practices may cause pharmaceutical contamination. The EPA could ban the practice called "sewering" before the end of the year.
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Women are scared to speak out about what has happened as they give birth, says Sally Gimson, deputy editor of Index on Censorship
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The acne and its after-effects have shaped my character in ways I’m only now beginning to understand. Mostly positive
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A climate of doubt about vaccine safety is putting lives at risk, experts warn
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Heart and lung patients in regional and rural Queensland stand a better chance of survival thanks to mobile medical technology that keeps them alive before they are transferred to the city.
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Dementia cases have doubled over the past 25 years, creating a huge health burden; a University of Melbourne expert says we all need to act on new health advice
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New research estimates that if all physicians were female, 32,000 fewer Americans would die every year.
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Viewing nursing as a neutral, universal activity where appreciation, sensitivity and respect are adequate, prevents us from considering nursing as a political activity where power is at play. Conversely, embedding an understanding of the historical, structural and systemic factors that shape health, into our practice will allow us to create a meaningfully inclusive – and more caring – profession. This however, requires courage, commitment and accountability. Do we have it?
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The football public may be more willing to tone down the response when a player announces they are suffering from depression or anxiety.
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Hospital food has a poor reputation, but the meals served at an Adelaide healthcare facility are being described as particularly inedible. It is the second facility to come under fire for its food quality this year.
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An inquiry into mental health in New Zealand has called for a major shift towards prevention and promotion of mental well-being.
