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Tibi Healthcare founder Nell Gillett and Siemens Healineers manager Neil Foster. Dennis Tan

HealthCommentsFirst mobile CT scan coming to meet demand in remote WA

A mobile CT scan could be the key to early detection of life-threatening diseases in regional patients, who currently have to wait weeks or travel to Perth for a screening. 

Claire Sadler

Leading eating disorder expert Dr Anthea Fursland.

HealthCommentsPeak eating disorders body offers solution to growing crisis

Australia’s peak body for eating disorder specialists has urged the State Government to support more training for primary care providers, amid concerns patients are missing out on vital early intervention.

Rhianna Mitchell

A new clinical trial to treat Parkinson’s disease will start in Perth next year using a drug currently under investigation as a ground-breaking treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.

HealthCommentsWonder drug shows big promise for neurodegenerative diseases

A new clinical trial to treat Parkinson’s disease will start in Perth next year using a drug currently being tested as a ground-breaking treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.

Angela Pownall

Norwegian and Danish researchers studied the impact of daily walks on low back pain in a group of more than 11,000 people.

HealthCommentsOne thing sufferers of chronic low back pain should do daily

People who walk for more than 100 minutes a day reduce their risk of chronic low back pain by almost a quarter, new research suggests.

Hannah Cross

The latest case brings WA’s total for the year to 20 after an outbreak in March sparked at least 17 cases. 

HealthCommentsVaccine reminder as measles exposure site confirmed in Perth

The latest case brings WA’s total for the year to 20 after an outbreak in March sparked at least 17 cases. 

Hannah Cross

SAC chief executive Asha Bhat and yoga instructor Ritu Rawat demonstrate poses.

YOGA DAYWellbeing honoured with free Albany Library yoga session

Mindfulness, connection and wellbeing will be honoured on Wednesday as Albany joins the global celebration of International Yoga Day with a free community yoga session.

Melissa Sheil

OT Stephanie Clarke with 10-year-old son Alexei Clarke-Jennings. She has launched a digital platform to help with early occupational therapy intervention. Kelsey Reid

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Perth mum’s OT app cuts down nine month wait

A Perth mum and occupational therapist is trying to combat the long waits for occupational therapy by launching a digital platform.

Claire Sadler

Helga Renz had severe side effects from being incorrectly dosed with chemotherapy. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

HealthPremiumBreakthrough tool aims to help prevent chemo overdoses

Researchers have developed an innovative AI-powered tool that offers hope to cancer patients by helping prevent incorrect doses of chemotherapy.

Allanah Sciberras

Multiple embryo mix-ups have put Australia's IVF industry and licensing schemes in the spotlight. (Jane Dempster/AAP PHOTOS)

HealthPremiumIVF system fails to pass the pub test, minister says

A rapid review of Australia's IVF industry will scrutinise the safety and quality of state regulatory schemes after recent embryo mix-ups.

Allanah Sciberras and Rachael Ward

Monash IVF's CEO has stepped down after the company was embroiled in a second embryo mix-up. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

HealthPremiumIVF giant CEO resigns after second embryo bungle

The managing director and chief executive of a private fertility giant has resigned after two of its clinics transferred the wrong embryos to two patients.

Melissa Meehan

SpinalCure Australia executive director Duncan Wallace lives with quadriplegia and said he hoped the trials bring about change.

HealthTrials hoping to bring movement back to those with paralysis

Two state-first clinical trials are aiming to bring life-changing movement back to people who live with paralysis through neurostimulation therapy.

Oliver Lane

Consumer group Choice tested the SPF claims of 20 popular sunscreens and found 16 of them did not meet the thresholds on their labels.

Health CommentsPremiumPopular sunscreens claiming to be SPF 50 under investigation

A sunscreen stoush is unfolding after a consumer report testing sunscreens found 80 per cent of those marked SPF 50 were under the threshold, with several manufacturers disputing the claims.

Hannah Cross

Roger Cook cannot guarantee there won’t be another sewerage disaster because of Perth’s ageing pipe network.

WA NewsCommentsFoul sewerage disaster may happen again: Roger Cook

The Premier said he cannot guarantee there won’t be another waste water pipe burst.

Oliver Lane

People in many states need to pay $270 to get the two-dose meningococcal B vaccine. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

HealthPremiumHeartbroken mum urges free vaccines for deadly disease

After watching her son die in a few hours, a grieving parent is lobbying a state government to help prevent the disease that killed him.

Sebastian Tan

A hospital is accused of falsifying records to meet ambulance offload target times. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

HealthPremiumHospital in hot water over 'cooking the books' claims

Claims a hospital emergency department falsified data to hit ambulance ramping targets will be probed as a minister insists benchmarks aren't tied to funding.

Callum Godde

A national health campaign is urging men to regularly visit their GP for check ups. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

HealthPremiumAussie men urged not to delay seeking health treatment

As part of Men's Health Week, Australian men are being encouraged to book in for a routine check up with their doctor.

Maeve Bannister

The wait list for elective surgery in NSW has grown to 100,000 patients. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

HealthPremiumExtra cash needed to solve spiralling surgery crisis

Politicians and medical experts agree only extra funding can fix a crisis in public hospitals, where more patients are waiting longer times for surgeries.

Alex Mitchell

UK mother Hannah Elsey posted this photo of her 2 year old on social media to warn parents not to underestimate the flu. Hannah Elsey

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Vaccine fatigue means WA is not winter-ready

WA’s flu vaccination rates this year are the worst in the country. Surely we can’t let the Vics win two flags in 2025?

Jessica Page

Jack Taylor, who was diagnosed with bladder cancer, with Professor Dickon Hayne.

HealthCommentsLandmark WA study offers hope for bladder cancer patients

A West Australian-led study could solve the shortage of a life-saving drug with the results revealing a new treatment was just as effective in treating bladder cancer. 

Claire Sadler

Monash IVF is being an independently investigated following two embryo transfer errors. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

HealthPremiumIVF clinic investigated over two embryo transfer errors

A leading IVF clinic has admitted to two separate errors involving the transfer of an embryo to the wrong patient in two states.

Rachael Ward

A major private fertility company is at the centre of another IVF bungle. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

HealthPremiumFertility giant caught up in second embryo mix-up

A patient had their own embryo transferred to them instead of their partner's embryo, in another bungle by a major private fertility company.

Callum Godde

Shane Toovey, who is a former paramedic who has received an ASM in the Kings Honours list

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Honour for paramedic who tried to save Lynn Cannon’s life

A paramedic who risked his own life trying to save murder victim Lynn Cannon also had the anguish of responding to a colleague’s death in the same year.

Shannon Hampton

Cost pressures have led men to delay seeing a GP in research findings described as a wake-up call. (Alan Porritt/AAP PHOTOS)

HealthPremium'Silent crisis': half of Aussie men delay health checks

Australian men are delaying health checks and stretching their medication due to cost pressure, according to research described as a wake-up call for a crisis.

Allanah Sciberras

New Lifeblood bandage hopes to inspire more people to donate blood.

HealthCommentsNew-look arm bandages to inspire more people to donate blood

Blood and plasma donors will be easier to spot from this week with Australian Red Cross Lifeblood permanently replacing its white arm bandages with branded red ones. 

Claire Sadler