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Mental healthPremiumREVEALED: How to retrain your brain to improve wellbeing

We may often feel at the mercy of our moods and emotions, and incapable of changing our state of mind, but there is growing scientific evidence that we can rewire our brain to think more positively.

Angela Pownall

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HealthPremiumMinns promises $10b health boom

The NSW government has promised a whopping $10b increase to the state’s health budget over the next four years.

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10-year-old Connie lives with beta thalassemia, and is calling on West Australians to donate blood this Blood Donor Day to help people like her.

EditorialCommentsPremiumGiving the gift of life this National Blood Donor Day

Each year, more than 75,000 blood and plasma donations are needed to help save the lives of sick or injured Australian children. It’s an ongoing lifeline for kids like 10-year-old Connie from Fremantle.

Australian babies exposed to bushfire smoke in the womb and in their first year of life are at a higher risk of health problems, including poor birth outcomes, respiratory issues and impaired memory and cognition.

HealthCommentsPremiumBushfire smoke linked to baby in womb health risks

Australian babies exposed to bushfire smoke while in the womb and during their first year of life face a higher risk of health problems.

Angela Pownall

Disability advocate Eliza Tait says she struggled after being diagnosed with autism four years ago. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

HealthAutistic teens caught in middle of NDIS funding dispute

A government autism support program has been applauded but questions are being raised as to what happens when participants age out at just nine years old.

Duncan Murray

Rory, Aria and Rafaeil moving to help boost balance.

WA NewsCommentsPremiumParents urged to act as kid’s balancing skills plummet

Parents are being encouraged to build more movement into everyday routines as part of a push to arrest a decline in kids’ balancing skills.

Rhianna Mitchell

Dr Dieter Weber, head of RPH trauma at the State Trauma Conference at the Ritz Carlton Perth.

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‘Scary’: WA hospitals ill prepared for mass casualty events

In the wake of the terror attack at an Invasion Day rally in January, WA’s top trauma doctor has warned that a mass casualty event could expose a co-ordination gap in the State’s ill-prepared hospital system. 

Caleb Runciman

Midlife could be your brain’s last line of defence, with mounting evidence showing the habits you build in your 30s to 60s may dramatically shape your risk of dementia decades later.

HealthVideoCommentsMidlife habits that could make or break your brain health

Midlife could be your brain’s last line of defence, with mounting evidence showing the habits you build in your 30s to 60s may dramatically shape your risk of dementia decades later.

Ariana Eunjung Cha

There have been 1133 cases recorded among children under four, which can become life-threatening when it infects the lungs and airways.

HealthCommentsPremiumDangerous virus cases climbing in WA as cold weather begins

A high level of children under four have already been hit with the potentially life-threatening respiratory syncytial virus across the State. 

Claire Sadler

Arthritis Australia says the loss of personal income for sufferers will hit $2.6 billion by 2030. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS)

HealthFunding mission aims to offers hope for arthritis cure

A multimillion-dollar research centre to combat arthritis is being heralded as a massive boost for the huge number of Australians who suffer from the disease.

Sebastian Tan

A coroner says the death of a patient of weight loss surgeon Reza Adib was preventable. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

HealthEmbattled surgeon lied about reason for fatal surgery

Evidence by the surgeon partner of former Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has been slammed by an inquiry into the death of one of his patients.

Duncan Murray

Older adults activate muscles around the ankle at the same time — known as co-contraction — which stiffens the joints and improves balance when the foot hits the ground. 

HealthCommentsPremiumStability over speed: How ageing changes the way we walk

Walking becomes slower and more tiring as a person ages in order to prioritise stability, new Australian research has revealed. 

Claire Sadler

Health authorities are battling to bring the Ebola outbreak under control. (EPA PHOTO)

HealthEbola cases climbing in Democratic Republic of Congo

The number of confirmed Ebola cases in The Democratic Republic of Congo continues to climb, with nearly 600 recorded, while more than 100 people have died.

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Daniel Turpin who was killed in a shark attack in Western Australia’s Great Southern.

NewsPremiumTeen’s huge act as uncle killed by 4.5m shark

A teenager has been praised for his “incredible” act after his uncle was fatally attacked by a 4.5m shark while spearfishing.

Alexandra Feiam

Zac Swettenham (left) is the son of boxing legend Michael Barry Swettenham. Mark Stewart

UpdatedPremiumBoxing champion’s son accused of pub death

The son of one of Australian boxing’s toughest champions has been charged with killing a man behind a Melbourne pub.

Harvey Constable and Alexandra Feiam

The Pharmacy Guild of Australia is pushing to expand pharmacists' powers to prescribe medications. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

HealthPush to free up GPs with more pharmacist prescriptions

Letting pharmacists write medication scripts could save $1 billion in health costs and free up 10 million GP visits a year, a report has found.

Jacob Shteyman

MoleMap chief executive Michelle Aquilina said about 19,000 Australians were diagnosed with melanoma each year - and rates continues to rise.

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Perth’s Spotscreen snapped up as MoleMap plans WA expansion

Australia’s biggest skin cancer screening network is moving into WA workplaces and finalising an at-home application as it seeks to slash alarming levels of the deadly disease across the nation.

Rebecca Le May

Yanchep local Margaret O’Keefe, aged 85, was in the audience and applauded as Basil Zempilas backed calls for a 250-bed hospital near Yanchep train station.

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumDoctors back Zempilas’ push for new $600m Perth hospital

Doctors have called for bi-partisan support of Basil Zempilas’ pledge to build a new hospital in Perth’s north, but the Cook Government is refusing to set a timeline.

Jessica Page and Oliver Lane

Two fatal shark attacks in just three weeks have plunged WA’s shark mitigation strategy into the political spotlight

WA NEWSCommentsPremiumWA shark attacks spark scrutiny of $35m safety strategy

Two fatal shark attacks in just three weeks have plunged WA’s shark mitigation strategy into the political spotlight, as the State Government scrambles to replace vital safety gear missing from local shelves.

Caitlin Vinci

Potentailly deadly viruses like RSV flourish and spread rapidly during winter. (Joe Castro/AAP PHOTOS)

HealthDangerous winter virus far more than 'just a bad cold'

Health authorities are urging seniors to get a free vaccine to protect them from a common winter virus that can cause severe illness, hospitalisation and death.

Robyn Wuth

Dr David Joske has received a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for his significant service to haematology and to pioneering the use of integrative oncology.

HEALTHWA cancer treatment pioneer gets King’s Birthday nod

Dr David Joske admits he copped a lot of criticism when he first pioneered the use of integrative cancer treatments but his faith in the services have now been ‘rewarded a thousand-fold’. 

Claire Sadler

Professor Bill Morgan pictured at the Lions Eye Institute, Nedlands. Ian Munro

HEALTHCommentsPremiumPerth ophthalmologist a decades-long sight for sore eyes

Perth ophthalmologist Bill Morgan has been appointed Officer of the Order of Australia in this year’s King’s Birthday honours, recognising a career of saving vision in people from Australia and abroad.

Oliver Lane

The death of a man who was found with serious injuries behind a venue in Melbourne is being treated as suspicious. Emily Dann

UPDATEDPremiumUpdate after man fatally stabbed outside pub

New details have been revealed after a man was fatally stabbed in “suspicious” circumstances outside a Melbourne pub.

Clareese Packer, Alexandra Feiam

Hundreds more Year 12s from private schools are getting special allowances — such as rest breaks or extra working time — in their final exams compared with their peers from public schools.

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Public school students copping ‘unfair’ exam disadvantage

Hundreds more Year 12s from private schools are getting special allowances — such as rest breaks or extra working time — in their final exams compared with their peers from public schools.

Bethany Hiatt