Home
Search
thewest.com.au
LifestyleChevron Right Icon

Health & Wellbeing

Authorities have been urged to tighten controls around prescribing and dispensing medicinal cannabis after health officials noted people are bypassing traditional safeguards to get scripts. NewsWire

HealthPremiumMedicinal cannabis scripts going unchecked

Health officials have warned loose controls over medicinal cannabis prescriptions are fuelling a rise in hospital admissions for cannabis-induced psychosis.

Emma Kirk

The cost of raising children, career goals, and the availability and affordability of quality child care were concerning factors for parents deciding to have children, particularly young women. NewsWire/Naomi Jellicoe

HEALTH‘Danger’: Aussies not having enough kids

Australia is staring down the barrel of a demographic crisis as fertility levels hit record lows - with warnings the country can no longer naturally sustain its population.

Emma Kirk

People have been warned not to seek dental treatment from Sydney dentist Safuan Hasic. Supplied

NewsPremiumGet tested if you’ve visited this dentist

A dentist has been suspended and patients have been urged to get tested after they were potentially exposed to blood-borne diseases.

Emma Kirk

A now-defunct NDIS provider has been slapped with a record $2.2m fine. NCA NewsWire / Brenton Edwards

NewsPremiumTragic details emerge about highway death

A defunct NDIS provider has been slapped with a record $2.2m fine, as shocking details about the death of an intellectually disabled man come to light.

Nathan Schmidt

News. Tania Rego was diagnosed with stage 3C Ovarian Cancer after only experiencing mild symptoms of bloating. The statistics are sobering: only 49 per cent of women diagnosed with ovarian cancer survive beyond five years, and 70 per cent face a recurrence within three. Now six months cancer-free, Tania is determined to make the most of life while also raising awareness of the urgent need for greater investment in ovarian cancer care. Jackson Flindell

HealthCommentsPremiumSubtle symptom led to cancer diagnosis for Perth mum

Kingsley mum Tania Rego just thought she was bloated from a Bali parasite but instead the doctor gave her life-changing news.

Claire Sadler

Turia Pitt photographed at Balmoral Beach in Sydney. (Photo by Rohan Kelly / Newspix)

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
books CommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
How a hot chocolate convinced Turia Pitt to be selfish

In this exclusive extract from her new book, Turia Pitt explains how a simple drink was her breaking point, where she realised she was suffocating under “the Everything” and tried putting herself first.

Not Supplied

NEWSPremiumWarning as women struck by deadly disease

Health officials have issued an urgent alert after two women from the same household were struck down with a highly infectious type of meningococcal disease.

Elodie Jakes

Health authorities recommend vaccination to protect against the potentially deadly measles disease. Supplied

newsUrgent alert as fatal disease spreads

One state has issued an urgent health alert as a potentially fatal disease outbreak spreads, with unvaccinated children and pregnant women most at risk.

Duncan Evans

There has been another case of measles reported inthe Pilbara region. Getty

healthPremiumUrgent alert after fresh measles case

One state has reported more than 40 cases of the highly infectious and potentially deadly disease this year.

Alexandra Feiam

Registered nurses across Australia will soon be able to prescribe medicines.

HEALTHWhat nurse prescribing means for patients

Registered nurses across Australia will soon be able to prescribe medicines, giving faster access to care and shorter wait times – here’s what it means for patients.

Andrew Hedgman

Thousands of STIs go undiagnosed each year due to mild or absent symptoms and a lack of testing. (Tony Phillips/AAP PHOTOS)

Health & WellbeingPremiumWomen urged to self-test as STI infections climb

Sexually transmitted infection rates have climbed almost 50 per cent over the past decade with experts most concerned women may have undetected conditions.

Maeve Bannister

Not Supplied

POLITICSHuge change rolled out to pubs, clubs

The NSW Government has flagged a major change to safety measures in licensed venues across the state.

Thomas Henry

Not Supplied

HealthPremiumWarning as measles outbreak grows

Health authorities have confirmed new measles cases in WA’s mining heartland, with the number of infections rising to 45 this year.

Emma Kirk

West Cape Physio principal physiotherapist Dominc Knight in the clinic's gym.

on the fieldPhysio says preparation key to keeping sport injuries at bay

With winter sport over for the year and summer seasons getting ready to begin, Albany physiotherapists say looking after your body before and after a game is just as important as being careful on the field

Jacki Elezovich

Some 200 psychiatrists threatened to resign during the furious battle with the NSW government over pay. NewsWire / Nikki Short

WORKPsychs win big pay bump after wild battle

Doctors in one state have won a 20 per cent pay bump following a wild battle that involved mass resignations and fears of a breakdown in services.

Duncan Evans

An adult has been hospitalised with the life-threatening meningococcal serogroup B disease in Western Australia.

HealthPremiumWarning after deadly disease diagnosis

An adult has been hospitalised with the life-threatening meningococcal disease, prompting a warning from health authorities.

Emma Kirk

Residents on Sydney’s Northern Beaches have been told to watch for measles symptoms. ACS

HealthPremiumAlert as highly infectious disease spreads

A health alert has been issued for Sydney’s Northern Beaches after a confirmed measles case visited several locations while infectious.

Emma Kirk

Not Supplied

NEWSFallen Block star’s candid health update

Former reality TV star Suzi Taylor has shared a major personal update celebrating a health milestone, after years of being in and out of the courts on various petty offences.

Blake Antrobus

Jim Chalmers says the changes to the award bring the government’s total sector spend to close to $18bn. NewsWire / Martin Ollman

NEWSPremiumAussies in key sector to get pay bump today

Hundreds of thousands of Aussie workers will get a fourth award wage rise today after a critical Fair Work Commission finding.

Thomas Henry

Not Supplied

HealthPremiumMajor hospital blunder sparks review

Qld Health says medical imaging results from about 9000 patients at Caboolture Hospital’s Specialist Outpatient Department may not have been reviewed.

Emma Kirk

The move is designed to address critical shortages across the healthcare sector. iStock

NEWSPremiumChange turns Aussie healthcare upside down

The move is designed to address critical shortages and has been described as “one of the biggest changes to regulation in decades”.

Rhiannon Lewin

Not Supplied

NEWSHighly infectious disease on the rise in Aus

As childhood vaccination rates fall, experts warn that misinformation is helping fuel a measles comeback.

Andrew Hedgman

Not Supplied

HEALTHPremiumAussie tax fuelling violent crime war

Australia’s black market tobacco industry has “exploded” and criminals have a “stranglehold” on the industry, as high taxes drive demand for the illegal product.

Blair Jackson

CSL says most vaccines it sells in the US are made at its manufacturing plant in North Carolina. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

Health & WellbeingPremiumAussie pharma giant brushes off 'harmful' Trump tariff

Australian medicine exporter CSL has taken a hit after Donald Trump announced 100 per cent tariffs on imports, but the company believes it will be exempt.

Jacob Shteyman