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• Flying Midwives: Stories from the Skies of Remote Australia 16-12-2025

  “Sometimes the runway is just a dusty paddock.” Sarah, a midwife with more than a decade of rural experience, says it with a gentle laugh — but she’s only half-joking. “It might be red dirt, it might be gravel, it mig

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• Incontinent in my 20s: breaking the bathroom stigma 15-12-2025

  Angelique Wauer thought incontinence was only something she would have to worry about when she was elderly or after having a baby. She did not expect that her early 20s would be marred by urinary complications that would completely disrupt her lif

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• '100 out of 10 pain': the common summer health scourge 15-12-2025

  Young, healthy and 24, Tina Brock didn't know what had hit her when crippling pain rippled through her body, leaving her nauseous and aching. The discomfort was excruciating and came from nowhere, but the medics at her university campus quickl

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• King Charles to scale back cancer treatment in new year 15-12-2025

  King Charles III says his cancer treatment will be reduced in the new year because of early diagnosis, effective intervention and adherence to doctor's orders. Charles, 77, revealed the information in a recorded message broadcast on British te

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• Influencer died from severe blood loss after home birth 14-12-2025

  A wellness influencer died from severe blood loss after having a free birth at home, a court has been told. Stacey Warnecke, 30, was with her husband Nathan and unregulated doula Emily Lal when she delivered her son at her Melbourne home on Septem

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• King to give cancer recovery update in broadcast 14-12-2025

  Britain's King Charles is expected to give an update about his cancer recovery journey in a video message in support of the Stand Up To Cancer campaign. Charles's pre-recorded message, which will stress the importance of the cancer screeni

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• Funding deal rejected as elderly languish in hospital 14-12-2025

  State and territory health ministers warn more than 3000 older Australians are languishing in hospital beds with nowhere else to go while awaiting placement in aged care. The figure came as ministers rejected the latest funding offer from the fede

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• China to tax condoms for first time in 30 years 14-12-2025

  China will soon start collecting a value-added tax on contraceptive drugs and products for the first time in over three decades, a move aligned with Beijing's effort to get families to have more children after decades of limiting most to one chil

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• No more money on the table for hospital funding fight 12-12-2025

  The nation's health ministers are pushing for a greater federal contribution to public hospitals as Canberra declares there won't be more money, just goodwill. Health Minister Mark Butler will meet with his state and territory counterparts

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• Weight loss drugs could get cheaper from next year 12-12-2025

  World-leading weight loss drugs such as Ozempic could soon become cheaper in Australia as the federal government considers subsidies for the medications. Health Minister Mark Butler has indicated the drugs could be listed on the Pharmaceutical Ben

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