NSW residents are being urged to protect themselves against serious illness as cases of influenza spike. The latest respiratory surveillance report has revealed more than 4700 people across the state have been diagnosed with the flu over the past four weeks, a 16 per cent increase compared with this time last year. FOLLOW US ON … Read more
Sydney resident Rachael Murphy is grateful for the small things. Simply being able to get off the couch is something she doesn’t take for granted. It’s an outlook shaped by an “intense” health battle that reinforced her sense she was “lucky to be alive”. Newsletters: Breaking news as it happens. Subscribe now The 31-year-old was … Read more
An Adelaide teenager was in hospital for about six months when what was believed to be a common cold turned out to be an invasive sepsis infection. Harry Trowbridge, now 14, began showing common cold symptoms last year before his health quickly declined, his mother, Meagan Mercurio, said. She said within three days Harry began … Read more
American actress Olivia Munn has opened up about the shock of seeing her body for the first time after having a double mastectomy. Last year, the 43-year-old Hollywood star found out she had stage 1 cancer in both breasts after her doctor suggested a routine scan. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Olivia Munn shares shock diagnosis. … Read more
An Irish mum-to-be was diagnosed with cancer at five months pregnant when her extreme morning sickness turned out to be a symptom of the disease. Caitlin McAlinden, 24, put her cancer symptoms – including a golf ball-sized lump on her neck, nausea and fatigue – down to morning sickness but after losing about 12kg in … Read more
A new Australian study of long Covid patients has found that their immune abnormalities largely resolved within two years of infection, providing hope that long Covid can resolve with time. In encouraging news for long Covid sufferers, the study, led by the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney and St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney and published in … Read more
A disability support provider has been fined $1.8 million after admitting serious shortfalls in staff training that led to a vulnerable Indigenous woman dying from burns after being given a bath. Kyah Lucas suffered burns to 35 to 40 per cent of her body when she was bathed at her home in Orange, in central-west … Read more
The government is warning Aussies travelling to Bali to take precautions against dengue fever, as social media swirls with reports of tourists who have been struck down with the painful infection. Teejay Barratt, writing to a Facebook page on Bali advice, warned the mosquito-borne illness was now “rampant” across the popular island holiday destination. “Please … Read more
Tanya Preston feels the weight of losing her son, Alex, every day. Forever eight years old, her eldest son died from a rare and aggressive brain cancer in 2009. “We still celebrate his birthday and he’s part of Christmas,” Preston told 7NEWS.com.au. Newsletters: Breaking news as it happens. Subscribe now “As a parent, when you … Read more
A British mum who mistook a whirring sound in her right ear for tinnitus was instead diagnosed with a brain tumour. Denise Wingfield, 55, struggled to sleep because of the dull, “funny” noise and was referred to an ear, nose and throat specialist and was told she had tinnitus. However, following an MRI, doctors found … Read more
