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Hutton: ‘If you don’t have purpose, you get old’
Age can be the scariest number in the entertainment industry but not for Deborah Hutton. Days away from her 57th birthday, the fashion and lifestyle icon says she has never felt better, more excited or more energetic. -
The ill treatment of my friend’s 90-year-old mother shows how broken our aged care system is | Ranjana Srivastava
via theguardian.comThe desperate search for affordable care and a hospital’s carelessness demonstrate that Australia’s healthcare system is failing many eldersThis is the story of a 90-year-old woman, her ill treatment at the hands of Australia’s broken aged-care system and how I came to dispense possibly the worst advice of my career. One day, I call an old friend who sounds frazzled. Her mother has been discharged from a private hospital in deconditioned form.A healing wound demands an intact d -
News outlets producing ‘covert marketing’ for McDonald’s, KFC and Domino’s, study finds
via theguardian.comExclusive: Researchers also say ‘implied endorsement’ raises public health concerns, given poor nutritional quality of the foodsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastFast food chains are successfully influencing news outlets to produce “covert marketing” for their brands, a new study has found.The study, led by the University of Sydney’s School of Public Health, analysed all press releases from McDonald’s, KFC and Domino&rsqu -
Oral history: how Tick Begg revolutionised braces and made 1920s Adelaide ‘the orthodontic centre of the world’
via theguardian.comA South Australian museum honours the man who changed the way dentistry was done ‘on a global scale’In medieval Europe, barber-surgeons might cut your hair, shave your face, do a bit of blood-letting and tend to a broken limb.They might also pull a tooth out with a “pelican” – a crude beak-like shank – or lever it out with an iron “tooth key”. By the 17th century they might just knock it out with a steel punch elevator. Continue reading... -
There's more than one bird flu: what recent outbreaks mean for Australia – video
via theguardian.comA human case of a deadly and highly contagious bird flu was detected in Australia last month as an outbreak of another strain saw tens of thousands of chickens euthanased. Matilda Boseley explains why not all strains of the avian influenza pose the same risk► Subscribe to Guardian Australia on YouTubeWhat does bird flu mean for Australia? – Full Story podcastBird flu detected at second Victorian farm as separate outbreak found in Western Australia Continue reading... -
With youth suicide rates rising in Queensland, parents who have lost children are speaking out
via theguardian.comSuicide is now the leading cause of death for those aged 10–17 in the state, amid a ‘rising mental health crisis’ in AustraliaFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA black-and-white picture book chronicles the mental health struggles of 16-year-old Skyla Lomas.Written months before her death, it describes “the bad guy” who “lived inside” her and the “constant b -
Why a NSW farmer trapped under a ute called a neighbour, not triple zero, to get to her closest hospital
via theguardian.comThe town of Deepwater is in the Hunter New England local health district, whose largest hospital, at Newcastle, is six hours awaySign up for the Rural Network email newsletterJoin the Rural Network group on Facebook to be part of the communityWhen Lindy Newsome was pinned beneath her ute in the middle of lambing season, she didn’t call triple zero.Newsome had been struggling to unlatch a set of double gates when the handbrake failed, pushing her under the car and on to the road just outsid -
‘It’s only because of your son that my daughter’s living’: overcoming the cultural barriers to organ donation
via theguardian.comCulturally and linguistically diverse communities account for just 15% of organ donations made in 2023, but advocates say the more diversity among donors the betterGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastWhen doctors told Mili Udani there was nothing more they could do to treat her seven-year-old son Deyaan’s brain haemorrhage, her “world came crashing down”. Only a week earlier they had been enjoying a holiday to see family in Mumbai when he be -
Agony and the urge to pee: the growing evidence giving hope to chronic UTI sufferers
via theguardian.comAn Australian discovery has added weight to a long-held theory about the painful condition – but relief for most patients is still elusiveAfter enduring years of experimental and unhelpful treatments in Australia to treat her chronic urinary tract infections, Grace* took the drastic measure of flying to the UK to seek help for symptoms so painful she “could barely walk down the street”.While common and uncomplicated cases of the infections, known as UTIs, are usually easily tre -
We’re the ‘allergy capital of the world’. But we don’t know why food allergies are so common in Australian children | Jennifer Koplin and Desalegn Markos Shifti for the Conversation
via theguardian.comVitamin D levels, sanitation, diet and migration patterns are all thought to play a role. But there are trials under way to develop new strategies to prevent food allergiesAustralia has often been called the “allergy capital of the world”.An estimated one in 10 Australian children develop a food allergy in their first 12 months of life. Research has previously suggested food allergies are more common in infants in Australia than infants living in Europe, the United States or Asia. Co -
Feeling like an ‘oddity’, forced to come out: how Australian healthcare still fails to meet queer needs
via theguardian.comDespite progress, LGBTQ+ communities say finding empathic healthcare can still be a major challengeGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastZavier Wileman has been going to the same general practice since they were a kid. But when they began their transition as a teenager, they were made to feel “like an oddity”.“It didn’t feel like a safe place because [the doctors] just really didn’t understand gender at all,” they say. Contin -
‘I felt guilty’: women reveal harrowing details to groundbreaking NSW birth trauma inquiry
via theguardian.comReport calls for urgent efforts after receiving 4,000 submissions including from patients, doctors, midwives and experts around AustraliaFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastFor a year after her daughter’s birth, Jessica Santos felt disappointed in herself.When she arrived at Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred hospital to give birth, the midwife who had supported her throughout her pregnancy was not a -
As a palliative care worker, I want a better conversation about health inequality | Freia Lily
via theguardian.comThere is a growing awareness of how women’s pain has been minimised in our society and our healthcare system – it’s time policy caught upWorking in community palliative care, I have the privilege of being welcomed into the lives of a diverse range of families while they reckon with the dying process. As a social worker, each time I enter the home of a client I attempt to understand their worldview through the glare of blinding grief and often disfranchised trauma.Palliative car -
Police deploy divers and dog in search for mother and baby after evidence of birth found on Sydney riverbank
via theguardian.comOfficers urge woman to go to hospital to receive care for herself and her childFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPolice have deployed divers and a blood detection dog in the search for a mother and her newborn baby after finding evidence she may have given birth by a Sydney riverbank.Emergency services were called to the Cooks River at Earlwood in the city’s south-west on Monday afternoon after a r -
Australians coming off antidepressants are relying on social media due to lack of clinical support
via theguardian.comResearchers find many patients do not feel included in treatment decisions and have concerns about side effectsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPatients weaning themselves off antidepressants are turning to online support groups due to a lack of information and support, with a new study finding Facebook and other platforms are filling a gap left by clinicians.Approximately one-in-seven Australians take antidepressants, which are the most commonly dispensed -
Domestic violence experts criticise Victorian GP who asked whether family court is ‘dangerously goading fathers’
via theguardian.comDr Julian Fidge defends social media post after toddler killed, stating ‘question clearly inquires about what could be driving this rage, not responsibility for act’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA doctor who queried whether fathers commit acts of domestic violence because they are dangerously goaded by “terrible decisions by the family court” has drawn fierce criticism from medical colleagues and domestic violence campaigners.The -
What does bird flu mean for Australia? - podcast
via theguardian.comA highly pathogenic strain of bird flu, H5N1, has been detected in Australia for the first time, although there is no evidence of the disease spreading. At the same time a more common strain of the disease, H7N3, has been detected in two chicken egg farms in Victoria.Matilda Boseley speaks to Guardian Australia’s rural and regional editor Calla Wahlquist about why the poultry industry is worried – but everyday Australians don’t need to panic just yetRead more: Continue reading. -
No one wants kids vaping. But is Labor criminalising adults who flout the crackdown? | Paul Karp
via theguardian.comWith the proposed vape ban dividing MPs, the AMA chief has come to Canberra with a blunt message to ‘do the right thing’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian Medical Association was in Canberra on Friday pushing for parliament to pass laws to crack down on vaping, expected to be voted on in June.It’s not been smooth sailing for Labor’s proposed ban on importation and penalties for commercial possession of vapes.Sign up for -
US orders restrictions on Victorian poultry after bird flu outbreak, but industry expects limited impact
via theguardian.comMore than 500,000 chickens from two farms in Meredith and Terang have been culled after detection of H7N3 casesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastNew restrictions on Victorian poultry and poultry by-products entering the US will have limited impact on the local industry, a peak group says.The order was prompted by an avian influenza outbreak on two farms in Victoria’s south-west operated by Avgo and Surf Coast Eggs Farms. Continue reading... -
A ‘vulnerable’ soul sought healing at a NSW spiritual retreat. Questions remain over his agonising death
via theguardian.comJarrad Antonovich died after consuming the frog toxin kambo and psychedelic ayahuasca. Now, prosecutors are considering criminal chargesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastWhen police and paramedics drove up a steep track through the rainforest foothills of the Border Ranges and found a dead man in a temple being prayed over while his feet were being massaged, they struggled to understand it.The long wait for answers to what occurred on the night of 16 Octobe -
Jarrad Antonovich inquest halted for potential criminal charges over death at NSW spiritual retreat
via theguardian.comCoroner suspends inquest into death of man who consumed ayahuasca and frog toxin kambo at the Dreaming Arts festival at Arcoora in 2021Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAn inquest into the death of a man after taking poison and hallucinogens has been suspended after a coroner found there could be enough evidence for charges to be laid.Jarrad Antonovich died of a perforated oesophagus after consuming the -
My wife has put on weight and I’m no longer attracted to her. What should I do? | Leading questions
via theguardian.comIt’s one thing to struggle with finding your partner attractive, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. It’s another to feel contempt for themI’m in my early 50s and am starting to find my wife not sexually attractive any more. Over the years she has gradually put on weight to the point she now weighs more than me; I’m 6ft and normal weight for an athletic, active man. I’ve got mixed, conflicted feelings about it. On a physical basis I don’t like it, bu -
Bird flu detected at second Victorian farm as separate outbreak found in Western Australia
via theguardian.comDiscovery at Terang follows detection of H7N3 avian influenza at Meredith egg farm, where mass chicken cull is taking placeSign up for the Rural Network email newsletterJoin the Rural Network group on Facebook to be part of the communityBird flu has been detected at a second farm in western Victoria, 130km west of the farm where 400,000 chickens are being euthanised after the outbreak was first detected.The farm in Terang is linked to the Meredith egg farm, about 40km north-west of Geelong, wher -
Frog toxin used at retreat where Jarrad Antonovich died caused woman to faint and soil herself, inquest hears
via theguardian.comParticipant in ‘kambo’ ritual tells Byron Bay courtroom of ‘extreme experience’ with drug made from Amazonian frog secretionsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Amazonian frog toxin used at a spiritual retreat where a man died was so strong that it caused another participant to faint and soil herself, an inquest has heard.Witness testimony in a Byron Bay courtroom paused on Thur -
Without measles immunisation ‘little spot fire’ outbreaks may become harder to control, experts warn
via theguardian.comPeople urged to check they are fully immunised after NSW and Victorian health authorities alert to three separate cases of virus in MayGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralians are being urged to check they are fully immunised against measles after a number of outbreaks of the highly contagious virus.Health authorities in New South Wales and Victoria alerted the public in May to three separate cases of the virus, all in travellers returning from oversea -
Livestock theft has cost NSW farmers more than $930,000 so far this year
via theguardian.comEllen Zell woke up to find eight calves missing and a hole cut in her fence. She’s one of hundreds to report losses in 2024Sign up for the Rural Network email newsletterJoin the Rural Network group on Facebook to be part of the communityPolice in New South Wales are investigating the theft of eight calves from a property near Cowra, worth between $150 and $3,000 each.It’s part of a broader rural crimewave that NSW police say has cost farmers about $930,000 in stock so far this year.S -
‘I would prefer to know’: Kerri has up to 600 siblings. They may finally learn the truth of their origins
via theguardian.comQueensland minister says donor-conceived people’s right to know genetic history outweighs a donor’s competing right to privacyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastFor decades Kerri Favarato has been blocked from accessing her earliest medical records.They’re either stored at the back of the Queensland Fertility Group, where she was born in 1982, or in the garage of her treating doctor. But -
Inquest hears claim spiritual leaders conspired to mislead police about Jarrad Antonovich’s death after ‘kambo’ ritual
via theguardian.comAntonovich died during a six-day retreat in NSW’s northern rivers after he took a cocktail of alternative ‘medicines’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA group of spiritual leaders at a retreat in the northern rivers conspired to mislead police about the death of a man who had just taken a cocktail of alternative “medicines”, a Bryon Bay courtroom has heard.The inquest into the death of Jarrad Antonovich also heard that a Brazil -
Dutton won’t rule out a Coalition government quitting ICC – as it happened
via theguardian.comThis blog is now closed.Angus Taylor at odds with Dutton on migration targets in ‘shambolic’ post-budget appearanceGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastChris Bowen says nuclear energy is ‘slow, expensive and risky’Chris Bowen is also asked about the latest CSIRO report released today, showing electricity from nuclear power in Australia would be at least 50% more expensive than solar and wind.CSIRO and Aemo have looked at large-scale nuc -
Australia news live: Dutton won’t rule out a Coalition government walking away from ICC after Israel arrest warrant request
via theguardian.comFollow today’s news headlines liveAngus Taylor at odds with Dutton on migration targets in ‘shambolic’ post-budget appearanceGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastChris Bowen says nuclear energy is ‘slow, expensive and risky’Chris Bowen is also asked about the latest CSIRO report released today, showing electricity from nuclear power in Australia would be at least 50% more expensive than solar and wind.CSIRO and Aemo have looked at
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