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New research has found that opioid prescriptions for non-cancer related pain have doubled over the last 24 years. Academics from the University of Sydney, the University of Warwick UK, the University of Notre Dame, the University of New South Wales and ...

Large outbreaks of the coronavirus COVID-19 around the world have exacerbated fears that the worst is yet to come, with one expert predicting that the disease will turn into a pandemic and another lamenting the inaction of officials in dealing ...

A NSW mother injected urine into her immune-deficient daughter before police uncovered used syringes and urine sample jars in her handbag, a court has been told. The 47-year-old woman – a former nurse – pleaded not guilty in Newcastle District Court ...

The royal commission has urged the aged care sector to reform its approach to the workforce, with counsel assisting Peter Rozen telling those gathered that “the time for action … is now”. At the third Adelaide hearing, Rozen handed the ...

Australia’s response to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak has been criticised by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP). Its president, Dr Harry Nespolon, said the lack of government planning is “risking people’s health”. The RACGP is urging the government ...

Reducing the risk of heart attack in the early stages of a bereavement with a common medication has been the focus of new research by the University of Sydney. Professor Geoffrey Tofler, leading the study published in the American Heart Journal, said ...

A nurse who beat his daughter with a rolling pin for 20 minutes after a boy was allowed into their Victorian home is suspended from medical practice for a month. The man, who cannot be named, had his nurses' registration ...

Superannuation reform is again at the forefront of political debate this week, with calls to raise contributions and do away with them all together ringing out simultaneously. The compulsory superannuation guarantee is set to rise from 9.5 per cent in ...

Former neighbours of Lynette Dawson claim they saw her alive and working at a Sydney northern beaches hospital two years after her disappearance and alleged murder. Peter Breese created a stir in Downing Centre Local Court when he claimed he ...

Last night I decided to set my alarm an hour early, and in a desperate attempt to drag myself out of bed I set my alarm to the loudest most annoying church bell sound I could find. Instead of rousing ...