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This public hospital has a 'dazzling' cancer technology and it's not where you think
By Lily Plass
A new cancer technology is now available to public hospital patients for the first time, but they must be in western NSW to access it.
#Cancer #Health #HealthcareFacilities #DiseasesandDisorders #MedicalResearch #LilyPlass
https://www.europesays.com/ie/712471/ The gut and brain are connected. Here’s how… | Living #Brain #CentralNervousSystem #ClinicalMedicine #DiseasesAndDisorders #Éire #emotion #GastrointestinalTract #GutBrainAxis #Health #HumanDiseasesAndDisorders #IE #Ireland #MedicalSpecialties #medicine #MentalDisorders #MentalHealth #Mood(psychology) #NervousSystem #Neuroscience #therapy
Local gambling center expanding staff, allowing for in-person services for the first time | Local News
Gambling addiction continues to plague the Silver State, and a local gambling center is steppi…
#NewsBeep #News #Mentalhealth #abnormalpsychology #Addiction #behaviouralorneurodevelopmentaldisorders #diseasesanddisorders #gambling #Health #Healthcare #Mental #MentalDisorders #MentalHealth #ProblemGambling #symptomsandsignsofmentaldisorders #UK #UnitedKingdom
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/712373/ Local gambling center expanding staff, allowing for in-person services for the first time | Local News #AbnormalPsychology #Addiction #BehaviouralOrNeurodevelopmentalDisorders #DiseasesAndDisorders #Éire #gambling #Health #HealthCare #IE #Ireland #mental #MentalDisorders #MentalHealth #MentalHealth #ProblemGambling #SymptomsAndSignsOfMentalDisorders
Vaccine clinic opens after four teens infected in measles outbreak
By Matthew Ward Agius
A temporary vaccination service has been set up for a school community in Adelaide's southern suburbs after four students tested positive for measles.
#InfectiousDiseases #VaccinesandImmunity #DiseasesandDisorders #PublicSchools #MatthewWardAgius
WIEDERHOLT’S WISH: Laramie High senior beat cancer. Now, he prepares for state tennis tourney | Laramie High
LARAMIE — Elizabeth Clower’s mind wandered when the roster excluded a mainstay. It was spring 2025 and Clower…
#Tennis #News #cancer #catheter #Chemotherapy #clinicalmedicine #diagnosis #diseasesanddisorders #Health #healthcare #hospital #laramie #medicalspecialties #medicine #oncology #peripherallyinsertedcentralcatheter #therapy #wyoming
https://www.europesays.com/tennis/76956/
Number of people with migraine doubles after years of undercounting
By Stephanie Dalzell and Caitlyn Gribbin
Revised figures show the number of Australians living with migraine is about 4 million, with experts saying it highlights how authorities have been grossly under-reporting the chronic disease.
#Health #BrainandNervousSystem #Pain #Headache #DiseasesandDisorders #StephanieDalzell #CaitlynGribbin
https://www.europesays.com/ch/132551/ Roche Gets FDA Priority Tag for Enspryng in Rare Autoimmune Disorder | #AilmentsOfUnknownCause #AnalystBlog #anik #AutoimmuneDiseases #ClinicalMedicine #DiseasesAndDisorders #FoodAndDrugAdministration #Health #HealthCare #HealthSciences #HumanDiseasesAndDisorders #ImmuneSystemDisorders #Immunology #MedicalSpecialties #MedicalTreatments #medicine #MogAntibodyDisease #NervousSystem #pgen #precigen #rgen #RHHBY #Roche #satralizumab #therapy
Perth artist paints Parkinson's as monster in solo exhibit
By Mietta Adams
Andrew Grero, 40, who was diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson's disease four years ago, aims to explain how it affects those living with it through his colourful artworks.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-18/andrew-grero-parkinsons-artist-perth/107160556
Woman's dying wish to see brother denied amid visa dispute
By Olivia Mason
Anna Rochford lives with a rare and debilitating condition and her greatest wish is to see her brother one last time — but applications for a sponsored visa have been repeatedly denied.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-17/critically-ill-woman-denied-reunion-with-brother/107138342
#Immigration #BonesandMuscles #DiseasesandDisorders #FederalGovernment #HumanInterest #OliviaMason
Girl's death after petting zoo visit 'very rare', health authorities say
The family of a young girl who earlier this week say she may have contracted a bacterial infection while petting and riding animals on a farm.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-03/health-authorities-address-girl-petting-zoo-death/107111066
Bird poo concerns in SA town grappling with avian flu
By Aiden McNamara
A pontoon turned white from bird droppings and the potential for exposure through untreated drinking water are among the issues concerning the Port MacDonnell community in south-east SA.
#AvianInfluenza #Birds #DiseasesandDisorders #PublicHealth #Health #AidenMcNamara
Pigeon race still on in Victoria's west despite bird flu outbreak
By Violette Storm
A wildlife advocacy group fears a pigeon racing fundraiser could spread H5 bird flu from coastal to inland Victoria.
https://www.europesays.com/ch/120152/ Roche’s Tecentriq Wins FDA Nod for Label Expansion in Bladder Cancer | #AdjuvantTherapy #amrn #AnalystBlog #atezolizumab #BladderCancer #cancer #CirculatingTumorDna #ClinicalMedicine #ClinicalTrial #DiseasesAndDisorders #drugs #Health #HealthCare #HealthSciences #imcr #Indication(medicine) #indv #MedicalSpecialties #MedicalTreatments #medicine #MinimalResidualDisease #Natera #Oncology #RHHBY #Roche
Venezuela earthquake trauma haunts thousands | Newsline
Robert Torres lost nine family members, including his granddaughter, in the devastating earthquakes that struck Venezuela. Even as…
#Conflict #Conflicts #War #abnormalpsychology #astorga #behaviouralsciences #diseasesanddisorders #earthquake #emotion #health #mentaldisorders #mentalhealth #pain #psychologicalconcepts #psychology #signsandsymptoms #spain #Venezuela
https://www.europesays.com/3209051/
https://www.europesays.com/3209051/ Venezuela earthquake trauma haunts thousands | Newsline #AbnormalPsychology #astorga #BehaviouralSciences #Conflicts #DiseasesAndDisorders #earthquake #emotion #health #MentalDisorders #MentalHealth #pain #PsychologicalConcepts #psychology #SignsAndSymptoms #spain #Venezuela
How a world-leading health study in a small town helped shape modern medicine
By Madigan Landry and Neve Brissenden
Since 1966, the Busselton Health Study has made several life-saving medical advancements possible, changing the way some chronic diseases are treated around the world.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-21/busselton-health-study-turns-60/107054940
#MedicalResearch #PopulationGroups #RegionalCommunities #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #DiseasesandDisorders #HumanInterest #HeartDisease #Asthma #MadiganLandry #NeveBrissenden
New 'landmark' drug shown to prevent recurrence of deadly melanoma
A trial of more than 1,100 patients finds a new experimental drug could prevent one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer from returning.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/melanoma-drug-cancer-intismeran-autogene/107056350
#SkinCancer #Cancer #ScientificResearch #DiseasesandDisorders #MedicalResearch
Fears mass bird deaths in south-west Victoria linked to bird flu
By Olivia Sanders, Jean Bell, Jeremy Lee, and Violette Storm
People in the south-west Victorian town of Portland fear a deadly bird flu is to blame for hundreds of bird deaths this week, as carcasses begin to pile up.
#DiseasesandDisorders #Animals #Birds #TravelandTourism #OliviaSanders #JeanBell #JeremyLee #VioletteStorm
More women being diagnosed with POTS but rural patients face extra toll
By Sam Bradbrook and Becc Bird
Being diagnosed with POTS in regional Australia means treatment is far away and local understanding of the condition is minimal.
#WomensHealth #Health #RegionalCommunities #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #RuralandRemoteCommunities #PublicHealth #DiseasesandDisorders #SamBradbrook #BeccBird
Thousands of patients received sub-par colonoscopies from same doctor
By Kathleen O'Connor
A doctor suspended for professional misconduct oversaw thousands of flawed colonoscopies, with nearly 2,000 patients told to repeat their procedures.
#BowelandRectalCancer #DiseasesandDisorders #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #KathleenOConnor
Health of Colorado priest in ICE custody deteriorating after almost a year in detention | Western Colorado https://www.byteseu.com/2279751/ #ClinicalMedicine #ColdMedicine #ColoradoDepartmentOfPublicHealthAndEnvironment #Cough #Detention(confinement) #disease #DiseasesAndDisorders #Health #InfectiousDiseases #LatentTuberculosis #Medicine #PublicHealth #RespiratoryDisease #SignsAndSymptoms #thorax #Tuberculosis #UnitedStatesImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement
Trump signs order to reduce childhood vaccines and break up MMR shots
By Elissa Fitzgerald
The revised vaccination schedule recommends immunising children against 11 diseases, six fewer than currently recommended.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-11/trump-executive-order-childhood-immunisation/107024148
#VaccinesandImmunity #InfectiousDiseases #DiseasesandDisorders #ElissaFitzgerald
Dead AFL star's mother accuses league of 'cover up' on brain injury
By Jessica Halloran
West Coast Eagles star Adam Hunter's mother Joanne Brown says AFL executive Laura Kane reached out to her, but the grieving mother says the phone call was "too little, too late".
#AFL #Sport #AustralianRulesFootball #DiseasesandDisorders #JessicaHalloran
Does air pollution trigger arthritis flare-ups? | Health
(Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya via Pexels) By Stephen Beech Arthritis flare-ups may be triggered…
#NewsBeep #News #Health #Airpollution #Arthritis #CA #Canada #clinicalmedicine #determinantsofhealth #disease #diseasesanddisorders #environmentalfactor #EnvironmentalIssues #flare #humandiseasesanddisorders #medicalspecialties #medicine #particulatematter #patient #Pollution #rheumatoidarthritis #stephenbeech
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/848034/
Exposure to pesticides at work could raise risk of ALS, study finds
By Fiona Broom
Two people in Australia are diagnosed with ALS each day. Researchers say working with pesticides could bring a 70 per cent greater risk of developing the fatal disease.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-06/pesticide-exposure-linked-motor-neurone-disease/106998230
#AgriculturalChemicals #MotorNeuronedisease #DiseasesandDisorders #FionaBroom
My cousin was sucked into a fatal alternative therapy 'wormhole', says author
By Jackson Worthington and David Marchese
Author Hannah McElhinney spent years investigating after her cousin Lauren died seeking controversial medical treatment overseas.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-01/hannah-mcelhinney-wormhole-alternative-therapy/106971896
#DiseasesandDisorders #Health #COVID19 #InfectiousDiseases #Books #JacksonWorthington #DavidMarchese
Drug company backdown sees lifesaving cancer treatment offered for free
By Mary Lloyd and Stephanie Dalzell
Breast cancer patients were considering removing their ovaries until the maker of Zoladex 3.6mg said they would give the drug away rather than list it on the PBS.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/zoladex-pbs-astrazeneca-breast-cancer-endometriosis/106969942
#WomensHealth #Health #DiseasesandDisorders #MedicalResearch #Pharmaceuticals #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #MaryLloyd #StephanieDalzell
https://www.europesays.com/ch/108772/ Geneva-on-the-Lake alive with music to help others | News #CharitableOrganization #Cleveland #concert #DiseasesAndDisorders #fundraising #Geneva #HumanDiseasesAndDisorders #NeurologicalDisorder #PrimateDiseases
Carly Simon diagnosed with Parkinson's, new album out in August
Singer Carly Simon has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and is releasing a new album, Comes in Waves, in August.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-28/carly-simon-parkinsons-new-album/106964976
#Music #ParkinsonsDisease #DiseasesandDisorders #ArtsCultureandEntertainment
New radiation technology brings advanced cancer center care closer to home | News
BOONE — Thanks to the generosity of donors across the High Country, the Seby…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #america #cancer #clinicalmedicine #diseasesanddisorders #health #HealthCare #healthsciences #linearparticleaccelerator #medicalspecialties #medicaltreatments #medicine #oncology #Patient #Radiationtherapy #science #technology #therapy #unitedstatesofamerica #varianmedicalsystems
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https://www.europesays.com/3149823/ New radiation technology brings advanced cancer center care closer to home | News #america #cancer #ClinicalMedicine #DiseasesAndDisorders #health #HealthCare #HealthSciences #LinearParticleAccelerator #MedicalSpecialties #MedicalTreatments #medicine #oncology #Patient #RadiationTherapy #science #technology #therapy #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USA #VarianMedicalSystems
Former Socceroos captain Paul Wade reveals probable CTE diagnosis
By Shannon Corvo
Paul Wade says he wants to share his experience to raise awareness about concussion, repeated head impacts and brain health across all levels of football.
#DiseasesandDisorders #Soccer #Sportsinjuries #BrainandNervousSystem #Neuroscience #Socceroos #ShannonCorvo
Women with hormone condition may face higher risk of heart attack, stroke
By Lauren Roberts
Women with polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS formerly PCOS) have a "significantly higher" risk of cardiovascular disease than those without, a new study suggests.
#WomensHealth #DietandNutrition #HeartDisease #Health #DiseasesandDisorders #LaurenRoberts
The other Leo with growth hormone deficiency dreaming to be like Messi
By Ahmed Yussuf
Lionel Messi was diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency, which is a rare condition, when he was younger. He has become a role model for young Leo Slattery from Brisbane.
#FIFAWorldCup #DiseasesandDisorders #Soccer #Health #AhmedYussuf
Taco Bell lettuce identified as a source of US diarrhoea outbreak
A record number of cyclospora cases have been reported in more than 30 US states, but experts say not every illness is likely to have been caused by a single source.
#FoodSafety #DiseasesandDisorders #FoodandBeverageProcessingIndustry #Poisoning
ALS diagnosis fuels debate over football’s link to disease https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/944020/ #als #Arizona #ArizonaCardinals #ArizonaCardinals #Cardinals #ChrisJohnson(runningBack) #ChronicTraumaticEncephalopathy #ClinicalMedicine #disease #DiseasesAndDisorders #Football #HeadInjury #Health #HumanDiseasesAndDisorders #MedicalDiagnosis #MedicalSpecialties #medicine #NationalFootballLeague #NervousSystem #NeurologicalDisorders #NFL #Patient
'Beat the bastard': Arrow vows to help others fight MND
By Michael Doyle
Former NRL player Jai Arrow says he is determined to raise money and awareness for Motor Neurone Disease until a cure is found.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-12/nrl-jai-arrow-vows-to-fight-mnd-for-everyone/106907082
#DiseasesandDisorders #Sport #NRL #MedicalResearch #MichaelDoyle
https://www.fogolf.com/1311738/u-s-adaptive-open-more-titles-on-tap-for-bish-cunha/ U.S. Adaptive Open: More titles on tap for Bish, Cunha? #arizona #ClinicalMedicine #DiseasesAndDisorders #Golf #GolfNews #health #HumanDiseasesAndDisorders #MedicalSpecialties #Medicine #NervousSystem #NeurologicalDisorders #neurology #tucson #VisualImpairment
Lucinda donated her heart to another woman and lived to tell the tale
By Janelle Miles and Emma Pollard
Lucinda is a member of an exclusive club — living heart donors, and is the only woman to have a baby after a heart-lung-liver transplant
#Health #CommunityandSociety #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #DeathandDying #DiseasesandDisorders #MedicalProcedures #PregnancyandChildbirth #JanelleMiles #EmmaPollard
Young NDG leukemia patient gets the thrill of a lifetime at a Canadiens game | Mike Cohen ‹ Cohen Chatter https://www.rawchili.com/nhl/311064/ #BellCentre #Canadiens #Cancer #ChronicMyelogenousLeukemia #DiseasesAndDisorders #HematologicNeoplasms #Hockey #leukemia #MedicalSpecialties #Montreal #MontrealCanadiens #MontrealCanadiens #NHL
Scientists fear bird flu outbreak after elephant seal deaths on Heard Island
Scientists suspect a deadly strain of bird flu, H5N1, has infected wildlife on Heard Island after observing a high mortality rate in elephant seals on the Australian territory in the sub-Antarctic.
Groundbreaking gene therapy for Huntington's slows progression of disease
Clinical trials of a groundbreaking new gene therapy for Huntington's disease have shown that it slows progression of the condition by 75 per cent after three years, researchers say.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-25/huntingtons-disease-gene-therapy-slows-progression/105814436
#ScientificResearch #DiseasesandDisorders #Genetics #BrainandNervousSystem #MedicalResearch
Mediterranean Diet Might Protect Dental Health | Health
Key Takeaways The Mediterranean diet might help a person’s oral health People following tha…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #mediterranean #MediterraneanDiet #MediterraneanFood #consumernews #dentalcare #Diet(nutrition) #diseasesanddisorders #health #medicalspecialties #Mediterranean #nutrition #periodontaldisease #periodontology #redmeat #tncen
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2299690/mediterranean-diet-might-protect-dental-health-health-4/
Mediterranean Diet Might Protect Dental Health | Health
Key Takeaways The Mediterranean diet might help a person’s ora…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #mediterranean #MediterraneanDiet #MediterraneanFood #clinicalmedicine #consumernews #dentalcare #Diet(nutrition) #diseasesanddisorders #health #healthcare #Meat #medicalspecialties #Mediterranean #nutrition #periodontaldisease #periodontology #redmeat
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2298354/mediterranean-diet-might-protect-dental-health-health-3/
TGA confirms safety of paracetamol after Trump claims autism link
Australia's medicines regulator says paracetamol remains safe to use during pregnancy despite Donald Trump's administration linking its use to an increased risk of autism.
#Health #PregnancyandChildbirth #GovernmentandPolitics #ChildrensHealth #DiseasesandDisorders #AutismSpectrumDisorder
Gardening’s hidden benefits: How digging in the dirt could bolster mental wellbeing | Lifestyles https://www.allforgardening.com/1424492/gardenings-hidden-benefits-how-digging-in-the-dirt-could-bolster-mental-wellbeing-lifestyles-2/ #AbnormalPsychology #anxiety #BehaviouralSciences #ClinicalMedicine #DiseasesAndDisorders #emotion #exercise #garden #gardener #gardening #health. #HumanDiseasesAndDisorders #MajorDepressiveDisorder #MentalDisorders #MentalHealth #mindfulness #Mood(psychology) #PrimateBehavior #PsychologicalConcepts #Psychology #soil #Stress(biology) #WellBeing
Broken Hill man aims to run 27 marathons in 29 days for rare syndrome
By Coquohalla Connor
Inspired by the diagnosis of his friends' baby, Mitch McKenny is running from Broken Hill to Newcastle to raise awareness and funds for people living with Angelman syndrome.
#HumanInterest #DiseasesandDisorders #Health #RegionalCommunities #Charities #CoquohallaConnor
Trump has chronic venous insufficiency — here's what it means
By Elissa Steedman
The US president has been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency. Here's what to know about the condition.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-18/donald-trump-what-is-chronic-venous-insufficiency/105546502
#WorldPolitics #DiseasesandDisorders #Health #ElissaSteedman
Patients worry as St. Louis’ Long COVID clinic set to close
Michele Munz | Post-Dispatch ST. LOUIS — They face different symptoms of Long COVID, but they all share…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Health #clinicalmedicine #COVID-19 #diseasesanddisorders #Healthcare #healthsciences #humandiseasesanddisorders #longcovid #medicalspecialties #medicine #physicaltherapy
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/7198/
Run It Straight shows that 'bodies are disposable, pain is performative'
By Melissa Maykin
As this trend spreads, concerns are growing about the risks of brain injuries and the intense pressure on young men to prove themselves.
#MensHealth #Sport #BrainandNervousSystem #PublicHealth #DiseasesandDisorders #MelissaMaykin
A lesser-known disease is becoming more common after an historically wet summer
By Baz Ruddick
Experts say it is the worst year for the soil-born disease in Queensland in around three decades. Meet those who've survived the deadly disease and learn more about what to look out for.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-21/meliodosis-soil-disease-may-become-more-common/105296568
$50m donated towards endometriosis research in Sydney
By Chantelle Al-Khouri
The University of New South Wales says the donation is the biggest donation to women's health ever in Australia.
#Endometriosis #Health #Universities #WomensHealth #Women #MedicalResearch #DiseasesandDisorders #ChantelleAlKhouri
Funding due to expire for Sydney support program targeting hoarding
By Myles Houlbrook-Walk
Over the last decade, a small Sydney program has quietly supported people with hoarding disorder. It's funding might soon be cut.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-26/sydney-support-program-hoarding-no-funding/104975094
#PublicHealth #GovernmentFunding #MentalHealth #DiseasesandDisorders #MylesHoulbrookWalk
PM apologises after using Tourette syndrome as an insult
By Dannielle Maguire
Anthony Albanese faces criticism for making an ableist remark in parliament by using Tourette syndrome as an insult, drawing condemnation from both the Greens and the Coalition. Here is a recap of what was said and the facts about Tourette syndrome.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-09/what-is-tourette-syndrome-anthony-albanese-apology/104448478
#Health #DiseasesandDisorders #GovernmentandPolitics #DannielleMaguire
'They live in fear': The mental health impact of living with a mysterious heart condition
By Shelby Traynor
SCAD causes heart attacks in healthy women under 50, and the high recurrence rate leaves many survivors living in fear.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2024-07-29/scad-heart-attack-young-women-mental-health/104130126
#Health #WomensHealth #MentalHealth #DiseasesandDisorders #ShelbyTraynor
Celine Dion says she couldn't lie to her fans anymore, opens up about stiff person syndrome
By Mawunyo Gbogbo
Celine Dion has opened up in an interview ahead of the release of her documentary I Am: Celine Dion. The star says she was sick of lying to her fans by not disclosing her stiff person syndrome diagnosis.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-12/celine-dion-stiff-person-syndrome-documentary/103967908
#ArtsCultureandEntertainment #PopularCulture #MusicArtsandEntertainment #Health #DiseasesandDisorders #MawunyoGbogbo
WHO confirms Australia's first human case of 'severe' bird flu subtype likely came from India
By Audrey Courty
The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed the child who contracted Australia's first human case of a "severe" subtype of bird flu was likely exposed during a trip to India last month.
#DiseasesandDisorders #AvianInfluenza #GovernmentandPolitics #AudreyCourty
Sarah was told her son had 'toddler diarrhoea'. 18 months later, he was diagnosed with IBD
By Fleur Connick
The prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease in Australia is rising, particularly in children. Some families are struggling to get a diagnosis and appropriate treatment.
#ScienceandTechnology #Health #DiseasesandDisorders #MedicalResearch #AcademicResearch #StomachandDigestion #FleurConnick
'It broke my heart': How families are coping with rising bowel disease
By Cristy-Lee Macqueen
Young father Zane Warrell has been given a lifeline against "debilitating" bowel disease, as national case numbers rise.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-03/inflammatory-bowel-disease-regional-care/103490042
#PublicHealth #FamilyandRelationships #DiseasesandDisorders #Health #CristyLeeMacqueen