Melbourne Royal Women’s Hospital has developed a blood test which can detect and help prevent the pregnancy condition, pre-eclampsia.
Mums welcome world first test for pre-eclampsia
Grants for suicide prevention training
The Wirrpanda Foundation is among the groups that will receive funding.
Health of Aussie mums and babies is improving
But those living in regional areas aren’t doing so well.
Calm sheep ‘more likely to reproduce’
A UWA study has found calm ewes are more likely to have lambs.
Record vaccination numbers still not enough
Leeming GP Graham Farquhar says more parents should be immunising their children.
Shaving in solidarity
Participants in the Leukaemia Foundation’s World’s Greatest Shave share their stories.
The great placenta on a plate debate
Might eating your own placenta make you sick?
Is the male pill the future of contraception?
The hormone-free pill would not have long-term side effects on fertility, birth defects in future offspring or libido.
Platypus milk could save us
The monotreme may hold the key in the fight against antibiotic resistance, new research says.
Ancient practice eases anxiety
The mental and physical benefits of Falun Gong are explored in this photo essay.
More students than internships
A lack of medical internships is said to be one reason behind a projected shortfall in doctors.
Pets poisoned by accident
Cases of deliberate baiting remain rare, according to vets.
The gift of good teeth
A Fremantle dental service for homeless people is having a profound effect.
WA’s family food crisis
Health professionals are particularly worried about the impact of children skipping meals.
Expert support for pill testing
It’s considered a ‘proven intervention’ at a time when ecstasy use in Australia is on the rise.
Calls for combat sports ban as UFC hits Perth
Doctors warn ‘it does damage the participants and it damages us to watch it’.
AMA demands health bosses act on survey
A new report describes the relationship between doctors and hospital management as in tatters.