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Mindfulness facilitator Karen Haddon.

Cancer programLife Now Programs help people with cancer to pause and relax

Cancer Council WA is encouraging people in the Great Southern affected by cancer to access its free Life Now programs which aim to provide connection, calm and practical support during and after treatment. 

Amy Towers

NSW is the latest state to expand access to contraception beyond the GP's office to pharmacies. (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

Health'Gives women options': chemists to prescribe the pill

Women in the regions will be able to save themselves what can be a long trip to the doctor's as pharmacies become eligible to prescribe the contraceptive pill.

Farid Farid

Babies and young children exposed to bushfire smoke can have serious long-term complications, according to new research from a Perth university.

HealthCommentsPremiumBabies exposed to bushfire smoke face major health concerns

Babies and young children exposed to bushfire smoke can have serious long-term complications, according to new research from a Perth university.

Eliana Hullett

AMA president Jobison Jacob gives blood at Albany Health Campus as part of the organisation’s blood donation campaign.

Bloody marvelOh positive! Malayalee members line-up for blood donations

Members of the Albany Malayalee Association gathered at Albany Health Campus on May 28 for a blood donation campaign.

Claire Middleton

Opposition Leader Basil Zemplias was joined by Shadow Health Minister Libby Mettam and Nedlands MLA Jonathan Huston outside King Edward Memorial Hospital.

ConstructionCommentsPremiumZempilas call to transform KEMH into aged-care facility

The Opposition wants King Edward Memorial Hospital converted into an aged-care facility once services move to the new women’s and babies hospital in 2029 to help free up beds for elderly patients.

Harriet Flinn

The Berrigan Family Medical Centre has transitioned to be a fully bulk billed GP service.

HealthCommentsPerth GP becomes first bulk billing centre in the area

A medical centre in one Perth suburb has transitioned to be fully bulk billed, the first GP in the area to make the switch.

Eliana Hullett

Sam Mac says he was honoured to be asked by the late Neale Daniher to take part in an icy plunge for the Big Freeze 12 and will do “absolutely anything” to help fight motor neurone disease.

AustraliaVideoCommentsTV presenter honoured to take icy plunge to help fight MND

Sam Mac says he was honoured to be asked by the late Neale Daniher to take part in an icy plunge for the Big Freeze 12 next week.

Kellie Balaam

A Google-linked mosquito project has caused public outcry.

HealthCommentsFury over Google plan to unleash 64 million infected mozzies

Public outrage has erupted over an experimental Google-linked project to release 64 million bacteria-infected mosquitoes into the wild.

Max Corstorphan

The interactive allergy game teaches students how to recognise allergic reactions.

HealthVideoCommentsPremiumNew game for school students tackling allergy safety

Australian students will soon be learning about anaphylaxis through an interactive mystery-solving game in a bid to make them more aware of severe food allergies. 

Claire Sadler

The hellish 116-hour wait time for the teenager as exposed the state's mental health crisis.

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Teen’s 116-hour ED wait exposes mental health crisis

A teenager’s 116 hours in limbo in ED has exposed a mental health system in crisis, with hospital bosses admitting the system failed her. 

Jessica Page

Health Minister Meredith Hammat has laid the blame for record May ambulance ramping squarely at the feet of the Federal Government, pointing to hundreds of older patients awaiting aged care beds.

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumWA minister blames Federal Govt for record ambulance ramping

Health Minister Meredith Hammat has laid the blame for record May ambulance ramping squarely at the feet of the Federal Government, pointing to hundreds of older patients awaiting aged care beds.

Oliver Lane

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NEWSPremiumSenator slams $2.7bn ‘slush fund’

A senator has lashed a $2.7bn budget figure she has labelled a “slush fund” after bureaucrats couldn’t say where the money would be spent.

Tia Clarkson-Pascoe

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NEWSPremiumMoment of horror head-on impact revealed

Shocking dashcam footage has captured the moment an alleged drink driver veered onto the wrong side of the road, before colliding with another car.

David Hannant

Minister for Aged Care Sam Rae said this investment will help build more beds, faster.

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumAged-care fix fast-tracked as Perth’s shortage looms large

Perth is the target of the latest round of Commonwealth grants to build more aged care beds, after recent figures warned the shortfall is getting worse.

Jessica Page

One in five young people are using artificial intelligence for advice about their mental health, a US study has found.

HealthCommentsPremiumYoung people turning to AI for therapy in alarming new trend

One in five young people are using artificial intelligence for advice about their mental health, a US study has found.

Hannah Cross

Lung cancer screening could be failing people who have been exposed to asbestos, new West Australian research has found.

HealthCommentsPremiumResearchers uncover asbestos blind spot in cancer screening

Lung cancer screening could be failing people who have been exposed to asbestos, new West Australian research has found.

Hannah Cross

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UPDATEDPremium‘High risk’: Long weekend plea to drivers

Police are urging drivers to take extra care this King’s Birthday long weekend, amid major statewide road blitzes to stop accidents.

Emma Kirk, Tia Clarkson-Pascoe

Matthew experienced a delayed ambulance response while bleeding from his throat nine days after a tonsil surgery.

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Emergency response time left Perth man fighting for life

Waiting for an ambulance almost cost Matthew his life after losing so much blood that he filled up more than a bathroom sink. 

Claire Sadler

The trial involved cancer patients who had stopped responding to standard treatments. (Michael Currie/AAP PHOTOS)

Health'Unprecedented' cancer jab can destroy whole tumours

An injection that can eradicate tumours in patients with very limited treatment options has been hailed by cancer specialists after an international trial.

Pol Allingham

Sarah Buck, from Willetton was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2023 at age 45.

HealthCommentsPremiumNew findings could spare breast cancer patients from chemo

Thousands of people facing a breast cancer diagnosis may no longer need to undertake harsh chemotherapy after a major international trial has identified those who can be treated safely without it.

Sophie Gannon

Neale Daniher referred to MND as "The Beast" and battled the condition for 13 years. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

HealthFight to slay MND 'beast' goes on after Daniher's death

The death of AFL great Neale Daniher from motor neurone disease and NRL player Jai Arrow's diagnosis have thrust the cruel condition back into the spotlight.

Callum Godde

Grace Ng pictured with her daughter Audrey Croucamp, 8 months, in Crawley, Perth, on Thursday. Audrey was born preterm at 36 weeks. Carwyn Monck

WA NewsWA-led screening to save lives, prevent preterm births

More pregnant women in Australia will be routinely screened for pre-eclampsia, a life-threatening condition that currently forces babies to be delivered early, thanks to a new WA-led program.

Angela Pownall

Neale Daniher with his son Luke Daniher, wife Jan Daniher and family pose for a photo after All Abilities and Purple Hands walk in 2025.

HealthCommentsPremiumMND explained: Daniher’s legacy and The Big Freeze

Motor neurone disease took Neale Daniher from this world far too soon but without his public fight with the condition it likely would’ve continued to be under-researched across the country. 

Claire Sadler

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COURTBaby dies after ‘deficient’ homebirth care

A coroner has condemned the “deficient” care of two privately-practising midwives after a six-day-old baby died following a homebirth in Victoria.

Tia Clarkson-Pascoe