Health
Khloé Kardashian Promoted Weight Loss Products But Admitted To Using A Nutritionist As Well, And It’s Sparked A Huge Debate On Twitter
"If you have a nutritionist and a personal trainer then what do these shakes add?"
Ben Henry
Facebook Is Running Anti-Vax Ads, Despite Its Ban On Vaccine Misinformation
"Our policy is to ban ads containing vaccine misinformation."
Caroline Haskins
Watching My Cousin’s Death Go Viral
My cousin Salahuddin was a victim of unforgivable police brutality. But before that, he was a young man let down by a society that still treats mental illness as a kind of crime in itself.
Bilal Anwar
Doctors Have Been Sleeping Outside For Four Months To Protest Indefinite Detention. They Don't Plan On Stopping.
"We're not out here trying to get a good night's sleep. We know that it's going to be hard and I guess that's the point of it."
Hannah Ryan
This Disordered Eating Behaviour Is Far Higher In Adolescents Than Adults, Researchers Find
Just over 12% of adolescents surveyed said they had chewed and spat out food at least once a week in the previous month.
Gina Rushton
Australia’s Taiwan Deal Is Being Thwarted By Refugees Refusing To Go
Exclusive: Australia repeatedly asks sick refugees to fly to Taiwan for treatment, even after they've refused to go, in order to uphold its harsh immigration policies.
Hannah Ryan
This Man's Injuries Might Be From Handcuffs. But He's Handcuffed Again When He Goes To See A Doctor.
"I maintain that this is a practice used to punish me because I speak out."
Hannah Ryan
Hundreds Of Women Just Won A Landmark Case Against Johnson & Johnson Over Pelvic Mesh Implants
The class action was launched seven years ago and now involves more than 1,350 members.
Gina Rushton
Emilia Clarke Revealed How Paramedics Kept Her Calm In The Ambulance After She Had Two Brain Aneurysms
Opening up about the "unsung heroes" who helped her after she suffered a brain aneurysm, Emilia said: "There I was, bleeding in the brain, and there we were in this ambulance having an absolute giggle."
Ben Henry
Australia Flew A Refugee With An Infected Cavity From An Island Detention Camp To Taiwan
Exclusive: The untold backstory of the Taiwan deal reveals the extraordinary lengths Australia has gone to in order to keep sick refugees away from its shores.
Hannah Ryan
I Started Vomiting While I Was Pregnant. Two Years Later, I’m Still Sick.
I know that the intense nausea and vomiting that started during my pregnancy is linked to my anxiety. What I don't know is how to make it stop.
Laura Turner
Australian Women Are Paying Hundreds For A Contraceptive That Kiwis Will Get For Free
There are only two types of intra-uterine devices available in Australia and women are paying hundreds of dollars for them.
Gina Rushton
I Thought Wilderness Was A Place To Find Myself, Until I Spent Four Months Living In It
A summer working on trails in the burned-out Oregon backcountry taught me that while humans may find profound beauty in nature, it does not exist for us.
Leo Schwartz
Ruby Rose Posted An Extremely Graphic Video Of Her Neck Surgery, Revealing That Stunts Had Left Her At Risk Of Paralysis
The Batwoman star needed emergency surgery after two injured discs came close to severing her spinal cord.
Ben Henry
Oprah Winfrey Recently Had A Health Scare So Serious, The Doctor Asked For A Hug When She Got The All-Clear
After a trip overseas, Winfrey ended up in the emergency room, where she was diagnosed with pneumonia and advised to see a lung specialist.
Ben Henry
A Teenage Girl Killed Herself After Being Called “Dirty” While On Her Period
Local police launched a formal investigation into the girl’s death almost a week later, following outrage from parents and Kenyan lawmakers.
Tamerra Griffin
These Teens Were Hospitalized With Vaping Injuries. Now They're Sharing Their Stories And Helping Other Young People Quit.
"I want people to look at me and use me as an example and picture them in that situation."
Stephanie K. Baer
These Charts Perfectly Illustrate The Things We’re Overthinking
Is it too early to plan my Halloween costume? Do I have too many plants? (Excerpts from Am I Overthinking This? written and illustrated by Michelle Rial.)
Dennis Huynh
Australia Asked Papua New Guinea To Release A Sick Asylum Seeker. It Won't.
Doctors and lawyers say they have lost contact with the men detained in Port Moresby.
Hannah Ryan
The Government Just Lost In Court Over Refugee Medical Transfers
But refugees cannot ask the courts to order for transfers to Australia.
Hannah Ryan
Despite Warnings About Rapists And Murderers, Only Two Refugees Seeking Medical Treatment Raised Security Questions
There were dramatic warnings about criminals flooding Australia — but six months into medevac transfers, the government can’t say if it has ever used its security veto.
Hannah Ryan
Women With Pregnancy Complications On Nauru Waited For Days While Lawyers Fought Over Their Medical Care
"Pregnancy and birth are only normal until they become abnormal — and if that happens on a place like Nauru, it is very difficult to transfer a woman."
Hannah Ryan
Refugee Lawyers Brought Dozens Of Cases For Medical Transfers Before Medevac. They Won Every Time.
"Desperate parents told me of children who could not eat and drink and were wasting away before their eyes."
Hannah Ryan
Khloé Kardashian Is Being Accused Of Teaching Her Child "Toxic Diet Culture" With This Tweet
"Calories and children do not need to be in the same sentence even if it’s a joke."
Ellie Bate
A Coroner Advised How To Stop Refugees Dying In Detention A Year Ago And The Government Still Hasn't Responded
The government said it would respond to the findings of the inquest into the death of Hamid Khazaei by the end of 2018.
Hannah Ryan
Menstrual Cups Are Safe, Environmentally Friendly And Cheap, Researchers Say
A study using data from 3,300 women and girls suggests moon cups are safe and result in similar, or lower, amounts of leakage than disposable pads or tampons.
Gina Rushton
Women In Regional Australia Now Face A 500 Kilometre Round Trip For An Abortion
Women in regional New South Wales were driving 130km to Victoria to terminate a pregnancy. They'll now travel double that to Canberra.
Gina Rushton
The IVF Industry Is A "Secret Society" That Should Release Data On Success Rates, Politician Says
But the head of the industry's peak body says creating a "league table" of IVF clinics will deter doctors from taking on complicated fertility cases.
Gina Rushton
These Women Who Identify As Pro-Choice Have Complicated Feelings About Their Abortions
“It has taken me a long time to let myself feel sad.”
Gina Rushton
‘‘He Stomped On My Stomach”: This Is What It’s Like When Violence And Coercion Are Involved In An Abortion
Reproductive coercion is when someone prevents you from making decisions about your reproductive health.
Gina Rushton
