Health & Wellbeing

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Hazel’s story: A Perth family’s harrowing fight against RSV

For Perth mum Katherine, life with a newborn was meant to be filled with cuddles and milestones. Her baby then caught what seemed to be a cold, but the family was suddenly plunged into a fight for survival.

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VIPs weigh in on new Italian skincare on offer in Perth

A renowned Italian skincare brand is coming to a luxury Perth venue with one of the company’s experts flying in from Europe to show off the products at an exclusive launch.

Day in the life with whole-home water filtration

We’ve partnered with Micron Water Filters to explore how filtered water can improve your everyday life — from better-tasting coffee to healthier skin and a sparkling clean home.

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Stay safe: Six diseases to protect yourself against

Six diseases West Aussies can be protected from.

Vaccination remains one of the most effective ways to prevent serious diseases for both yourself and the WA community.

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Online dating expert offers tips for success on the apps

Logan Ury, Hinge’s Director of Relationship Science, has offered expert tips for the best chance of success.

A relationship expert behind one of the world’s most popular dating apps has given their advice on how to find love and luck online.

Fee-Free TAFE helped Nate build his dream career

Support worker Nate McGann with client Peter Bluett.

We spoke to Mental Health worker Nate about how Fee-Free TAFE helped him start his dream career

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The future of accessible housing: What makes a truly inclusive home?

Mandy enjoys a quiet moment in her accessible kitchen, cup of tea in hand.

Gone are the days when accessibility meant sacrificing aesthetic. Today’s inclusive homes are as stylish as they are functional.

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Ice baths are touted for their wellness benefits. Here’s the cold truth

Ice baths have become increasingly popular over the past few years.

Do freezing cold dips live up to the hype? Find out what the science says.

US aims to uncover cause of autism by September: RFK

US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr wants an answer as to why autism rates are on the rise. (AP PHOTO)

Scientists from around the world are involved in a research effort to find the cause of autism by September, Health and Human Services Robert F Kennedy Jr says.

WA community rallies to save teen battling rare cancer

Perth teenager Frank Li is fighting a rare form of leukaemia. Pictured in hospital with his mother, Rita Liu.

The family of a Perth teenager who is battling a sixth relapse of leukaemia are desperately trying to fund potentially lifesaving treatment overseas after exhausting all medical options in Australia.

New Perth clinic takes fear out of pregnancy for IVF mums

Perth obstetrician Fiona Langdon aims to bridge the gap with the State’s first private specialist-led early pregnancy service for women who have conceived after IVF.

It’s designed to take away the stress and give mums-to-be a better chance of holding onto their precious babies.

Flesh-eating eye bug kills one, makes others seriously sick

A flesh-eating eye bug outbreak has been reported in a medical journal in Germany.

The man was rushed to hospital but started vomiting and bleeding from the eye.

WEIGHING IN: Experts slam TikTok’s ‘chubby filter’ trend

Body image experts have slammed social media’s ‘chubby filter’ trend as fatphobic, fat-shaming and warned it could encourage eating disorders.

Perth influencers join in on exciting health revolution

Red light therapy is known to improve skin appearance and reduce wrinkles, scars, redness and acne.

World-first discharge for artificial heart patient

Daniel Timms is helping to transform treatment for patients with his BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart. (St Vincent's Hospital/AAP PHOTOS)

In a process labelled as an unmitigated success, an Aussie patient has become the first in the world to leave hospital after an artificial heart transplant.

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Have you heard of the 75 Hard Challenge? Me neither

Unsurprisingly, the 75 Hard Challenge has only just come across my desk this week; that’s right, I’m six years behind the times, as usual, writes Adrian Barich.

The challenge, or just 75 Hard as the cool kids say, has apparently been around since 2019 on TikTok and is sweeping the Perth suburbs. I’m six years behind the times, as usual. It’s hardcore.

‘My brain is falling out of my head’

Emily Cockerham has the rare condition Chiari malformation where her brain is literally falling out of her skull.

Emily Cockerham’s brain is literally slipping out of her skull.

UK pop star fears unborn twins ‘won’t survive’ pregnancy

The former Little Mix singer is ‘hoping and praying’ for the survival of her unborn twins after being stricken with pregnancy ‘complications’.

A child dies of Ebola in Uganda, raising concern

Health officials were hoping for a quick end to the Ebola outbreak that began at the end of January. (AP PHOTO)

A four-year-old child has become the second person to die of Ebola in Uganda, amid concerns over the US decision to slash USAID's foreign aid contracts.

Rare soil-borne disease claims 12 lives

Nine people in Cairns and three in Townsville have died from a rare soil-borne disease, with the flood-ravaged region facing a “record-breaking” surge in cases.