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Norwegian and Danish researchers studied the impact of daily walks on low back pain in a group of more than 11,000 people.

HealthCommentsOne thing sufferers of chronic low back pain should do daily

People who walk for more than 100 minutes a day reduce their risk of chronic low back pain by almost a quarter, new research suggests.

Hannah Cross

Consumer group Choice tested the SPF claims of 20 popular sunscreens and found 16 of them did not meet the thresholds on their labels.

Health CommentsPremiumPopular sunscreens claiming to be SPF 50 under investigation

A sunscreen stoush is unfolding after a consumer report testing sunscreens found 80 per cent of those marked SPF 50 were under the threshold, with several manufacturers disputing the claims.

Hannah Cross

Australians are being urged to get their COVID booster jab after a surge in infections from the new subvariant NB.1.8.1.

HealthCommentsAussies urged to get COVID boosters as new variant surges

The variant is behind surging infections in parts of Asia, with the World Health Organisation reporting it is spreading faster than other circulating strains.

Caitlyn Rintoul and Ben O'Shea

Mick Bell received a doctor’s referral for recurrent urothelial cancer on April 9 that was rated category one — the most urgent rating.

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The West Australian exclusive
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The West Australian exclusive
Cancer patient one of hundreds on secret surgery waitlist

The West Australian can reveal WA’s surgery backlog of 29,251 is a lot worse than it looks.

Jessica Page

The subvariant NB.1.8.1 is now the dominant COVID-19 subvariant in Perth wastewater, with concentrations of the virus also increasing.

Public HealthCommentsGrim COVID prediction as cases rise in Perth

West Aussies are being urged to get their vaccines.

John Flint

Bindi Irwin has shared details after emergency surgery.

CelebrityComments‘Finally had to seek help’: Bindi Irwin’s shock health news

Bindi Irwin has shared a shocking health update after she was rushed to a New York hospital for emergency surgery before surgeons found 14 lesions.

Amy Lee

New WA Health Minister Meredith Hammat is pictured in her office at Dumas House today.

state politicsCommentsPremiumHow new minister plans to cure WA’s ailing health system

In her first major interview since being sworn-in, Meredith Hammat vowed she is working ‘every day’ to fix the broken system.

Jessica Page

People who are overweight are more likely to experience long-term neurological and mental health symptoms after COVID-19, new research has revealed.

Public HealthCommentsPremiumNew research links symptoms of long COVID to obesity

People who are overweight are more likely to experience long-term neurological and mental health symptoms after COVID-19, new research has revealed.

Hannah Cross

Almost three cases a week have been reported to WA Health over the past six weeks.

Public HealthCommentsWA bus station identified as new measles exposure site

The Department of Health contact tracing teams have identified three new measles exposure sites after another case was confirmed in WA.

Hannah Cross

An ambulance officer with a message.

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumAmbulance workers up ante in pay fight with St John WA

Ambulance workers will undergo industrial action after emphatically rejecting a pay deal from St John WA, including refusing to respond to out-of-hours contact.

Dylan Caporn and Hannah Cross

WA’s measles tally is continuing to rise after another case was reported to authorities on Thursday.

HealthCommentsPopular supermarket, Maccas named measles exposure sites

WA’s measles tally is continuing to rise after another case was reported to authorities on Thursday.

Hannah Cross

Four cases of meningococcal have been confirmed in WA in the past week, health authorities say.

HealthCommentsFour cases of meningococcal confirmed in WA in past week

Meningococcal disease is uncommon, but can quickly become life-threatening if the bacterial infection gets into the bloodstream or the membranes that line the spinal cord and brain.

Hannah Cross

Ambulance ramping in Western Australia has more than doubled in the past five years.

HealthCommentsPremiumREVEALED: WA’s alarming ambulance ramping report card

Ambulance ramping in WA has more than doubled in the past five years, with paramedics forced to spend longer waiting outside hospitals with their patients.

Hannah Cross

Children born to a mother who had gestational diabetes are more likely to develop ADHD, according to a WA study.

HealthVideoCommentsPremiumLink between mums with diabetes and ADHD in kids

Children born to a mother who had gestational diabetes are more likely to develop ADHD, according to a WA study.

Jake Dietsch

Pictured is Dale Edgar, Fiona Wood, Gary and Helen Dunn and Glen Buck.

HealthCommentsPremiumBurns unit research sets WA approach ahead of the rest

It’s an intimate type of care that few are cut out for, but Fiona Wood and Dale Edgar are among those making it their mission to improve burns care and healing.

Hannah Cross

The Binar Health Embassy provides access to critical health checks for children in a bid to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous health outcomes.

TelethonCommentsEmbassy initiative ensures kids get critical checks

Binar Futures is going above and beyond to help close the gap in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander outcomes through an innovative health initiative. 

Hannah Cross

These two cases are unrelated to a separate, larger outbreak of 10 cases.

HealthCommentsPopular pub named a measles exposure site as outbreak grows

A potential second cluster of measles is emerging after authorities reported another case linked to a returned traveller last month.

Hannah Cross

Westfield Carousel shopping centre.

Public HealthCommentsPerth’s biggest shopping centre named measles exposure site

Authorities have identified 12 more exposure sites across the State as the outbreak grows.

Oliver Lane

Australia has recorded 39 cases so far this year, about 70 per cent of its 2024 cases, putting health services on high alert as health departments nationwide monitor the situation at home and further afield.

Public HealthPremiumDoctors’ alarm at violent surge in measles cases

Experts say health authorities must manage falling immunisation rates and rife misinformation as the threat of a measles resurgence rises across the country. 

Hannah Cross

WA Health has issued an urgent health warning after a measles case was identified at Bunbury Regional Hospital.

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EXPOSURE SITES: Seven measles cases now in WA

Health authorities are still searching for patient zero in the State’s first official measles outbreak since 2019.

Hannah Cross

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is highly infectious and is the leading cause of hospital admissions for infants across Australia.

HealthCommentsPremiumWA’s free RSV immunisation program an overwhelming success

With about 1000 infants admitted to hospital with the virus in WA each year, it means more than 500 families avoided hospital stays last winter.

Hannah Cross

Professor John Newnham saves the lives of premature babies. He is pictured with premature baby Sofia.

HealthCommentsPremiumPremmie baby prevention program’s success prompts expansion

An estimated 4000 babies were prevented from being born too early each year of a three-year program geared towards reducing preterm births.

Hannah Cross

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

Social AffairsCommentsWEIGHING 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.

Kate Emery

Thankfully, some students at Halls Head College did talk about “fight club”.

WA newsVideoPremiumCollege’s colourful history of bare-knuckle dust ups

It is not the first time Halls Head College has been in the news about a ‘fight club’. Violent videos of students laying into each other were posted online in 2013. And its years since have been colourful.

Troy de Ruyter