After being unable to urinate for six years due to a rare condition, a 22-year-old woman has detailed her harrowing journey, including a stay in a psychiatric hospital.
Kimberley Braddish
They are often blamed for causing brain rot — but using technology such as a mobile phone could actually keep your mind sharp into old age, new research suggests.
Artemisia Blythe
A private hospital operator's plans to sell its facility to the state could face a few barriers, as a taskforce probes the contract ahead of negotiations.
Jack Gramenz and Alex Mitchell
The West Australian measles outbreak has now reached 14 confirmed cases, with the Department of Health identifying two new cases on the weekend.
Sofia Fimognari
The widow of a stalwart WA farmer who took his life amid a battle with prostate cancer is calling on politicians to ‘stand up’ and pay more attention to the disease killing Australian men.
Jake Dietsch
On the horizon, WA is already set to expand pharmacists’ scope of practice to progress towards autonomous prescribing for a broad range of conditions over the next couple of years.
Kim Brotherson
Children born to a mother who had gestational diabetes are more likely to develop ADHD, according to a WA study.
As 19 women are diagnosed with a gynaecological cancer every day, advocates are calling for more funding to improve treatments after decades of underinvestment.
Maeve Bannister
The families of boys who died at privately run hospitals have hit out at their sons' care, as the peak medical body says issues persist across health systems.
Rachael Ward
People are being urged to take influenza and other respiratory diseases seriously and get vaccinated before cold weather arrives.
Aaron Bunch
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
More than two decades since the death of their son whose life was only just beginning, Helen and Gary Dunn still use the same word to describe their Jack — tenacious.
Two new cases of measles have been confirmed in WA as authorities continue to broadcast an urgent message to vaccinate.
Australia’s medicines watchdog is investigating an increase in reports of adverse events relating to a popular ADHD drug, including claims it has become ineffective.
Rhianna Mitchell
The parents impacted by a mix-up at a leading IVF clinic will be entitled to compensation and a leading legal expert believes the birth family will get custody.
Rachael Ward and William Ton
An IVF mix up that led to a woman giving birth to someone else's baby could wade into uncharted legal territory and highlighted concerns with the industry.
More than 30,000 Australians are young cancer survivors but little is known about how the disease affects patients later in life.
Rachel Jackson
A mistake at a fertility care clinic has resulted in a woman unknowingly giving birth to another patient's baby after their embryos were mixed up.
William Ton
An Australian IVF clinic has apologised after it mistakenly implanted the incorrect embryo in a patient, resulting in a woman unknowingly giving birth to a stranger’s baby.
David Johns
People suffering a concussion in regional Western Australia often don’t have access to the right recovery tools but a groundbreaking national study is hoping to fix this by utilising an app.
Claire Sadler
A major public hospital's deal with a troubled private operator could come to an end after a two-year-old's death prompted a ban on future partnerships.
Jack Gramenz
Six people have been hospitalised with hundreds of thousands more warned to monitor for symptoms after a bacterial outbreak in a busy city-centre.
Giving workers one day of leave a month to care for reproductive needs would help reduce the $21.3 billion cost of absent employees, a report has found.
The Western Australia measles outbreak has now reached 13 confirmed cases, with The Department of Health warning travellers.
