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• NSW:Police shun dementia training after woman's Taser death 20-05-2026

  Only one Australian police force has taken up an offer to train officers to deal with patients with dementia after a great-grandmother was fatally tasered in an aged care facility. Then-senior constable Kristian James Samuel White fired his weapon

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• Critical period to stop new mums slipping through gaps 20-05-2026

  New mums are most at risk of major depression in the first two weeks after giving birth, with calls mounting for greater screening, prevention and treatment to ensure they feel supported. Midwife and neonatal intensive care nurse Megan Ryan said i

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• Jail for counsellor who gave Friends star ketamine 19-05-2026

  A licensed drug addiction counsellor who delivered Friends star Matthew Perry the doses of ketamine that killed him, was sentenced to two years in prison. Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett handed down the sentence to 56-year-old Erik Fleming in a feder

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• Kate on first trip abroad since cancer in remission 19-05-2026

  The Princess of Wales is set to make her first overseas trip since announcing her cancer was in remission, travelling to Italy for a two-day tour focused on early-childhood education that will undoubtedly receive widespread media attention. Kate w

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• NSW:Dentist may have exposed thousands to HIV, hepatitis 19-05-2026

  Health authorities are scrambling to find thousands of patients who may have been exposed to serious bloodborne diseases by a dodgy dentist. Patients of former dentist William Tam, who practised at Strathfield in Sydney's inner west for more t

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• NSW:Probe into grandmum's fatal tasering aims to save lives 18-05-2026

  Three years after police fatally tasered an aged care resident, an inquest could save lives by improving training for first responders dealing with aggressive dementia patients. Then-senior constable Kristian James Samuel White fired his Taser at

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• Injections v pills: weight loss patients 'have options' 18-05-2026

  Eli Lilly says ‌patients in a late-stage trial who had been taking an injectable GLP-1 medication for over a year didn't regain significant weight after switching ‌to its new weight-loss pill Foundayo. People who switched from Novo N

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• Aussies reliant on crucial medicines to save on scripts 18-05-2026

  More Australians will be able to pick up their prescriptions for less money, as the government boosts medicine subsidies in the federal budget. The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, which regulates prices of life-saving medications, will be increase

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• New name ends confusion over disorder affecting women 17-05-2026

  There's a new name for a condition affecting more than 170 million women worldwide. Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS) is the new name for the condition previously known as Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) after it was wrongly bel

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• Bonnie Tyler 'remains seriously ill' but stable 17-05-2026

  Bonnie Tyler "remains seriously ill" but is stable following emergency intestinal surgery, a spokesman for the star says. The Welsh singer, 74, known for Total Eclipse of the Heart, was put into an induced coma by her doctors to help her

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