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[Link] Anne Ruston defends past comments that Medicare ‘is not sustainable’ after PM names her as health minister if re-elected
Read: 18/4/2022 www.theguardian.com
Labor says the appointment of Anne Ruston to the health portfolio in a re-elected Coalition government would mean cuts to Medicare, pointing to past comments by the senator that the costs of the health scheme were unsustainable.
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[Link] Bruce Willis’s ‘worst performance’ award from Razzies show revoked after diagnosis
Read: 3/4/2022 www.theguardian.com
The organizers of the Razzies parody awards show have rescinded Bruce Willis’s 2021 award in light of the actor’s recently disclosed aphasia diagnosis.
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[Link] ‘It’s awful to be a medical exception’: the woman who cannot forget
Read: 19/1/2022 www.theguardian.com
Every morning since January 2004, Rebecca Sharrock crosses off the date on a calendar in her room. Like many people, the 31-year-old uses it to keep track of time, distinguishing the present day from the ones that came before.
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[Link] What to Do if Your ADHD Medication Messes With Your Appetite and Body Image
Read: 18/11/2021 www.vice.com
When Spencer Jardine was 15, she was diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and prescribed treatment in the form of Adderall.
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[Link] This Couple Survived the Unite the Right Car Attack. The Trauma Tore Them Apart.
Read: 11/11/2021 www.vice.com
On the day of the violent “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Marcus Martin wore his red-and-white Jordans.
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[Link] Man Experiences ‘Scrotal Necrosis’ After Cobra Bites His Balls
Read: 9/11/2021 www.vice.com
The 47-year-old patient was on vacation in South Africa at a wildlife reserve when the cobra surprised him from below.
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[Link] Medical Marijuana Is Legal in Thailand, but People Are Sticking With the Black Market
Read: 28/10/2021 www.vice.com
Five years ago, long before medical cannabis became legal in Thailand, Ladda was desperate to ease her son's seizures. The longer the epilepsy episode, the more it damaged Dino’s brain and slowed his mental and physical development, she explained. Ladda gave her son a one-drop dose.
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[Link] Scientists Finally Understand the Link Between Depression and Bad Sleep
Read: 28/10/2021 getpocket.com
Some brains can’t help but decide that three o’clock in the morning is the right time to ruminate on everything that’s going wrong.
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[Link] 'I'd never heard Abigail call me mum': The rare genetic disorder that almost exclusively affects girls
Read: 27/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
Imagine feeling as though you are bursting at the seams with the desire to say something important, but are unable to speak. That has been daily life for Abigail Lishomwa. The six-year-old cannot call out to her parents, ask her teachers questions or greet other children at the playground.
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[Link] Intersex people undergo surgery when too young to give consent, inquiry told
Read: 19/10/2021 www.theguardian.com
Intersex people have endured controversial surgeries and treatments, often when they were too young to provide consent, an inquiry by the Australian Human Rights Commission found in a report that recommends new legislative protections for children.
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[Link] Endometriosis forces Wiggles performer Emma to pull out of upcoming shows
Read: 19/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
Popular children's group The Wiggles will be without its yellow performer Emma for its upcoming shows around the country, as she undergoes surgery to manage symptoms of chronic endometriosis. In a statement, Emma Watkins, 28, said she would be admitted to hospital on Tuesday.
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