Australia’s regulator has issued warnings about the risk of suicidal thoughts and lower effectiveness of contraceptives in those taking Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro.
Australia’s response to mental illness is still hospital-centric. Treating more patients in their homes is a step in the right direction.
Isabelle Dinoire, the woman who received the world’s first partial face transplant with a new nose, chin and mouth, in an operation on Nov. 27, 2005, addresses reporters on February 6, 2006, during her first press conference since the transplant.
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Twenty years after the first face transplant, the procedure still carries profound unknowns about safety, identity and what it means to live in a stranger’s face.
Over 20% of people with the Duffy null variant are wrongly labelled ‘abnormal’, by current blood test ranges, leading to needless biopsies and lower chemo doses.
Even moderate night-time aircraft noise can increase insomnia – particularly children. The US and UK both do more to mitigate the noise around airports.