Autoimmune diseases
Opinion
Opinion
As my ‘Parkinson’s pause’ fast forwards, I am stunned by acts of bravery
The longer I Iive with Parkinson’s disease, the more I fear its impact - in particular, the resolute determination it shows in searching out skills to degrade.
- by John Watkins
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Diet
I turned to the internet for dessert recipes. It was my saddest Google search ever
Now that there are many things I can’t eat, food is all I think about.
- by Kerri Sackville
Opinion
Illness
I have a chronic illness. Michael J. Fox brought me back to my future
In our culture, illness is a foe to be quashed with courage and determination. That’s just wrong.
- by Kerri Sackville
Archie waited 32 years for a diagnosis. His nephew waited two months
A bipartisan report recommended a national genomics testing program in November 2021, but the most vulnerable are still jumping through hoops for a life-saving diagnosis.
- by Angus Thomson
The truth about the internet’s favourite stress hormone
Can’t sleep? Keep breaking out, or getting sick? If you’ve scrolled TikTok lately, you might be inclined to blame one or all of these things on your cortisol levels.
- by Dani Blum
Do you need to avoid antibiotics in your 40s?
A new study has found that over-40s who have taken antibiotics are nearly 50 per cent more likely to develop inflammatory bowel disease.
- by Leah Hardy
Explainer
Illness
Singer Celine Dion has stiff person syndrome. What is it?
It’s a rare condition more common in women than men. How does it affect the body and what are the treatments?
- by Jackson Graham
Celine Dion shares diagnosis of incurable disorder, stiff-person syndrome
The singer will cancel or postpone dozens of shows in her Courage World Tour.
- by Annabelle Timsit
‘I am trying to not let it consume me’: The rare disease that turned Michael Klim’s world upside down
A former powerhouse of the Australian swimming world, Michael Klim now struggles to walk and could end up in a wheelchair.
- by Iain Payten
Calls to expand access to oral COVID-19 drugs as expiry dates loom
Thousands of doses of expensive antiviral medications could be wasted if more Australians do not become eligible for the COVID-19 treatments.
- by Timna Jacks and Carla Jaeger
The silent killer: Why medical research is fired up about inflammation
From long COVID to Alzheimer’s, all manner of health woes are increasingly thought to have inflammation in common. Now, great medical minds are on the case.
- by Greg Callaghan