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The free pharmacy services that could soon cost Australians

Pharmacies are expected to put a price tag on currently free services to mitigate losses from new dispensing rules.

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Instead of being free, blood pressure checks could soon come with a $15 price tag as pharmacies mitigate 60-day dispensing losses. File image

Warning over tumeric medicines and supplements after shock death

Medicinal dosages of the active ingredient in a common household spice have been linked to a deadly liver injury.

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The TGA has revealed a link between medicinal doses of curcumin, and rare cases of liver injury.

Australians to share in $176 million from major health insurer

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Australians will be paying with cash only, in protest of an increasingly cashless society.

The Aussie town offering applicants $180,000 to secure new doctors

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The Inverell Shire Council is offering six grants up to $30,000 to GPs willing to help combat the rural town’s staff shortages.

Senri, 11, was playing in a creek after school. Moments later, he picked up a bomb

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Senri Tangata was just 11-years-old when he picked up a bomb one afternoon while playing near his village in the Solomon Islands. 

Aussie traveller’s shock at $700 charge

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A Perth man has been left with a bill that was more expensive than he was expecting after a bout of Bali belly.