App that could save you from skin cancer Identifying a skin cancer could be as simple as scanning a freckle with your smartphone but researchers warn the system has risks.
Health by Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
Premium Content What if pointing a smartphone at a freckle could save your life? This is the idea behind some of the latest advances in skin cancer-detecting technology, which are poised to get a boost as Google prepares to enter the market. The tech giant recently revealed plans to roll out an artificially intelligent, medically approved search engine for your skin that could name a rash or issue a warning about a suspicious mole.
In 2018–19 there were an estimated 27,200 surviving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 50 and over who had been removed from their families and communities as a result of past government policies. The findings of this report show that the Stolen Generations aged 50 and over are more likely to be worse off than other Indigenous Australians of the same age on a range of health and socioeconomic outcomes.
A new report has found there are more Stolen Generations survivors than first thought, but they're more likely to be sicker and poorer than other First Nations people.
Health by Jane Hansen
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Subscriber only Lily Dowling was a gorgeous 13-year-old with a love for Harry Potter books and the world at her feet but in the pre-dawn light of September 3 she took her own life. Her death is part of a wider trend of youth suicide that is affecting young girls in particular. Haunted by missed opportunities to help her daughter, her mother Emma Heely is speaking out in the hope she can save another child s life and stop another parent s heartache. She was the kindest, most caring girl who was always looking out for others. She attracted really beautiful people and had a lot of friends, she said.
Health by Jane Hansen
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Subscriber only Lily Dowling was a gorgeous 13-year-old with a love for Harry Potter books and the world at her feet but in the pre-dawn light of September 3 she took her own life. Her death is part of a wider trend of youth suicide that is affecting young girls in particular. Haunted by missed opportunities to help her daughter, her mother Emma Heely is speaking out in the hope she can save another child s life and stop another parent s heartache. She was the kindest, most caring girl who was always looking out for others. She attracted really beautiful people and had a lot of friends, she said.