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When breastfeeding doesn't work

12/08/2010

Persisting with breastfeeding when you have problems can come at a high personal price, as Renee Scicluna found.

Steve Quinn

Atrial fibrillation: my ride to a diagnosis

22/07/2010
Steve Quinn thought it was just reaching his 30s that made him breathless on the sporting field. But it turned out there was chaotic electrical activity in his heart - and it changed his life.

Tags: heart-disease, stroke

Henry Cooke

High blood pressure at 25

01/07/2010
Being diagnosed with high blood pressure can be difficult for anyone. But for Katherine Nightingale, it happened at the tender age of 25.

Tags: adolescent-health, hypertension

Zoe Farris

Living with dissociative identity disorder

17/06/2010
Zoe Farris shares her experience of living with dissociative identity disorder.

Tags: mental-health

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Breastfeeding: Who said it was easy?

06/05/2010
Like many women, Callista Cooper spent her pregnancy thinking about childbirth. But to her surprise she found her labour much less challenging than breastfeeding.

Tags: infant-health, womens-health, breastfeeding

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Huntington's and hope

29/03/2010
Bridget Smith's mother suffers from a devastating hereditary disease that will ultimately take hold of her own life and possibly that of her brothers and son too.

Tags: genetics, brain-and-nervous-system, genetic-disorders

Kate Locke

Hearing again

04/03/2010
Have you ever imagined what it might be like to lose a sense, and get it back again? Profoundly deaf writer Kate Locke shares her story.

Tags: ear-nose-and-throat-disorders, hearing

Melinda Hickin

My son was still born

28/01/2010
Having a baby changes you forever. But what happens when that baby is stillborn? Melinda Hickin shares her story.

Tags: child-health-and-behaviour, reproduction-and-contraception, womens-health

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Dengue fever: it could ruin your holiday

17/12/2009
When his young son caught dengue haemorrhagic fever while visiting family in downtown Saigon, John Horner had to dust off his schoolboy French.

Tags: child-health-and-behaviour, infectious-diseases-other, travel-and-tourism

Kirsty Leigh Smith

Our angel

29/10/2009
Lucy Kyriacou is an angel, and not just because of her bright and shiny personality.

Tags: child-health-and-behaviour, diseases-and-disorders

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Ten days with swine flu

30/07/2009
Maree Baker tells how she and her family were confined to their home for 10 days when they recently had swine flu.

Tags: child-health-and-behaviour, influenza

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