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Veterans are being targeted by social media ads offering access to "free" medicinal cannabis, funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs. VeteranCann supplied medicinal cannabis to a man with a record of cannabis addiction, who ended up in "borderline psychosis".
A Sydney plastic surgeon who patients say left them with "disfigurement" has been found guilty of professional misconduct. One of his former patients says her life was ruined after going under the knife.
James-Robert Davis's former partner said she was tattooed, forced to wear a collar, and told to sign a contract making her a "slave", while she was subjected to his control.
Doctors from the UK, Ireland and New Zealand will have their ability to practise in Australia fast-tracked from next week, but the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners says the move lacks detail and could put patients at risk.
The father of a man who took his own life after being prescribed medicinal cannabis says his family was repeatedly sent more cannabis, despite notifying the telehealth platform of his death. The ABC can reveal the founder of the company has been banned from supplying cannabis and two doctors have been suspended.
Clearance divers have among the highest suicide rates of all defence personnel. An ABC investigation has spoken to more than a dozen former divers experiencing a cluster of symptoms they believe is connected to blast exposure.
Life insurers and those offering income protection and permanent disability insurance will be banned from using genetic testing to refuse cover after a government crackdown.
In the past two weeks, more than 200 current and former service personnel have pledged their brains to the Australian Veterans Brain Bank, after the ABC reported growing evidence of a link between mild traumatic brain injury associated with blast exposure and poor mental health and suicide.
Doctors suspect mysterious brain injuries in soldiers repeatedly exposed to blasts and explosions could be the cause of memory loss, headaches, fits of rage and an increased suicide risk.
Experts are worried about a proliferation of "single-issue" cannabis clinics opening in Australia, some of them willing to prescribe via telehealth consultations with few checks.
There are fears of more overdoses as nitazenes infiltrate Australia's underground drug supply, with occasional recreational drug users warned the synthetic opioid is being found in drugs like cocaine.
Jill's vaping dependence and attempts to quit became a social media journey followed by millions. Here's what she thinks about the changes to Australia's vaping laws.
An urgent recall is issued for Uncle Frog mushroom gummies after consumers around the country are hospitalised with serious health symptoms including hallucinations and seizures.
Doctors and pharmacists named in a sample of stolen MediSecure data up for sale on the dark web say they are yet to be contacted by the company despite their information being available online for over a week.
Julian Hill is one of a number of MPs calling for a complete ban on the use of genetic tests in life insurance assessments.
One bad apple spoils the barrel — that seems to be the current predicament for Australia's compounding pharmacists.
The government will ban compounding pharmacists from making replica versions of diabetes drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro, widely used off-label for weight loss, amid public safety concerns.
National cyber security coordinator Michelle McGuinness says the Australian Federal Police is also looking into the breach.
Dozens of patients have contacted the ABC, reporting alarming side effects including vomiting blood and permanent tingling in their fingers after taking replica weight loss drugs.
Four Corners exposes an Australian-based scam illegally exporting suspect weight-loss drugs overseas.
Vials of replica weight loss drugs Ozempic and Mounjaro are being illegally shipped across the world from a house on the outskirts of Sydney.
A leading UK psychiatrist, brought to Australia to train practitioners to deliver psychedelic therapy, has been suspended after admitting to having a sexual relationship with a vulnerable former patient.
Large amounts of medication have been seized from a Melbourne pharmacy as part of a wider investigation into businesses that are allegedly illegally making copycat weight loss drugs.
Pharmacists that mass-produce their own versions of popular weight-loss drugs have been put on notice by Australia's medicines regulator. Here's what we know and how it got to this point.
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The Therapeutic Goods Administration will move to ban compounding pharmacists from making their own versions of injectable weight loss drugs due to concerns the compounded products may not be safe or effective.