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Melissa Davey

Melissa Davey

Melbourne Bureau Chief at Guardian Australia

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Location
Australia
Languages
  • English
Covering topics
  • Australia
  • Health & Medicine
  • Society
  • Domestic Violence

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Recent Articles

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Statins can safely cut risk of heart attacks or strokes in healthy people aged over 70, world-fir...

Australian-led trial finds low risk of side effects from common cholesterol-lowering medication for otherwise healthy older people
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Ending higher private health rebate for Australians 65 and over is ...

Research finds 0.1-0.4% of the total insured population will ditch insurance, while the government will save as much as $940m
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‘Low carb’, ‘gluten-free’, with collagen or electrolytes: is it rea...

Premixed drinks are ultra-processed products but their marketing claims create a ‘health halo’ that takes the focus away from the harms of alcohol, researchers say
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Senior managers at St Basil’s aged care, where 50 died from Covid, ...

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Australia prevents telehealth for voluntary assisted dying consults...

Labor’s national conference voted to repeal the ban but the PM fears it could undermine medical safeguards. We look at the debate shaping up
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‘Prioritising profit’: Australians regularly prescribed medicinal c...

Exclusive: Of more than 1,000 medicinal cannabis products available, only two have been evaluated by the drug regulator
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NSW doctor barred from practising for six months after operating on...

Dr Liu-Ming Schmidt found guilty of professional misconduct after tribunal considered complaints about her treatment of 13 patients
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Antibiotic-resistant bacteria increasingly leaving children vulnera...

Exclusive: Research spanning 82 countries finds antibiotic resistance increased in every region between 2004 and 2022
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Ads call ovarian cancer a ‘silent killer’. But does urging women to...

Website offering blood check is aimed at people with a higher risk of disease – and false positives can create fear
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Smoking rates fall to historic low across Australia despite the ris...

Long-running AIHW survey shows daily rates of smoking dropped to 5.6% last year – down from 8.3% two years ago