It’s thunderstorm asthma season
Grass pollen season, from October through to December, also brings the chance of thunderstorm asthma.

It’s thunderstorm asthma season

A new first-aid technique could help avoid fatalities from shark attacks to the legs and is as simple as using your own bodyweight to make a fist and “push hard between the hips and the bits”.

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New first-aid technique could help save shark attack victims
Lead author, surfer, emergency physician and Associate Dean of the ANU Medical School, Dr Nicholas Taylor hopes his new method can be used at beaches across Australia and the world: “I want posters at beaches. I want to get it out in the surf community”. Image supplied.

New first-aid technique could help save shark attack victims

A new first-aid technique could help avoid fatalities from shark attacks to the legs and is as simple as using your own bodyweight to make a fist and “push hard between the hips and the bits”.

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Telestroke improves regional stroke care
Professor Ken Butcher (UNSW, Prince of Wales Hospital) and fellow Telestroke consultant Dr Timothy Ang (Royal Prince Alfred Hospital). Photo: Ken Butcher.

Telestroke improves regional stroke care

Every minute counts when a person has a suspected stroke with an initiative overseen by UNSW Sydney academic staff designed to provide patients vital early assistance.

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