'Tinder is bad for your mental health' and other top stories.

• 'Tinder is bad for your mental health'

  

  Zac Efron Reveals He Received Zero Swipes on His Tinder Profile0:54Zac Efron revealed that the dating world is essentially closed to him and when he tried to set up a Tinder profile he didn't get a single swipe. If you use Tinder, you likely hate yourself.TINDER is bad for your mental health, scientists say.Women who use the popular dating app are more likely to hate their bodies and blokes swiping for dates tend to have lower self-esteem.An estimated 50m people worldwide use Tinder to find lov..

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• Royal Hobart Hospital's treatment of patient's bowel condition 'fell well short', coroner finds

  

  Royal Hobart Hospital's treatment of patient's bowel condition 'fell well short', coroner finds By Georgie Burgess Updated August 08, 2016 16:56:23 A coroner has handed down a damning report on the Royal Hobart Hospital's treatment of a man who died after suffering a serious bowel condition.Coroner Simon Cooper found the man, 64, died in 2012 of a bowel obstruction that was not properly diagnosed.Mr Cooper said the treatment given to the patient "fell well short o..

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• Low costs a big plus for ecigarettes

  

  Young people try electronic cigarettes out of curiosity about the devices and alluring flavours that range from fairy floss to pizza, but keep vaping because of their low cost, according to a US study released on Monday.The report published in the medical journal Pediatrics found that some of the reasons prompting teenagers to try the battery-operated devices, which heat liquids typically laced with nicotine to deliver vapor, help to predict ongoing use.The most likely draws are the cost, which ..

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• Dying for a kidney: What would you do?

  

  Organs for sale - special investigation1:58National Health Correspondent Sue Dunlevy has spent three-year investigating the global illegal organ trade and has uncovered Australia's involvement. Here are her damning findings. Staff writersNews Corp AustraliaSOME Australians on the transplant waiting list have turned to the black market to buy the organs they need to save their lives.A three-year special investigation by News Corp Australia journalist Sue Dunlevy has exposed the misery at both en..

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• SA Health chemotherapy bungle: Bronte Higham's death to be investigated by coroner

  

  SA Health chemotherapy bungle: Bronte Higham's death to be investigated by coroner Updated August 08, 2016 12:25:51 The death of another patient involved in SA Health's chemotherapy under-dosing bungle will be investigated by South Australia's deputy state coroner.Bronte Higham, 67, was one of 10 patients given an incorrect dosage of a chemotherapy drug by an Adelaide hospital during a six-month period.He died in the early hours of Sunday after relapsing with leukaemia ..

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• Woman, 21, Uses Crowdfunding To Pay To Have Left Leg Amputated Against Doctor's Orders, Has No Regrets

  

  A young woman from the United Kingdom, 21-year-old Hope Gordon, suffered from excruciating nerve pain in her left leg. A rare nerve condition began when she was just 12-years-old and left her wheelchair-bound with unbearable pain. The young woman informed doctors with the country’s national health services that she wanted the leg amputated, but they denied her request noting ethical concerns of amputating the leg for pain. However, Hope says it was her only way of potentially leading a pain-fre..

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