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Lianne Williams is one of the many women with endometriosis who has had to fight to have medical professionals take her symptoms seriously. Clinics dedicated to treating the condition are becoming more common, but are they working?

With surgery only offering 50 to 80 per cent chance of success, much improved data is now in on an Australian-made treatment using patients' own cells, giving hope to people with complex tennis elbow cases.

Doctors who care for some of WA's most sick children fear plans to move the state's main women's and babies' hospital south of the river risk increased "mortality and morbidity" of critically unwell infants.

The Corruption and Crime Commission finds "serious misconduct" by Murdoch University livestock manager, which put Australia's biosecurity at risk.

Sam Lim's wildly varying career has seen him go from dolphin trainer and businessman to police officer. Now he's the new federal member for Tangney.

Researchers are studying how to turn waste food into cosmetics, electricity, and plastic

Patients undergoing elective surgery will have the option of delaying payments for operations under a new arrangement targeting those who have dropped their private health insurance. It has prompted warnings the move could be financially risky.

Authorities say a patient treated at Fiona Stanley Hospital who posted online about being infected with COVID-19 is believed to have contracted the virus late last year and is not thought to be infectious.

A sustainability organisation is teaching WA hospitals how to use cloth nappies in the hope more parents will switch from disposables.

Fiona Stanley Hospital is ranked the poorest performer among metropolitan facilities in an audit which reveals none of WA's hospitals have fully complied with a mandatory policy to serve healthier food to visitors.

Florists say deceptive advertising is tricking customers into thinking they're buying local flowers when they're not. One businesswoman says the practice has cost her as much as $80,000.

Health Minister Roger Cook confirms authorities are investigating the suicide of a woman at Perth's Fiona Stanley Hospital last week, which he says has distressed family and staff at the facility.

A group of 10 women become the first to complete a rigorous course of therapy at Australia's first dedicated drug rehabilitation prison.

Dot's Place looks like any other private house on its quiet, tree-lined street south of Perth. But inside it's a cancer support centre that offers a rare retreat for patients.

The WA Government is labelled hypocritical over news its first medihotel, designed to free up beds in major hospitals, will be privately built and operated.

Firefighters are attending a chemical spill at a science laboratory at the Murdoch campus of the South Metropolitan TAFE after initial reports there was a large fire.

Staff at Perth's Fiona Stanley Hospital are facing another change in management after a reshuffle of senior health roles sparked by a damning report into morale at Princess Margaret Hospital.

West Australian police are searching for a prisoner who has escaped from authorities in Perth's southern suburbs.

A man who died after being prescribed a powerful anti-inflammatory drug by hospital staff was not alerted when he returned an abnormal test result, an inquest in Perth hears.

The WA Government admits hundreds of faulty hand basins were installed at the new Fiona Stanley and Midland hospitals, but insists the problem will not cost the state a cent.

The West Australian Health Minister says he does not know how a patient at Perth's Fiona Stanley Hospital contracted hepatitis C while at the hospital.

Fiona Stanley Hospital confirms it was forced to cancel several clinical sessions because of a shortage of anaesthetists, but its acting chief executive says more staff will be hired.

Fiona Stanley Hospital (FSH) will have to cancel dozens of surgeries per week due to a massive shortage of staff in the anaesthetics department, a leaked email reveals.

West Australian Premier Colin Barnett blasts critics of Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth, saying he is sick of people complaining about what is "probably the best hospital in the southern hemisphere".

Staff at a Perth prison for young offenders walk off the job over a pay dispute with operator Serco.