A STAGGERING 1.28 million alerts urging doctors and pharmacists to reconsider prescribing potentially lethal doses of drugs to Victorians at risk of overdosing have been issued in just two years.

EVERY extra inch around the waistline increases the risk of heart failure by about 10 per cent, according to a major new study.

STATE department bosses are holding off on encouraging more staff back into the office until the health minister’s recommendations on the issue are updated.

SCHOOL bullies have weaponised a much-loved children’s book series to taunt and humiliate vulnerable students.

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