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Melissa DaveyJournalist

The Guardian

Health & social care coverage read by Vital Signs

23 articles

Across 12 topics, first on 4 Nov 2024, most recently 29 Aug 2026.

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Biography

Melissa Davey is Guardian Australia's medical editor. Email: melissa.davey@theguardian.com. Click here for Melissa's public key

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Recent articles

  1. Statins can safely cut risk of heart attacks or strokes in healthy people aged over 70, world-first clinical trial shows

    The GuardianHeart disease & stroke29 Aug 2026

  2. Are you an Australian living with dementia? We’d like to hear from you

    The GuardianDementia18 Aug 2026

  3. Australia prevents telehealth for voluntary assisted dying consults. Why, and could that change?

    The GuardianAssisted dying1 Aug 2026

  4. Ads call ovarian cancer a ‘silent killer’. But does urging women to undergo early detection testing do more harm than good? | Antiviral

    The GuardianCancer21 Jul 2026

  5. Smoking rates fall to historic low across Australia despite the rise of illicit tobacco

    The GuardianPublic health & prevention16 Jul 2026

  6. A US champion of ‘freebirthing’ always claimed there had been no maternal deaths linked to the movement. Is Stacey Warnecke the first?

    The GuardianMaternity & neonatal30 Jun 2026

  7. Stacey Warnecke died after choosing a birth free of all medical help. An inquest wants to know why

    The GuardianMaternity & neonatal19 Jun 2026

  8. Inquest into Melbourne influencer’s death following freebirth halted after new phone evidence discovered

    The GuardianMaternity & neonatal18 Jun 2026

  9. Birthkeeper hired by woman who died after freebirth tells inquest she was ‘not there to make a birth safer’

    The GuardianMaternity & neonatal16 Jun 2026

  10. Health alert issued urging thousands of patients of retired Sydney dentist to get tested for HIV and hepatitis

    The GuardianDentistry access13 May 2026

  11. A dead person’s fat pumped into your body? Why the ‘zombie filler’ trend has some experts spooked | Antiviral

    The GuardianCosmetic procedures & aesthetics28 Apr 2026

  12. ‘I jumped at it’: Australia’s new CDC chief on trust, misinformation and never being surprised by a health threat

    The GuardianWomen's health & gynaecology11 Apr 2026

  13. What are the health impacts of sea-level rise, and who should pay?

    The GuardianChildren's health7 Apr 2026

  14. Vaping likely to cause lung and oral cancer, Australian researchers find in new review of evidence

    The GuardianCancer30 Mar 2026

  15. ‘The negligence is staggering’: elderly and dying Australians left waiting for urgent aged care

    The GuardianAdult social care & reform28 Feb 2026

  16. At the algorithm’s mercy: Jean may have to leave her SA home as ‘outrageous’ tool cuts aged care support

    The GuardianAdult social care & reform19 Feb 2026

  17. Australians buying ‘iron supplements’ containing little more iron than a slice of bread, experts warn

    The GuardianWomen's health & gynaecology7 Dec 2025

  18. Gen Z Australians are attempting suicide and self-harming more than previous generations, study finds

    The GuardianMental health30 Nov 2025

  19. Krysty was diagnosed with breast cancer months after getting the all-clear. New Australian guidelines aim to help women like her

    The GuardianCancer19 Nov 2025

  20. Australia’s remarkable success in reducing preterm births: ‘Babies are being born when they should be’

    The GuardianMaternity & neonatal28 Oct 2025

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