We are planning to get IVF - who offers the best private health cover for this treatment? and other top stories.

• We are planning to get IVF - who offers the best private health cover for this treatment?

  

  Which private health insurer and private health insurance plan is the best one to be on when it comes to cover for IVF? Also, do private health insurers typically restrict the cover they provide for IVF to one round of treatment?Tom, Baltimore, Co Cork Unfortunately the cover offered for In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) under private health insurance is very limited and it is only available from some insurers under certain plans.Glo Health offers a 10pc discount for certain types of infertilit..

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• Six-year-old boy found with methamphetamine in his system after moving into house formerly used as ice drug lab

  

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• Qld to cement new alcohol laws in three weeks

  

  Qld to cement new alcohol laws in three weeks

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• Archbishop Auza to UN: 50% of children with HIV/AIDS die before 2nd birthday

  

  (Vatican Radio) Archbishop Bernardito Auza, Apostolic Nuncio and Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the UN, addressed the UN's High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS Friday. He noted that as many as fifty percent of HIV-positive children die before their second birthday because they lack access to necessary diagnosis, treatment and medication. In fact, he said, the majority of HIV-positive children are not diagnosed until they are four years of age. The Holy See recently took up these concerns by co..

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• Elderly in pain as NSW elective surgery waiting list hits record numbers

  

  The wait for cataract removal in NSW public hospitals is three times longer than the median Australian wait. Elderly NSW residents are bearing the brunt of a blow-out in elective surgery waiting lists, which have reached a record level of 74,351 patients.Waiting times for treatment of non-urgent but debilitating conditions have stretched to a record 229 days.Elective surgery waiting lists are rising at public hospitals as increased activity in emergency depart..

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• This Girl Died from Kissing Her Boyfriend (and a Peanut Allergy)

  

  Do you know that urban legend about a girl who died after kissing her boyfriend, because he ate a peanut butter sandwich and she was allergic to peanuts? Yeah, that's actually a real thing that happened to 20-year-old Myriam Ducre-Lemay.Myriam died in 2012, but her story is resurfacing now that her mother Micheline is working to spread awareness for those with allergies. According to CTV News, Myriam's boyfriend was unaware of her allergy. He made himself a peanut butter sandwich before giving h..

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