NSW Health
Medical Oddities
That's a fun fact
100

Comprised of Balmain, Canterbury, Concord, RPA and Sydney Dental Hospital. 

What is Sydney Local Health District?

100

Making up 10% of your body mass, the adult supply clocks in at around 5litres.

What is blood?

100

Brufen, advil, motrin and neurofen are different brand names for this drug.

What is Ibuprofen?

200

Emergency Physician and newly minted acting CEO of eHealth NSW.

Who is Amith Shetty?

200

Known formally by the medical terminology epistaxis.

What is a nose bleed?

200

Thomas Hodkin was an 1800s British physician most commonly associated with this type of cancer.

What is Lymphoma?

300

Established in 2014 as a dedicated organization within NSW Health to guide strategy and planning, set policy and standards and lead implementation.

What is eHealth NSW?

300

A rare condition in which pure alcohol (ethanol) is produced in a person’s gut after they have eaten carbohydrate-rich foods.

What is auto-brewery syndrome?

300

Messages from the human brain travel along nerves at this speed.

How fast is 322km/h?

400

Originally invented in Sydney at the Crown Street Women's hospital by Dr Mark Lidwill in 1926, this device is a life saver for many people.

What is a pacemaker?

400

This condition is a genetic degenerative brain disorder in which a person will experience increasingly severe forms of insomnia, which will eventually lead to “significant physical and mental deterioration.”

What is fatal insomnia syndrome?

400

An important function of sodium and potassium is this.

What is the regulation of blood pressure?