Health

The family of a university student is struggling to come to terms with a life-changing diagnosis after their daughter initially dismissed constant headaches as stress-related.

Research now suggests that being married or being in a partnership could come with specific health-related benefits.

Letting pharmacists write medication scripts could save $1 billion in health costs and free up 10 million GP visits a year, a report has found.

The YouTuber made the shock disclosure across his social media channels, sparking a wave of death threats. 

An Aussie GP has issued a warning about the vague signs that could save your life.

A state government is paving the way for drivers to operate vehicles while under the influence of prescribed medical cannabis.

A Labor senator has suggested some doctors in tight markets are engaging in ‘cartel behaviour’, acting together to boycott the government’s $8.5 billion Medicare scheme. 

Public outrage has erupted over an experimental Google-linked project to release 64 million bacteria-infected mosquitoes into the wild.

Health workers are rushing to provide supportive care in Congo and Uganda, hoping that some patients will recover on their own, while isolating the sick and tracing contacts of the infected.

The suspected arrived at the emergency department with symptoms consistent with the deadly virus.

The head of the World Health Organisation is visiting the centre of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo as Brazil probes a suspected case.

GLP-1 medications may be rewiring circuits involved not only in appetite, but addiction and cognitive delay.

Aussie comedy royalty Dave Hughes has revealed he has been treated for cancer.

Persistent fatigue is the most common complaint nutritionist Sarah Di Lorenzo hears in her clinic, she breaks down what might be making you feel tired.

‘We are trying to catch up, it is a race against the clock.’