Chevy Chase 'back from the dead' after heart failure

Last Updated: 28-12-2025

Chevy Chase came "back from the dead" after suffering heart failure. The 82-year-old actor and comedian spent five weeks in hospital due to heart issues during the COVID-19 pandemic and the extent of his health problems have now been rev Read More...

Bondi massacre sees spike in mental health help calls

Date of Posting: 24-12-2025

Christmas is always a stressful time but in the aftermath of Bondi, even more Australians are searching for help as they struggle with anxiety, depression and a sense of helplessness. Beyond Blue says demand for its 24/7 support service is already Read More...

Menarini Silicon Biosystems announces PACE trial biomarker analysis results confirming clinical util

Date of Posting: 23-12-2025

The secondary analysis of the PACE trial highlights the value of counting Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) in the blood to help guide treatment escalation or de-escalation in patients with hormone receptor-positive (HR+), HER2-negative (HER2-) metastat Read More...

Precision Medicine Portfolio Update: Illuccix China Phase 3 Study, TLX101-CDx and TLX250-CDx FDA Res

Date of Posting: 22-12-2025

MELBOURNE, Australia and INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited (ASX: TLX, NASDAQ: TLX, "Telix") today provides a precision medicine portfolio update in relation to: TLX591-CDx (Illuccix® in approve Read More...

Christmas miracle for family after stint in hospital

Date of Posting: 22-12-2025

For Boston Willett, this Christmas is going to be extra special. The six-year-old, who battles complete intestinal failure, typically spends celebrations, including the festive season, in hospital.[subscribe] His journey has included 38 surgeri Read More...

MEDIPOST Announces the Exclusive Commercialization License Agreement with Teikoku Seiyaku for Knee O

Date of Posting: 21-12-2025

South Korean biotech company secures US$8 million in upfront payment for the joint commercialization of the stem cell therapy CARTISTEM® targeting the Japanese knee osteoarthritis market. SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- MEDIP Read More...

Gene Solutions Concludes Successful ESMO Asia Congress 2025 with AI-Powered Multi-Omics Liquid Biops

Date of Posting: 21-12-2025

SINGAPORE, Dec. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Gene Solutions, a pioneering genetic testing company, announced key achievements at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Asia Congress 2025—held in Singapore on December 5–7. Highlights Read More...

'Ideologically driven': second ban on puberty blockers

Date of Posting: 21-12-2025

A second Australian jurisdiction has moved to ban puberty blockers for transgender children, taking aim at what its government labelled an ideologically driven treatment. The Northern Territory's Country Liberal Party government on Sunday anno Read More...

Predictive model to curb outbreaks of dangerous virus

Date of Posting: 19-12-2025

Australian dengue fever outbreaks are often traced to travellers returning from Asian tourist destinations, but an early warning system being trialled in Vietnam could substantially reduce that risk. Australian and US researchers are working on a Read More...

Native foods heroed in fight against chronic disease

Last Updated: 19-12-2025

A uniquely Australian drink has the potential to address chronic health conditions in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Concerned about rates of chronic kidney disease and Type 2 diabetes, Indigenous communities worked with Univer Read More...

Rona Therapeutics Unveils the Global First Bi-valent PCSK9-LPA siRNA into Clinical Development for C

Last Updated: 19-12-2025

SHANGHAI and SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Dec. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Rona Therapeutics, a global leader in next-generation RNAi medicines, today announced the submission of RN5681 to the Australian Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC), advancing the c Read More...

Doctors in UK to strike during winter flu surge

Date of Posting: 18-12-2025

Doctors in England will begin a five-day strike over pay and working conditions during a surge in flu cases and ‍with no end in sight to an increasingly bitter dispute between the government and doctors' union. The ​walkout on Wednes Read More...

ASG Receives U.S. FDA IND Approval to Initiate Phase 1 Clinical Trial of the Lead Drug Beta1 for Mal

Date of Posting: 18-12-2025

TAIPEI, Dec. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Asia Scientific Global Inc. (ASG), a leader in the research and development of novel inhaled drugs, today announced that its lead product, Beta1, has received Investigational New Drug (IND) application clearance Read More...

Australian long COVID study reveals key genes involved

Date of Posting: 18-12-2025

Key genes linked to long COVID have been identified, with Australian scientists a step closer to revealing why some people experience ongoing symptoms months and even years after infection. The breakthrough study could lead to targeted testing and Read More...

Music great urges awareness after prostate cancer fight

Date of Posting: 17-12-2025

Sir Cliff Richard has revealed he has been treated for prostate cancer for the past year. The 85-year-old singer said his cancer had "gone at the moment" and backed calls for a national screening test for men in the UK.[subscribe] &qu Read More...

Family turns cancer tragedy into message of hope

Date of Posting: 17-12-2025

When Beau Hewitt couldn't run around at local footy trials, his dad knew something wasn't right. The usually energetic and sporty 11-year-old was losing weight, always fatigued and complaining of a constant stitch.[subscribe] But it was Read More...

History-making miracle premmie continues to defy odds

Date of Posting: 17-12-2025

Tiny Charlie Jones is a mini miracle, defying the odds as one of Australia's smallest surviving newborns. Born at just over 26 weeks, Charlie weighed 360 grams - slightly bigger than a can of soup - when he arrived at Brisbane's Mater Hosp Read More...

The Exclusive Pumper's Best Friend: Which Pump to Choose

Last Updated: 16-12-2025

Exclusive pumping (EP) is a powerful choice that requires dedication, time, and the right equipment. Your breast pump becomes your everyday partner—something you use multiple times a day, sometimes even through the night. That’s why choos Read More...

Inside a Remote Hospital: The Reality of Running a 24 Hour Service With Only a Handful of Staff

Last Updated: 16-12-2025

If you drive long enough through regional or remote Australia, you’ll eventually come across one of the health system’s quiet achievers: the small multipurpose service (MPS) or remote hospital. Often tucked between a general store, a pub Read More...

Flying Midwives: Stories from the Skies of Remote Australia

Date of Posting: 16-12-2025

“Sometimes the runway is just a dusty paddock.” Sarah, a midwife with more than a decade of rural experience, says it with a gentle laugh — but she’s only half-joking. “It might be red dirt, it might be gravel, it mig Read More...

Incontinent in my 20s: breaking the bathroom stigma

Last Updated: 15-12-2025

Angelique Wauer thought incontinence was only something she would have to worry about when she was elderly or after having a baby. She did not expect that her early 20s would be marred by urinary complications that would completely disrupt her lif Read More...

'100 out of 10 pain': the common summer health scourge

Date of Posting: 15-12-2025

Young, healthy and 24, Tina Brock didn't know what had hit her when crippling pain rippled through her body, leaving her nauseous and aching. The discomfort was excruciating and came from nowhere, but the medics at her university campus quickl Read More...

King Charles to scale back cancer treatment in new year

Date of Posting: 15-12-2025

King Charles III says his cancer treatment will be reduced in the new year because of early diagnosis, effective intervention and adherence to doctor's orders. Charles, 77, revealed the information in a recorded message broadcast on British te Read More...

Influencer died from severe blood loss after home birth

Last Updated: 14-12-2025

A wellness influencer died from severe blood loss after having a free birth at home, a court has been told. Stacey Warnecke, 30, was with her husband Nathan and unregulated doula Emily Lal when she delivered her son at her Melbourne home on Septem Read More...

King to give cancer recovery update in broadcast

Last Updated: 14-12-2025

Britain's King Charles is expected to give an update about his cancer recovery journey in a video message in support of the Stand Up To Cancer campaign. Charles's pre-recorded message, which will stress the importance of the cancer screeni Read More...

Funding deal rejected as elderly languish in hospital

Date of Posting: 14-12-2025

State and territory health ministers warn more than 3000 older Australians are languishing in hospital beds with nowhere else to go while awaiting placement in aged care. The figure came as ministers rejected the latest funding offer from the fede Read More...

China to tax condoms for first time in 30 years

Date of Posting: 14-12-2025

China will soon start collecting a value-added tax on contraceptive drugs and products for the first time in over three decades, a move aligned with Beijing's effort to get families to have more children after decades of limiting most to one chil Read More...

No more money on the table for hospital funding fight

Date of Posting: 12-12-2025

The nation's health ministers are pushing for a greater federal contribution to public hospitals as Canberra declares there won't be more money, just goodwill. Health Minister Mark Butler will meet with his state and territory counterparts Read More...

Weight loss drugs could get cheaper from next year

Date of Posting: 12-12-2025

World-leading weight loss drugs such as Ozempic could soon become cheaper in Australia as the federal government considers subsidies for the medications. Health Minister Mark Butler has indicated the drugs could be listed on the Pharmaceutical Ben Read More...

Health ministers on hospital funding collision course

Date of Posting: 12-12-2025

Tense public hospital funding negotiations will be high on the agenda at a meeting of the nation's health ministers. Health Minister Mark Butler will convene with his counterparts in Brisbane on Friday as the federal government tries to lock i Read More...

'Glorified shed': desperate conditions for migrant mums

Last Updated: 11-12-2025

Migrant women working in rural Australia are raising their newborns in sheds shared with 10 men, living on isolated properties and being hounded to pay hefty medical bills. One woman, who came to the country under the federal government's Paci Read More...

Patients suffer while hospital funding row drags on

Date of Posting: 11-12-2025

If health officials can't work together to solve hospital crowding, patients needing critical care will continue to be left in the cold, emergency doctors warn. As state and federal health ministers squabble over who is responsible for the pro Read More...

Patients languish in hospital while funding feud bites

Date of Posting: 10-12-2025

More than 1000 patients in one state are left in hospital for days longer than needed because they can't get access to disability or aged care support, new data reveals.. Figures released by the NSW health minister show rates of "bed bloc Read More...

Australia falls behind providing life-saving care

Date of Posting: 09-12-2025

Australians are facing an average five-year wait for life-saving medical technologies due to outdated systems delaying patient access. A national report has found while medical technology is advancing rapidly overseas, Australia's system remai Read More...

50 Medicare Mental Health Centres now providing free mental health support across Australia

Last Updated: 08-12-2025

With the recent opening of a new Medicare Mental Health Centre in Campbelltown (New South Wales), there are now 50 Centres operating across Australia — providing more people with access to free, walk-in mental health support and care. Medica Read More...

NDIS gap leaves thousands with no psychosocial support

Date of Posting: 08-12-2025

People living with significant psychosocial disability are being left unsupported and at risk of homelessness and hospitalisation despite billions of dollars spent on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Psychosocial disability refers Read More...

Warnings Australian food at risk under corporate voices

Date of Posting: 08-12-2025

Australians' diets could worsen if corporate interests are allowed to dominate food policy, experts warn. The newly appointed National Food Council will gather in Canberra for the first time on Monday to develop a plan aimed at boosting the se Read More...

No sweat: perspiration tests to revolutionalise health

Date of Posting: 08-12-2025

A humble bead of sweat can be telling, exposing first-date nerves, an unexpected run for the bus or Christmas shopping panic. But it has the power to reveal much more.[subscribe] Testing sweat can detect key biomarkers linked to stress, diabete Read More...

UK trials prostate treatment with less side effects

Date of Posting: 07-12-2025

A groundbreaking trial for a prostate cancer treatment with fewer side-effects has launched in the UK. Backed by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), the trial will examine whether Aquablation - a therapy using robotics, AI Read More...

US scraps hep B vaccine advice for most children

Date of Posting: 07-12-2025

A group of vaccine advisers have scrapped a long-standing recommendation that all US children receive the hepatitis B shot at birth, a major policy win for health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr that disease experts say will reverse decades of public h Read More...