New help so dads don't silently grieve pregnancy loss

Date of Posting: 12-11-2026

Two heartbeats were discovered by a technician during a couple's 12-week scan for their second child. "Sarah and I looked at each other in what can best be described as the delighted panic that is the 'oh dear God it's twins' Read More...

Pope undergoes surgery for common lung cancer

Date of Posting: 12-11-2026

FACTS ABOUT LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA WHAT IS IT?[subscribe] Adenocarcinoma is a ‌type of cancer that forms in glandular cells, which produce substances such as mucus. In the lungs, it develops in cells lining the ‌air sacs and is the most Read More...

Labor's rivals block health rebate cut for pensioners

Date of Posting: 12-11-2026

Private health insurance for older Australians will stay cheaper for now, after a plan to scale back rebates on their premiums was thrown out. Over-65s were set to lose additional discounts on their insurance under measures announced during May Read More...

AMH Medicines 2027 set for January release with a refreshed look

Last Updated: 11-11-2026

The Australian Medicines Handbook is now called "AMH Medicines". With a refreshed look for the 2027 edition, AMH continues its commitment to providing independent, trusted and evidence-based medicines information for Australian healthcar Read More...

Coroner finds girl's hospital death was preventable

Date of Posting: 11-11-2026

An eight-year-old girl's death was preventable, a coroner has found as she criticised a Melbourne emergency department doctor's response. Amrita Varshini Lanka's parents nodded and wiped away tears as Victoria's deputy state corone Read More...

Mental health system suffering from $600m shortfall

Date of Posting: 11-11-2026

Nearly $600 million in extra funding a year is needed to pay frontline mental health staff to remedy the country's biggest public medical system. NSW's public mental health services are short between $550 and $600 million annually, accordi Read More...

High Court opens door to prisoner's egg freezing

Date of Posting: 11-11-2026

A woman has won an appeal in Australia's highest court about her right to freeze her eggs while behind bars. Rachel Smith is currently serving a 10-year prison term in Queensland for trafficking in a dangerous drug.[subscribe] She will be a Read More...

Prenatal screening company makes strong debut on ASX

Date of Posting: 10-11-2026

A small Israeli company that hopes to revolutionise pre-natal testing through the use of artificial intelligence has had a successful debut on Australia's stock exchange. Shares in Identifai Genetics were changing hands early Tuesday afternoon Read More...

'More work to do': ageing population puts clamp on EDs

Date of Posting: 10-11-2026

Adding more aged care beds won't be enough to help hospital emergency departments prepare for an ageing population, the health minister concedes. The admission came as a report from the Australian College of Emergency Medicine shows more older Read More...

'Soldier on': workers face rising abuse and bullying

Date of Posting: 10-11-2026

For years, a former emergency worker could not drive through the town where she was pushed out of her job without shaking uncontrollably. Responding to murders, sexual assaults and drug-related incidents in a regional area, the intense workload an Read More...

'Concerning' surge in cannabis hospital admissions

Date of Posting: 09-11-2026

Hospitalisations linked to cannabis use have surged over the past decade in one state, driven in large part by psychotic disorder diagnoses. In the decade leading up to 2023, Victorian hospital admissions primarily caused by cannabis use increased Read More...

Vatican mulls prayer appearance for recovering Pope

Date of Posting: 09-11-2026

Pope Leo XIV's recovery from lung surgery has progressed so normally that the Vatican has stopped providing morning updates confirming he had woken up and had breakfast, even as questions continue about what his cancer means for the the future of Read More...

Mystery surrounds young worker's death at Russia lab

Date of Posting: 09-11-2026

The World Health Organisation still doesn't know what caused the pneumonia that killed a ‌Russian lab worker at an anti-plague research centre in Siberia. The WHO said the Russian state regulator reported that tests of the lab worker and Read More...

Cyclists shut down iconic bridge for mental health ride

Date of Posting: 08-11-2026

From modern bikes to a vintage penny-farthing, riders have taken to Australia's most iconic bridge to raise funds and awareness for mental health. Thousands of riders united on Sydney's streets on Sunday for the 40th Spring Cycle, an event Read More...

'I felt unimportant': women beg inquiry for real change

Date of Posting: 08-11-2026

"As soon as my baby was born, it felt like I was no longer viewed as needing care. I felt unimportant." The heartbreaking response is one of hundreds to a new national health inquiry.[subscribe] Other submissions to the Senate select Read More...

Late-night meals and snacks linked to liver disease

Date of Posting: 08-11-2026

People have long been warned that eating late at night leads to weight gain, but now scientists believe it may directly impact the liver. US research on around 200,000 people across three studies found late-night eating was linked to a significant Read More...

The little lives and long road behind a very big walk

Date of Posting: 06-11-2026

Amy Moody's son Harry was so tiny when she first met him his entire hand could barely wrap around her pinky fingernail. Born at just 25 weeks and four days and weighing 875 grams, he arrived with almost no warning into a world of ventilators, Read More...

Former college head wrongly touched junior doctors

Date of Posting: 06-11-2026

A former president of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians has been banned from working as a doctor for at least year. Leslie Bolitho was president of the RACP from 2012 until 2014 and has been based in Wangaratta, in regional Victoria, si Read More...

Russia denies second case linked to Siberian plague lab

Date of Posting: 06-11-2026

Russia's public health watchdog denies that a lab worker who died in Siberia had spread infection to another person, as global concerns swirl about suspected pneumonic plague. Rospotrebnadzor has said the lab worker at a plague research instit Read More...

CSIRO to partner with pharmaceutical giant for research

Date of Posting: 05-11-2026

Australia's leading science agency has teamed up with a pharmaceutical giant to help prevent future biosecurity threats. A five-year partnership has been signed between the CSIRO and Moderna for a biosecurity accelerator.[subscribe] The pro Read More...

WHO looking at reports of second Russia pneumonia death

Date of Posting: 05-11-2026

The World Health Organisation has asked Russia for information regarding a possible further death from pneumonia in the Siberian city of Irkutsk. WHO expert Abdirahman Mahamud said in Geneva on Wednesday that the request was prompted by a media re Read More...

Questions cloud coalition plan for migrant care staff

Date of Posting: 05-11-2026

Sweeping cuts to temporary migrants won't impact Australia's ability to access aged care and health workers, the opposition leader insists, despite little detail on how the sector will be affected. The coalition announced on Tuesday it wou Read More...

Drug overdose 'crisis' as deaths double road fatalities

Date of Posting: 04-11-2026

For every person who died on roads across a state in a year, more than two others died from drug overdoses. In Victoria, 632 people died from drug overdoses in 2025, the highest level in a decade, according to a Victorian Coroners Court report on Read More...

Experts call for medication reviews amid fresh figures

Date of Posting: 04-11-2026

Every fortnight for the past two years Tim Benson has spent 45 minutes placing seven different daily medications into morning and nightly pill trays. The 75-year-old prostate cancer survivor and Type 2 Diabetic knows his medication organiser will Read More...

Study reshaping how childhood obesity is identified

Date of Posting: 04-11-2026

Metrics for measuring childhood obesity and its prevalence may not be as reliable as once thought, according to a study led by Australian researchers. The study found rates of obesity is less common in early childhood years when using a new global Read More...

'Asset-rich' Aussies could struggle to afford aged care

Last Updated: 03-11-2026

A growing number of older Australians need government-subsidised aged care and social welfare despite being deemed asset-rich. A study has revealed nine in 10 older Australians applying for government-supported aged care rely on social welfare pay Read More...

Pharmacy trial to roll on despite concerns from doctors

Last Updated: 03-11-2026

A plan letting pharmacists prescribe treatments for a raft of conditions will go ahead, despite medical professionals voicing major concerns. Representatives from five peak medical bodies have written to NSW Premier Chris Minns, escalating concern Read More...

'I wasn't listened to': mothers detail birth trauma

Last Updated: 03-11-2026

Going through nearly 30 hours of excruciating labour with her first born, Nadine cried out to nurses and doctors for an epidural or a caesarean but her pleas fell on deaf ears. After the pain worsened, jeopardising the baby's survival, she was Read More...

Voluntary assisted dying restrictions now 'redundant'

Date of Posting: 02-11-2026

Barriers remain to accessing voluntary assisted dying, despite euthanasia being accessible in every state and territory, advocates say. In an address to the National Press Club, broadcaster and founder of advocacy group Go Gentle Australia Andrew Read More...

Russia says no plague, locals play down scare

Date of Posting: 02-11-2026

Russia's health watchdog says no cases of plague have been detected among anyone who has ‌come into contact with a Siberian plague institute laboratory worker who died last week, and locals said their lives had barely been disrupted. Auth Read More...

Kenya confirms first Ebola case imported from Congo

Date of Posting: 02-11-2026

Kenya's has confirmed the country's first imported Ebola case from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A Kenyan citizen who arrived in the country on Saturday from Congo via Uganda had been isolated and treated at Nairobi Hospital, Healt Read More...

Risk 'low' after Russian plague lab worker dies: WHO

Date of Posting: 01-11-2026

A laboratory worker at a plague research institute ‌in Siberia has fallen ill and died in undisclosed circumstances, prompting authorities to quarantine dozens of people and the head of Russia's health watchdog to fly to the Irkutsk region. Read More...

Nobel medicine prize goes to research of brain activity

Date of Posting: 01-11-2026

The Nobel Prize in medicine has been awarded to three scientists who created a tool using light to help unravel how the brain works. Karl Deisseroth, 54, Peter Hegemann, 71, and Georg Nagel, 73, have carried out research into light-gated ion chann Read More...

Climate change raises major disease risks for Australia

Date of Posting: 01-11-2026

As global temperatures rise, Australia's warmer north is at increasing risk of mosquito-borne diseases including malaria and dengue. Both the malaria-spreading Anopheles mosquitoes and dengue-spreading Aedes mosquitoes thrive in warm, humid en Read More...

Hospital overcrowding fix pitched under $100m pledge

Date of Posting: 30-10-2026

Shorter emergency department wait times and a better flow of ambulances have been promised as part of an almost $100 million state election pledge. Victorian Opposition Leader Jess Wilson has committed to 10 new or expanded patient transit lounges Read More...

Get physical: final steps for Newton-John's legacy

Date of Posting: 30-10-2026

Thousands of walkers and runners have turned out in their fluoro leg warmers and headbands to raise funds to help people battling cancer. Inspired by Olivia-Newton John's hit song Let's Get Physical, Walk for Wellness has been the signatur Read More...

Mum gives back to breast milk donor program amid grief

Date of Posting: 30-10-2026

When her identical twin girls were born about two and a half months prematurely, almost everything that followed was out of mum Hannah Topp's control. Because of their vulnerability, Harriet and Matilda had to go straight to the neonatal inten Read More...

Top 10 Best-Rated TPD Lawyers in Australia

Last Updated: 30-10-2026

If disability or injury has stopped you from working, you may have Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) insurance through one or more superannuation funds. A successful TPD claim can provide a lump-sum payment, but eligibility depends on the wordi Read More...

Synthetic bee silk set to take sting out of wounds

Date of Posting: 29-10-2026

Australian scientists are looking to turn synthetic honeybee silk into "smart" dressings to prevent and combat wound infections. Researchers from the CSIRO and Adelaide University have found that the silk is safe, well tolerated and biod Read More...

Finding her tribe after motherhood's loneliest days

Date of Posting: 29-10-2026

Kelly Gordon knew the other women lifting their babies from car seats and carrying them into mothers' group on in their arms had their own challenges. But as she arrived with twins, "a hundred bags and a giant double stroller", she c Read More...