A young Aboriginal man’s escape from hell charts a community win for one of the many cognitively impaired and mentally troubled First Nations offenders who languish in our prison system.
Anaesthetists at Albany hospital were told to be ready for repeated femoral nerve blocks for patients with broken bones requiring surgery.
Parents of children with ADHD who have needs similar to children diagnosed with autism can feel rightly aggrieved about how the NDIS has operated to date.
With the healing powers of the ocean and the support of like-minded mates, a former big-wave surfer is bringing military veterans and first responders back from the brink.
What do you do when the man you love is diagnosed, at just 46, with dementia? For a long time Louise Bryant thought the answer was silence. But suddenly, that all changed.
The NT government is set to push ahead and dump the floor price on alcohol despite calls to leave it in place.
The majority of older Australians are suffering a crisis of confidence as they age and the possibility of moving into aged care looms.
A war of words has erupted after the nation’s second-largest hospital operator announced it will terminate contracts with two private health insurers. Here is everything you need to know.
The $5.6bn overhaul of aged care will give the sector its biggest shake-up in decades.
Peanut allergy is one of the most common among children in Australia and in the United States. A US expert explains how doctors may have inadvertently turned it into an epidemic.
Midwife Annette Rockley adopted the classic Demi Moore pregnancy pose for this portrait as a provocation, a call to action. She died less than three weeks after these pictures were taken.
While peer pressure is the greatest health concern among parents of teenagers, health experts argue a long leash makes for better parenting as Schoolies looms.
A Queensland social media influencer who posted about her toddler’s serious health condition and surgeries is being investigated by police for ‘child harm’.
If the danger of drug-resistant superbugs is not addressed there could be a return to the medical dark ages, where a superficial scratch could be life-threatening.
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Victorian hospitals are running deficits of up to $321m as they struggle to control costs and grapple with increased demand.
If it turns out centre-based care is harmful for many children, is it appropriate for taxpayers to subsidise ever greater access to it?
When I read Bill Shorten’s comments that he was ‘extremely proud’ that $1bn has been shaved from the NDIS as a result of reforms that rein in spending, I felt sick.
The looming pay rises for 200,00 childcare workers follow wage increase for labour hire workers.
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