What too much sitting is doing to your health
A new study shows that a sedentary lifestyle is even worse for us than we thought – but a standing desk won’t help.
Medical
The ‘silent global pandemic’ that will undermine healthcare systems and food safety
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.
Genomics agency faces ‘broken promise’ critique
Despite his commitment to fund Genomics Australia, Health Minister Mark Butler is being accused of walking back an election commitment.
Counting calories? Why your calculations might not add up to losing weight
Calorie counting is the tried and true method of controlling or losing weight. Here an expert reveals what to do to shed unwanted kilos.
Why actor Anna Volska wants you to know she has Parkinson’s disease
Diagnosed with an incurable disease, Anna Volska was warned to prepare for a bleak future. What happened next surprised her.
Left doublethink paints abortion as a ‘health’ issue
There is a move among the left to split the Coalition using abortion. But it could have the opposite effect, as the opposition sticks to bread-and-butter issues.
Scolyer and me: we both beat the odds on brain tumours
Australians of the Year Richard Scolyer and Georgina Long have caused a huge ripple of hope to run through the pool of brain cancer patients and their families. The Australian’s Tansy Harcourt, who has outlived her own early prognosis, details the effect.
The DNA test that could change your life
It has the potential to transform how healthcare is delivered in this country – so why is it not more readily available?
A mother’s fight against her genetic curse
Krystal Barter is calm as the mask that will deliver anaesthetic gas into her body is placed gently over her face. The 41-year-old has been here before.
Confused about Covid jabs? Hear from a top doctor
I am one of the country’s most senior doctors and I am facing the same questions as you about when and if I should have the next Covid-19 booster vaccine.
Should I get my genes screened?
Gene screening will transform medicine as we know it. Chris Hemsworth did it, but is it useful for you?
Greens vow $1bn to boost abortion access
The Greens are pledging $1bn over a decade so that all public hospitals can provide abortion services, in a policy move designed to pressure Labor to commit to universal reproductive healthcare.
Brain chip chief hails Trump’s ‘positive health device impact’
Synchron CEO Tom Oxley hopes Donald Trump will revive a proposed a new rule – which Joe Biden pulled back – to get ‘breakthrough’ medical devices to more patients.
Drug sponsors left waiting on government call
Labor has failed to plan for the consequences of delaying drug subsidies and left hundreds of patients waiting on treatments, the pharmacutical industry’s top body warns.
Time to bite the bullet on risky taste temptations
We know they’re not good for us, but what’s the latest science on those foods that can wreak havoc on our health?
Health Minister lashed over PBS subsidies ‘cap’
Katy Gallagher’s warning of a new ‘reality’ for medicine subsidies sits at odds with promises of faster bureaucracy, as the government navigates drug delays.
Shortage of lifesaving isotopes means delays for cancer patients
Britain’s hospitals have been restricting the use of medical isotopes, which are required for spotting breast and prostate cancers, due to production issues.
Lupus patients given hope of remission in groundbreaking trial
Three patients with the condition, which can cause severe joint pain and fatigue, are receiving treatment that could end the lifelong need to take drugs.
Andrew Forrest backs health start-up’s fight against ageing
Verge Genomics’ Alice Zhang left university to build an AI-powered drug discovery platform to develop the next blockbuster treatments for diseases linked to ageing, from Alzheimer’s to obesity.
Emergency drugs review to combat delays
Mark Butler has called in the government’s drug assessor for an emergency meeting after consideration of 45 drugs – some potentially lifesaving – without consultation.
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