A government website designed to provide expectant mothers with information about their birthing options has sparked anger and calls for investigation for only including a passing mention of obstetricians.
What hidden health secrets lie waiting in your family tree – just like a stick of old explosives?
A range of GPs and medical leaders have questioned how many doctors will take up Labor’s plan to encourage full bulk-billing. We ask seven doctors for their views.
The doctor who stood beside the PM on Tuesday to back the idea of increased bulk-billing incentives, says change is desperately needed but concedes clinics will adopt it ‘on a case-by-case basis’.
The shutdown of private birthing units is set to blow the national health budget, with new modelling showing the decline of private births could cost taxpayers an extra $1bn a year.
Determined to support their child, Kate and David learn that grief and love are not mutually exclusive.
Bombshell research has highlighted serious problems in our health system – problems that put Australian mothers and their babies at risk and need urgent attention.
With adman John Singleton’s extended family dramas spilling into legal action this week, we take a broader look at the impact of family estrangement and how to stay emotionally safe.
While both major parties have pledged billions more in funding for Medicare, oral care may again be overlooked. Here are some of the reasons to count teeth in.
Business executive Michelle Japp was excited about her pregnancy as were her colleagues, and a hospital check-up was so routine that she was dressed for work. Then her world unravelled.
Parents are used to copping the blame for their children’s health, but sometimes problems with teeth have another root cause. The trick is knowing what you do next.
Divorce in Australia is changing. Why are couples taking longer to call it quits?
A young girl is raised in two different cultures, by different parents. Then she dies. Who decides what happens next?
Be patient with conception, be kind to your partner and remember that parenthood is one of the greatest gifts, says an obstetrician who has delivered more than 5000 babies.
Social scientist and bestselling author Matilda Gosling shares her evidence-led advice on how best to guide our adolescents through these formative years.
At 23, Will Seitam is simply overwhelmed at the joy he has found when he wasn’t even looking. On an unexceptional day in 2023, a message flashed on the screen of his phone. It was short, unexpected and startling.
An illusion of control seems precious when so much of life is uncertain.
General practitioners are the backbone of health care. But without increased rebates for longer consultations, the system will soon buckle.
Will has one of the rarest forms of childhood epilepsy, caught with a mixture of luck and ‘parental instinct’. It will take a trip to the Moon and Back to help him.
Diagnosed with a life limiting illness at five months, doctors told Jess Schonberger’s parents their first-born would not see her third birthday. What happened next has astounded everyone.
From your 20s to your 80s, these are tips for what you should be doing in each decade to live a long, healthy and enjoyable life.
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.
He’s seen up close how people live around the world. So how is the Monty Python star faring at 81?
Just what is the typical Australian family? A new report finds family structures are increasingly diverse, and governments aren’t keeping up with the change.
If we’re not in a baby drought now, we soon may be, experts warn, unless Gen Z finds its mojo.
A startup is enabling prospective parents to screen their embryos for future health risks. ‘Your genetics is a lottery,’ says founder Noor Siddiqui, ‘why don’t we try to make it a little more fair?’
New technology is changing romance, and it’s impacting not just our hearts, but our heads. Here, a neuroscientist discusses how modern love is changing the dating landscape in our brains.
The revolution starts here: we’ve over-parented our kids – but let them run wild on social media. Now a growing movement of fed-up parents are fighting to keep kids off smartphones.
Smartphones are poisoning our children’s minds, says Jonathan Haidt. But it’s not too late to arrest the damage and send the kids out to play.
I’ve had to acknowledge that being in a lifelong relationship with a soulmate hasn’t happened with me. It took a long time for me to go, actually, that’s not a failure.
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