Labor’s flagship $8.5bn election policy promising Australians won’t need a credit card to see a doctor has sparked a growing backlash from doctors, who insist many GPs won’t make the switch and not all patients will be bulk-billed.
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’.
As more people take up running – and aim for a marathon – here are the experts’ top tips to boost performance and the best way to start training for next year.
It’s a debilitating disease affecting millions. Now scientists have uncovered new insights into how osteoarthritis happens, paving the way for better treatments.
Health authorities are seeking to ‘clarify’ previous information provided to the cosmetic injectables industry that sparked panic and fears hundreds of businesses were operating illegally.
For 20 years, Dr Anusha Lazzari’s life was a relentless haze of hard work. But all her training and experience was laid to waste now that private births are no longer possible in parts of Australia.
An Australian start-up is supporting more than one million GP consultations each week thanks to AI and Google – and expects that number to surge to about 10 million soon. Here’s how your consult is changing.
New draft guidelines set to revolutionise the way prostate cancer is detected will be unveiled on Monday, radically overhauling decade-old current recommendations doctors use to guide practice.
These tomatoes will brighten up any dish, from pasta to tomato salads or with ricotta on toast.
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.
It makes sense to include routine adult vaccinations to our list of preventative measures, not only for prevention of common infections, but also for dementia prevention.
According to an ever-increasing army of biohackers who are taking a DIY approach to making their brains, bodies and hearts function better, and longer, death may be optional. As a cardiologist, here’s my take and what I do myself.
A pill taken by millions in midlife for heart health could also protect the brain, a new study has found.
Just six months after completing Midnight Oil’s epic farewell tour, drummer Rob Hirst was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He has been fighting it in secret ever since. Until now.
Determined to support their child, Kate and David learn that grief and love are not mutually exclusive.
Starkly different rates of neonatal death and birth injury apparent across different models of maternity care have been revealed in early figures from one of the biggest births datasets ever examined.
Bombshell research has highlighted serious problems in our health system – problems that put Australian mothers and their babies at risk and need urgent attention.
The birth parents of a baby born from another couple’s embryo after an error at an IVF clinic must decide whether to continue raising the child.
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.
Monash IVF has mistakenly implanted a woman with the wrong embryo, causing her to give birth to a stranger’s child, in a case of ‘human error’ in a shocking mix-up that is believed to be the first of its kind in Australia.
For some women, UTIs are a stubborn and distressing problem. But there are treatments available, including new vaccines, and they need not suffer in silence.
It’s a deadly one-two. High blood pressure and atrial fibrillation greatly increase the risk of stroke, heart failure and dementia. Yet too often, despite a test that takes 30 seconds, AF is not detected by doctors.
Justice Strum’s decision is the best-yet judicial guide to the debate about youth gender clinics.
Celebrities may be selling magnesium supplements as part of their ‘lifestyle’ range, but does it really live up to the hype as a cure for troubled sleep?
What would a 19th-century French gourmand say about Australia’s 21st-century diet? Sacre bleu cheese, of course.
In the wake of Cyclone Alfred, a study has found diseases and health conditions drive far higher rates of hospitalisation for up to seven months after a disaster.
Are doctors and patients losing trust with each other? And how far is advice from social media influencers reaching into the consultation room?
Which exercises you should do, the supplements that might help and whether or not to have an MRI scan – an expert gives his tips.
Semaglutide, which is sold under the brand names Ozempic and Wegovy, was associated with a decreased risk of dementia, according to new research.
It’s sleek, red, and will soon be sailing through the sky with the end goal of delivering faster healthcare across outback Australia.
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