ALP’s $143m to fight rare cancers
Health Minister Mark Butler says the investment will be a ‘game-changer in cancer care’, targeting pioneering research in genetic testing of tumour samples for rare cancers.
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The best version? Why not just be yourself?
Patience, grasshopper. There’s still time to work out who you really are. Or maybe you already know.
Get your best body after 50 with the help of this pro trainer
Caroline Idiens is a 52-year-old mum of two with a cult online fitness following. She shares how she does it. Plus: a 20-minute routine to try at home.
$40m deal shores up sovereign saline fluid supply
Australia will have expanded onshore manufacturing of IV saline fluids after the federal government struck a $40m deal to expand onshore manufacturing of the critical medicine.
Australian researchers offer hope for MS sufferers
Australian scientists have for the first time opened the way for targeted and regenerative therapies that could prevent severe disease for multiple sclerosis patients
Government threatens insurer regulation over hospital funding
Mark Butler has made a rare federal intervention in the increasingly bitter feud between private hospitals and health insurers, calling for increased income from premium rises to be passed on to service providers.
Beware! These household items could send you to the hospital
Experts explain how we can reduce our risk of accidents around the home. You have been warned.
HIV warning issued to clients of city cosmetic clinic
Health authorities in NSW have issued a warning to patients of a Sydney city cosmetic clinic, saying they may have been exposed to blood viruses.
Four tips to get the most from your health insurance
We asked insurers and consumer advocates how you can get the best value from your private health cover ahead of looming price rises. Here’s what they said.
Medical hero thanks supporters following complex brain surgery
Renowned melanoma scientist Richard Scolyer is focused on recovery after complex surgery to determine the cause of brain scan ‘changes’.
Let’s talk about sex — and how good it can be for your brain
We know that in the right circumstances sex can be mind-blowing, but there’s increasing evidence that it can be beneficial for the brain in more tangible ways.
Tasty and healthy: this fish recipe is a great catch
This recipe makes a star of fresh barramundi, teaming it up with potato, tasty fennel and dill for a fragrant combination, topped with crunchy almonds.
Labor accused of urgent care clinic ‘pork-barrelling’
Two in three of the Albanese government’s marquee Medicare urgent care clinics have been set up in Labor-held seats, as Anthony Albanese promises to build another 50.
Yes, you can improve running with age
With more time to train, and a stronger commitment, older athletes are breaking their personal records later in life – and the science backs their efforts.
Green light for red light therapy, sort of
Some users swear by the therapeutic regimen but its broad benefits are unclear.
The label ‘neurodivergent’ needs a rebrand
In our rigidly judgmental social order we have parents despairing at oddball children and teachers frustrated, but those kids’ singular minds should be recognised as gifts. There will be a Jeff Bezos or a Bill Gates among them.
Faecal transplant cured Jane’s bipolar. Could dementia be next?
Medicos examining the link between our guts and our brains say if mental health illnesses can be treated and cured via ‘poo transplants’ then neurogenerative diseases could too.
‘Our 20th IVF cycle worked’: the case for freezing your eggs
Everyone’s reason for choosing to freeze their eggs is different. Three women who have undertaken the process tell how they began, and share their hopes and fears | READ AND WATCH THEIR STORIES
What’s the ‘peak age’ for divorce? And why are more long marriages ending?
Divorce in Australia is changing. Why are couples taking longer to call it quits?
Our public hospitals are in critical long-term decline. How do we address the crisis?
Patients with chest pain, severe respiratory distress and acute stroke languish for hours in emergency departments while those needing cardiac surgery frequently wait months.
Woman’s dying days in care were ‘cruel, inhumane’. Why was it allowed to occur?
A dying woman’s first person account of her appalling healthcare after being diagnosed with a terminal illness has sparked calls for urgent change.
Women aren’t being heard, but is medical misogyny the only thing at play?
The term medical misogyny is divisive and hits hard against men who care for women. But is there a deeper issue of mismanagement built into the system?
Treating Alzheimer’s: are we looking in the wrong place?
Amid an international debate about Alzheimer’s treatments, one Australian company thinks it may have unlocked the secret to slowing the disease’s progression.
Help is on the way for regional allergy sufferers
In a win for rural healthcare, allergy sufferers in regional areas, where a lack of specialists can delay diagnosis and treatment, will receive immediate management and improved referrals.
Bacterial disease claims 12 lives
Scientists are still unclear as to why the soil and water-borne disease is spiking in north Queensland.
‘Change will come too late for me’: last plea from a dying woman
Devastated by a profound lack of care after being diagnosed with a terminal illness, a Queensland mother, wife and academic spent some of her precious final time writing of her shocking experience. She died on Monday.
‘Knocks out the fat!’: Why we get sucked in to kitchen gadgets
Necessity is the mother of invention, as they say, which could explain the tidal wave of kitchen contraptions that had been rolled out over the years — some curious, some inexplicably ridiculous.
‘It took a heart attack for me to quit’: alarming rate Aussies are dying from smoking
Worrying findings from a study examining tobacco smoking and cause-specific mortality have raised the alarm on Australia’s biggest killer.
Doctors fear strain of Greens’ autism, ADHD diagnosis promise
The latest ‘Robin Hood’ reform from the Greens would have $181m committed annually to free all-ages diagnoses for ADHD and autism.
Antidepressants may speed up memory loss in dementia patients
Those newly diagnosed with dementia suffered a faster decline in their brain function if they were taking a common antidepressant, a Swedish study suggests.
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