Australia wants to be the first country in the world to virtually eliminate cervical cancer. New data shows a policy change made a few years ago could help get us there.
As Apple Watch celebrates its 10th birthday, we look at its 10 top features and speak to the Australians who say it has saved their lives.
Jeannie Rice is fitter than most women are in their 20s. Scientists are baffled but thrilled at her potential.
The health insurer wants to back start-ups that keep people out of hospital and help them better understand their lifestyle and how genetic risk factors affect their health.
Meaningful commitments to long-term reform of hospitals and general practice care are what’s needed, not more flashy announcements, says the NSW president of the AMA.
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.
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.
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.
Bombshell research has highlighted serious problems in our health system – problems that put Australian mothers and their babies at risk and need urgent attention.
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.
With hefty promises of more youthful skin and greater wellbeing, are collagen supplements worth the hype or just clever marketing?
Before their first date, Kayla Barnes asked her future husband for his gut and toxin levels. Now they’re part of a generation who are doing whatever it takes to live past 100.
The AMA has launched a website tracking and rating real-time hospital wait times, saying the findings are grim and show patients are languishing as they wait for care
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‘It just started feeling really, really, unsafe’: calls for nationally recognised minimum training standards to be applied to those practising cosmetic injectables.
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.
Women often deny the heart attack signs and decide they’ve got indigestion or some other minor disorder instead of seeking treatment.
Australians can now do at-home tests for everything from menopause to sexually transmitted diseases. But which DIY kits can you rely on?
As she returns to acting, the queen of woo-woo, sexual health and mental healing has given a revealing interview. We have picked out the best bits.
Rapid immunotherapy advancements could relegate killer cancers, such as the dangerous and deadly ovarian cancer, to the status of a ‘chronic disease’.
The advocacy of more than 2000 pissed-off menopause warriors pushed me to research and rethink the role of MHT in keeping women healthy in their later years.
As a father, brother, partner or workmate, you want to understand some of the basics about the health of the women in your life. Here’s some practical information that will help.
‘Something has to change’: Doctors ask what will it take before regulators act on our cosmetic injectables industry? | WATCH
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.
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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?
NSW Governor Margaret Beazley was thrown when the results of a general health exam indicated she has a condition that can be a prelude to osteoporosis.
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