A teenager living with a devastating muscle condition spent the last months of his life in anguish, sending a final desperate text message moments before he died asking whether he had any response from Bill Shorten about the status of his NDIS funding.
Experts have called for an urgent investigation into a potential link between a popular weight loss drug, available in Australia, and increased mental health risks.
As the debate over the National Disability Insurance Scheme intensifies, profoundly autistic children are being left behind, argues Shannon Eeles.
Annette Andersen loves her son, Axel, but she can’t live with him. An NDIS housing flaw has trapped her in an impossible situation, facing danger every day. See the video. Warning: Graphic
Two new subvariants of Covid are ripping through multiple states, forcing health officials to call for masks to stem transmission.
Experts have warned that a deadly chronic wasting disease could soon spread to humans. Here is what you need to know.
The new year is not expected to bring much relief for Australia’s serious shortages of antibiotics and drugs used to treat ADHD and type-2 diabetes.
From defeating disease to enabling the colonisation of other planets, Artificial Intelligence is set to make the impossible possible, scientists believe.
There’s now some solid proof listening to female artists like Taylor Swift and Beyonce can save someone’s life.
With Christmas on the horizon, we’re making life easier by bringing together – in one place – our best articles on parenting, food, fashion, gifts, decorating, health and lifestyle from across News Life Media’s network of lifestyle brands.
A devastated couple is alleging their newborn daughter died after a series of hospital failures, which could have been prevented.
One in 700 Australian is children born with cerebral palsy and experts say access to early intervention therapies can be life-changing, even for babies as young as two months old.
An Australian evangelist who hosted a US singer dubbed a ‘superspreader’ for defying Covid restrictions says churches need to stand up against future ‘draconian’ rulings which infringe on human rights. SEE THE VIDEO
An author diagnosed with the debilitating illness when she was 13 years old reveals how erotic novels helped her get through the chronic pain.
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