Emergency departments at regional hospitals are under immense pressure, despite more specialist doctors working in the bush. There has been a 75 per cent increase in the proportion of emergency ...

Sending mentally unwell patients for involuntary treatment in private hospitals remains on the table, after more than 110 public psychiatrists quit. The mental health doctors were among 206 of the 292 ...

His wife convinced him to go for a "man check" which eventually led to a prostate cancer diagnosis, a move from New Zealand to Australia and a place in a world-first medical trial. Subscribe for FREE ...

Free birth—the practice of giving birth without the assistance of a medical professional—has been a growing trend in Australia. As more women seek autonomy over their pregnancy and childbirth, this ...

Novo Nordisk's blockbuster GLP-1 diabetes drug Ozempic led to improvements in some measures of alcohol use disorder in a small trial, US researchers say. The 48 participants in the nine-week trial all ...

Each year, over 300,000 women and gender-diverse people give birth in Australia, and their needs are incredibly varied. While Australian maternity care excels at providing physical health services, ...

The ANMF advocates for changes for nurses, midwives, carers and students, as well as the community's healthcare needs.

Australian women are being let down by a lack of consideration for gender and sex in healthcare guidelines, leading to entrenched gender inequities at the highest levels of the health system. From ...

Paediatrician and director of RCH's National Child Health Poll Dr Anthea Rhodes said natural changes to teenager's internal body clocks are the more likely reason for nightly woes than bad habits ...

"The only reason that everyone in that radius is given that is because they might need it," Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy Josh Wilson told a nuclear briefing on ...

Revenue from CSL's flu vaccine-making business dropped sharply in the first half of the financial year amid a significant fall in immunisation rates, particularly in the US. CSL Seqirus brought in ...

Alcohol delivery services could be restricted after a woman died from alcohol poisoning, with a coroner finding she had more than 300 alcohol products delivered in the six months to her death.