Midwife and home birth provider Martina Gorner has been banned for 10 years after she endangered the lives of three mothers and their...

A cutting-edge treatment for advanced melanoma will soon be added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, with 940 patients expected to...

There were a record number of cases of flesh-eating Buruli ulcers in 2023, prompting a warning to cover up in warmer months. A record...

Three new recreational drugs have been discovered at Australia's only fixed pill testing site, prompting health warnings with the effects...

Dan Wilson, a regionally-based doctor currently working in primary care in Maryborough in Victoria, appeared on the Country Viewpoint...

People in Victoria's east have been warned of a high risk of thunderstorm asthma due to a combination of high grass pollen levels, storms...

Artificial intelligence will be used in many fields in the coming years, from breast cancer screening to the fight against scammers. From...

Cancer Council Victoria is urging people to undergo regular screening after a report revealed more than 6000 diagnoses might have been...

Australian GPs are prescribing more antipsychotic drugs to children and adolescents for non-approved conditions, according to a new study...

It's a condition that affects one in three people, but some symptoms are so mild it's easy to ignore iron deficiency until it becomes a...

A Senate committee says the government should bite the bullet on public delivery of dental care and ways to boost the oral health...

Medical technology being trialled in Antarctica will inform international space research under an Australia-US agreement. Medical...

Australians may be able to buy cannabis pain relief without a prescription in about 12 months with final clinical trials underway for a...

Research has revealed that something around the turn of millennium led to a significant decline in the mental health of Australians, but...

The government will begin cracking down on single-use, disposable vapes after a growing number of young Australians began taking up the...

A new treatment for progressive multiple sclerosis is "has a long-lasting effect that appears to protect the brain from further damage",...

Any adult who feels able to provide chest compressions can register for an app helping improve cardiac arrest survival rates A...

Better access to nature and green spaces in the country may lower the risk of dementia, researchers say. People living in country...

The Albanese Government has teamed up with Cancer Council Australia to get more Aussie men doing the Five S’s– Slip, Slop, Slap, Seek and...

Heart patients who were told to avoid all exercise growing up have hit the gym in a bid to see if ignoring old advice could boost their...