Government reforms are fighting the tactics that have fed a cultural acceptability of vaping, and a mistaken belief it has insignificant health risks.
Life insurance companies can legally use the results of genetic tests to decline coverage or increase premiums. MPs have called for legislation that bans this practice.
Monitoring the quality of healthcare by routinely collecting, analysing and sharing standardised health-related information.
Cardio-oncology services will provide much-needed access to heart healthcare for people with, or who have survived, cancer, and focus on the prevention of heart disease.
About 10% of Australian women experience early menopause before the age of 45, yet it's an aspect of women's health to which state and federal governments pay little more than lip service.
German doctors have reported success in treating patients with severe lupus, using cell treatments like those used for some forms of blood cancer.
There’s no one “thing” we can blame for causing dementia, and why it’s so hard to find that silver bullet to stop it – particularly at older ages.
Researchers are exploring the medical frontier of psychedelics, and their use in facilitating psychotherapy for common mental illnesses.
We all know being surrounded by plant life is good for the mind and soul, but can it be good for the body, too?
Researchers have discovered that a heart and high blood pressure drug may reduce the spread of breast cancer.
Addiction remains shrouded in stigma, while the system through which we provide addiction treatment in Australia is fragmented and failing. There's no better time to address these issues.
COVID-19 has highlighted what's possible when the collective will exists to mobilise attention and healthcare resources – something the slow emergence of chronic disease could not.
Artificial intelligence programs and other technologies are being developed to meet the future health needs of the nation's elderly.
Cardiovascular disease is Australia’s greatest health problem and our biggest killer, costing our economy $7 billion each year. Changing it requires researchers to rethink the problem.
As we (hopefully) start to move out of the grip of the coronavirus pandemic, there's a variety of issues we need to retain in our conversations with, and about, men’s health.
The COVID-19 crisis has given rise to the rollout of telehealth technology, but fewer people are consulting their GPs. Post-pandemic, what does it mean for digital health?
An online resource has been developed to address a lack of information and awareness about the devastating condition.
Evidence indicates that women who take menopausal hormone therapy have a marginally increased risk of breast cancer, but it's equally important to talk about the benefits of the treatment.
Drawing on a passion that runs through his family, Dr Sandro Demaio returns to Australia to improve people’s wellbeing – starting in the kitchen.
Knowing who you are is considered a fundamental right, but for some, the answer to ‘Who am I?’ lies in the complex emotional and legal matrix of donor conception.
A simple nasal spray may help control appetite, burn fat and reduce weight.
Research is looking at the role a high-fibre diet can play in reducing hypertension.
What can we do about obesity and all its associated chronic health problems? Professor Michael Cowley says the condition needs to be destigmatised.
A pregnancy hormone may provide the first effective treatment in combating the silicosis epidemic.
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