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...

Thousands of Australian men battling advanced prostate cancer will have access to a breakthrough drug offering the chance to live longer...

There's a bleak warning to patients and medical workers over fears serious infections are becoming more resistant to antibiotics as...

Victoria is hailing the first baby to be born as part of a $120 million public fertility program as it gears up to treat up to 5000...

Endorsed midwives are not covered by professional indemnity insurance outside a hospital once labour has begun. PREGNANT PAUSE * A gap...

Doctors have performed the world's first transplant of an entire human eye, a breakthrough even through the patient can't see out of his...

The Australian Medical Association doesn't agree with a proposal to scrap Medicare funding for initial telehealth appointments with...

Many Australians living with ADHD want better support as they navigate stigma, inadequate or expensive treatment and diagnosis services,...

A nursing shortage gripping the country will only worsen, with one in four in primary health care planning to leave within five years....