Babies delivered by C-section were 64 per cent more likely to grow up to be obese than were their brothers and sisters delivered vaginally.

Australia should follow the US example and ban some antibacterial chemicals from everyday soaps as they could be causing serious health problems, scientists say.

NSW hospitals have been hit by a "tsunami" of sicker patients in greater numbers, the state's peak medical body warns.

Over-diagnosis of a common thyroid cancer is causing unnecessary surgeries that is putting patients at risk, Australian researchers say.

The parents of the newborn girl injured in a nitrous oxide gassing in hospital have spoken about the catastrophic error.

How much money did your doctor get from big pharma?

A psychiatrist who was jailed for indecently assaulting four women he was treating can apply to return to practicing medicine in five years.

Too many Australian doctors are splitting their time between public and private hospitals, undermining efficiency and potentially contributing to delays for patients, a health system expert says.

The mother of a woman who died during a cosmetic procedure in Mexico wants her other daughter to return home from her year-long mission of retribution.

Three years after NDIS trials began, failures in the full national rollout over the last two months has led the federal government to promise an independent complaints system and new agreement on quality and standards.

In the patient handover meeting, he was listed as "unknown male", a young man whose body had been ejected from a car in a high speed accident.

The patient had been raped. Her fallopian tubes had to be taken because he'd given her gonorrhoea. And with them had gone her dream of becoming a mother.

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For one Sydney family the news that a stillborn baby had been mistakenly cremated left them with a visceral sense of deja vu. They had lived through it three years earlier.

Dozens of Australians have been infected with the Zika virus this year and there are concerns more will contract it while travelling in Asia where cases are proliferating.

The president of IVF's peak body says that there is little taxpayer value in subsidising treatment after a woman turns 45.

Drug companies have paid Australian doctors and nurses more than $64 million since April 2015 to attend "educational events", advisory group meetings and to act as consultants.

Medicinal cannabis will become legalised, but strictly controlled, from November this year, under a formal decision reached by the Therapeutic Goods Administration this week.

​The first drug to combat Alzheimer's disease is on the horizon after scientists proved they can halt mental decline by clearing the sticky plaques from the brain that cause dementia.

Like a host intervening between feuding relatives at a Christmas lunch, the ABC has moved to separate logos on its website.

A miscarried baby was mistakenly cremated in a tragic hospital mix up that robbed grieving parents of being able to bury their child.

A substance used by athletes could be the key to a healthy birth weight for babies? It's a novel theory that has found some solid footing in Australian research published today. 

The charging practices of specialist doctors indicate that the market lacks transparency.

The family of the baby boy who died after being given the wrong gas at a Sydney hospital is deeply distressed by the systemic failures revealed by an investigation into the shocking incident.

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The cluster of recent NSW hospital scandals have severely damaged the public's perception of the state's health system, an exclusive poll reveals

Dr Kathleen McNamee has thought a lot about what it means to be an "abortion doctor".

The federal government was quick to identify someone to blame about the brief failure of the online census, but has barely acknowledged the extended – and more disruptive – failure of the NDIS system, a leading disability advocate said.

A new genetic test could see thousands of Australian women with early-stage breast cancer safely avoid chemotherapy, a landmark trial shows.

A prominent Melbourne cancer clinic is being investigated for alleged Medicare fraud and potentially ripping off state government hospital funding.

Girls enrolled in the Virtual Infant Parenting Program were twice as likely to give birth in their teens than girls who who had no intervention.