'My perception was wrong': The complex issue even doctors are getting wrong
Childhood obesity has become so entrenched that the perception of a healthy weight has shifted, with one in five NSW children qualifying as overweight or obese.
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Harriet Alexander
Harriet Alexander is a Fairfax Media reporter specialising in health.
Disease that kills 438,000 people a year now has the world searching for a cure
Sydney researchers have thrown open the notoriously secretive process of drug discovery with a world first attempt to develop a malaria medicine through crowdsourcing.
Andrea's fight to avenge sister's cosmetic surgery death
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.
Why Bruce's surgery cost him an extra $18,000
The charging practices of specialist doctors indicate that the market lacks transparency.
How to prevent 250 strokes a year
One of the most catastrophic types of stroke is easily preventable.
'Some are slipping down': proposal to root out underperforming doctors
Poor doctors will be rooted out and "remediated" under a proposal by the health regulator to raise the competence of medical practitioners.
Dozens dead in flu outbreak
A spike in emergency admissions for influenza has signalled that the flu season is gathering pace, with a strain that is tearing through aged care centres.
Layla's terrifying escape: 'I had no idea there were refuges'
Women escaping domestic violence will be have more options under a proposal before NSW parliament.
Ambulance service came 'close to meltdown'
Patients were left waiting up to an hour for emergency care when demand for ambulances suddenly peaked.
Specialists exposed in new doctor rating website
Specialist fees will be published and consumers will review their quality of care in a new rate-my-doctor website that has angered the medical profession.
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