Researchers tracked 800 full-time workers to see if wearing a Fitbit made them any fitter, here's what they found.

Anxious parents and time poor GPs are sending children to specialist doctors for constipation, bed wetting, and concerns about how tall or short they are, contributing to long waiting lists for care in public hospitals.

Gluten has been found in imported crackers, cereals, condiments and soups labelled as ''gluten-free''.

A quiet push by three of the nation's most powerful pharmaceutical lobby groups to derail moves to make codeine drugs prescription-only has likely delayed a final decision until at least next year.

Headspace hits double digits on October 11 but after a decade supporting youth mental health, local operators are uncertain about the service's future in the wake of ongoing public health restructuring.

Seriously ill Victorians are being put at grave risk in overcrowded emergency departments where paramedics are still regularly getting stuck in long queues, doctors warn.   

The study shows people gain most kilograms as early adults, and this accumulates into obesity later on.

Australian researchers are recruiting children with peanut allergies to try an experimental vaccine that could free them of their life threatening condition.

Australians who survive those first 24 hours will probably die as they descend into old age, and most likely from heart disease.

Australian parents are demanding warning labels about side effects such as suicidal thoughts and action be slapped on a popular asthma medication for children.

Protection against allergies and asthma seen in children who grow up on farms extends well into their adulthood and may come with other health benefits.

Public health experts have called for the same-sex plebiscite to be abandoned, arguing that it will incite community conflict and the $160 million would be better invested in health.

Too much fast food contributes to poor outcomes.

Natalie Hazlewood has come a long way since she turned to her mother in the car and acknowledged she would have to stop competitive swimming.

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Drug companies are spending thousands of dollars on Australian nurses and their employers support this.

Taking out 10th place among 188 countries, Australia was just four points behind top-ranked Iceland.

Allegations that Australian surgeons are running cartels to protect their lucrative private markets will be discussed at a meeting of health ministers next month.

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Patrick Tansley was mingling at a party when the first warning shot was fired.

The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows, Rocky Balboa would say, though it is anybody's guess why so many people spend their leisure time watching gloomy movies about it.

A Sydney doctor who has delivered seminars on drug dependency has been struck off the register of medical practitioners for prescribing addictive painkillers to patients who were hooked on their medication.

Cuddling a kitten may always make you feel better - but it could be dangerous to your health, experts say.

The first Australian showing of a film by a disgraced former doctor who's "fraudulent" research underpinned the anti-vaccination movement has drawn a firestorm of outrage to a small film festival in country Victoria.

Cancer patients face uncertainty, as a scathing report criticises health authorities for their part in Dr John Gyrgiel's chemotherapy underdosing

Paramedics are speaking out despite fears of retribution expose ongoing bullying and harassment on the job.

There is nothing "accidental" about the 1.25 million people - 3400 a day - who die in crashes around the world each year, the World Health Organisation's injury prevention director says.

Female health professionals are at double the risk of suicide than women in other professions, according to new research.

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.

A Sydney Uni study finds evidence of bias in industry-funded research into artificial sweeteners.

Men with early prostate cancer who choose to closely monitor their disease are just as likely to survive at least 10 years as those who have surgery or radiation.