Julia Medew is Health Editor at The Age.
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.
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.
Dr Kathleen McNamee has thought a lot about what it means to be an "abortion doctor".
Three major Melbourne hospitals have replaced heart surgery equipment after it was found to be contaminated with a harmful bacterium that has caused infections for dozens of patients across the world.
Health officials are investigating an outbreak of a rare and potentially serious infectious disease among meat workers in Melbourne's western suburbs.
Concerns that Ada and other apps may falsely reassure people about their health or alarm them unnecessarily.
Pregnant women are being urged to take paracetamol only when necessary after research suggested it was linked to behavioural problems in children.
The first sign in your child might be a skin infection, fever, or a wound that won't heal. Or maybe one of their joints or bones - a knee or elbow, perhaps - is persistently sore.
Aggrieved patients describe the doctor as a man who built up their trust before indecently assaulting them and cleverly disguising it as legitimate medical treatment
The controversial use of chaperones to oversee doctors accused of serious misconduct, including sexual offences, is being reviewed by the Medical Board of Australia.
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