Your life really does flash before your eyes when you die, a study suggests - with the parts of the brain that store memories the last to be affected as other functions fail.

Australian scientists believe they've discovered the "origin cell" of a common form of lung cancer that kills thousands of smokers and ex-smokers.

Female intensive care doctors are copping sexual harassment and discrimination in high stakes, high-stress ICU wards. 

People considering entering a clinical trial should not be put off from all trials by some studies with questionable financial ties.

It was a gut feeling that had Professor Jennifer Byrne flipping open her laptop on a Saturday night and firing up the medical equivalent of a Google search.

Tens of thousands of Victorian patients are using their health insurance in public hospitals without any guarantee it will get them faster care, a choice of doctor or a private room.

Lobbyists for 'big food' are potentially swaying health policies in favour of their corporate bottom line in Australia, new research has claimed.

Doctors diagnosing less severe autism have caused the dramatic rise in diagnoses, which is putting pressure on the public purse.

Only 35 per cent of Australian women eligible for medical abortion are choosing the procedure over surgery, a new study has found.

A child's birth date is a powerful predictor of whether they will be medicated for ADHD, suggesting we may be overdiagnosing and over treating children.

"One in five Australian children are obese before they start school – that number just speaks for itself, that we're not doing enough."

Women are forgoing food and bills to fund abortions in Australia as costs remain in the hundreds of dollars despite the introduction of an abortion drug, a national study reveals.

The head of the influential doctors lobby has called out the opposition's criticisms of the health system under minister Jillian Skinner as unhelpful and corrosive and urged Labor not to use hospitals to push its own political agenda.

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The shocking maps of Sydney that turned an economics report into a stark health warning.

The thought of being investigated for prostate cancer terrified Paul Davies. About a year ago, Mr Davies was told to see a urologist about a high PSA (prostate-specific antigen) blood test.

Disadvantaged women are 25 per cent more likely to have a heart attack than their male peers and the gap is probably not because of bad lifestyle habits.

A new study has found links between medical researchers' financial ties with pharmaceutical companies and "positive" results in clinical trials.

At what point in your life does should you take out private health insurance?

Every 15 minutes a child is abused in Australia, data shows. A new campaign is determined to break the cycle of violence.

Patient advocacy groups should be forced to declare their commercial funding, experts say.

Two people are in a stable condition in Blacktown Hospital after they contracted rare flesh-eating bacteria overseas.

Ever lost your cool in a hospital? New research suggests you would be wise to stay calm.

Nepean Hospital issued a stern statement emphatically stating no ambulances were diverted its ED on Monday when the hospital struggled to cope with its huge patient load. 

He may have a license to kill, but it turns out James Bond has given his old smoking habit the Goldfinger.

Two paramedics unions have been dragged before the Industrial Relations Commission for advising members to shed their hot and heavy uniforms during the recent heatwaves. 

Ambulances were forced to bypass a major hospital in Sydney's west on Monday morning after Nepean Hospital's emergency department reached capacity, paramedics and hospital staff say.

The chances of a patient with pancreatic cancer receiving potentially life-saving surgery varies greatly depending on where they live.

Australia's voluntary euthanasia debate has been mired in smear campaigns, misinformation and manipulation, a leading euthanasia expert has warned. 

The suitability and effectiveness of aerosol spray sunscreens is being questioned after numerous reports of people still getting sunburnt.