It is estimated 134,174 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in Australia this year. Many medical students and newly graduated doctors, however, are still uncomfortable with the disease, writes Ben Bravery.
Could you be completely silent and do nothing but meditate for 10 days? More people are choosing solitude over sipping cocktails in a bid to recharge from the stress of life.
Senior doctors at The Tweed Hospital on the NSW far north coast say patients are being forced to go across the border to Queensland because the facility is at breaking point.
There is an up to 400 per cent variation in the out-of-pocket payments patients make to medical specialists, with the biggest difference of fees in neurology, says a report in the Medical Journal of Australia.
A 3D printing company is providing much-needed medical supplies to remote areas of earthquake-recovering Nepal, where basic tools such as tweezers and otoscopes are next to impossible to source.
Five Iraqi children and two women are receiving treatment for exposure to chemical agents, the International Committee of the Red Cross says, in the first report of chemical weapons used in the battle for Mosul.
At the age of seven, Kakenya Ntaiya made a bargain with her father: she would undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) if he agreed to let her finish her education.
Health workers say improvements in treatment and early intervention now mean people with HIV have almost the same life expectancy as someone without the infection, while NSW figures show a decline in people diagnosed in 2016.
A dispute about funding for asbestos removal in Northern Territory remote communities is underway, prompted by the recent exposure of material in Central Australia.
Orthopaedic patients at the new South East Regional Hospital are in the dark about when they will be operated on, as surgeons walk away in support of their colleague whose contract has not been renewed.
The number of people joining the National Disability Insurance Scheme is rising dramatically, according to official figures, but disability advocates say in the race to meet enrolment targets, people entering the NDIS are losing out.
The medical clinic at Australia's detention centre on Manus Island may be shut down because its operator did not comply with medical registration laws, Papua New Guinea's Government says.
The Federal Government refuses to bow to a parliamentary committee's calls for a royal commission into alleged abuse, neglect and violence against people with disabilities.
A 23-year-old Ballarat woman who was vomiting and had a fever died hours after being told she probably had a virus and was not sick enough to be taken to hospital, an inquest is told.
A report commissioned by CommInsure into claims of unethical behaviour at the Commonwealth Bank's insurance arm clears the life insurer of "systemic" and "cultural" problems, despite not speaking to any of the victims nor Benjamin Koh, the whistleblower who revealed the scandal.
New antibiotics need to be developed urgently to combat 12 families of bacteria, the World Health Organisation says, describing these "priority pathogens" as the greatest threats to human health.
Host: John Barron Panel: Tessa Khan, Norman Swan and Sharri Markson The panel discusses Pauline Hanson’s immunisation comments, prescription drug prices, medical specialist fees & the effectiveness of lock-out laws.
A couple of big-thinking women from remote western Queensland have not let isolation get in the way of their success. Amidst one of the worst droughts on record, these rural entrepreneurs sowed the seeds of their business ideas, and with hard work and modern telecommunications are proving they can take on the world.
From the fight by Albert Namatjira's family to reclaim copyright of the pioneering artist's work, to the revealing story of federal MP Chris Crewther's life with Tourette Syndrome, Brigid Andersen has a wrap of the week's big stories. This story contains images of people now deceased.
Reporter Barbara Miller spent the day in Canberra with Liberal MP for the Victorian seat of Dunkley, Chris Crewther - who recently spoke out about life with Tourette Syndrome.
Jeremy Fernandez speaks to singer Adam Ladell, who has Tourette Syndrome and President of the Tourette Syndrome Association of Australia Robyn Latimer about perceptions of the condition.
A French spinal surgeon driven out of Australia after complaints by other surgeons has been cleared by Australia's health regulator. But there's been an impact on some of his patients, who say they've been unable to find local surgeons to operate on them.
Paralympian Jan Pike Jan Pike is used to battling. But one of the biggest fights of her life has been dealing with the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
