Australia's decision to uphold a ban on nicotine use in electronic cigarettes has been criticised by doctors as "unethical" and "unscientific".

A stroke charity accused of frightening people into having potentially unnecessary scans of their arteries is being investigated by the Commonwealth's Chief Medical Officer.

Health authorities have moved to allay fears over a reported 'outbreak' of tuberculosis, after a Sydney man with TB misdiagnosed with asthma and lung cancer before he received appropriate treatment.

Australian scientists unveiled a "radical" approach that could revolutionise asthma treatment at a research conference in Canberra on Monday.

The upcoming premium hike of 4.9 per cent is making the Hannah family feel "nervous and sick".

Why publicly decrying low rates of vaccination among adults is asking for trouble

Leading vascular surgeons, the Australian Medical Association and the Stroke Foundation are all warning the public to avoid a new charity that has partnered with Amcal pharmacies and workplaces to host GP consultations about stroke risks.

The health insurance industry's report card shows one fund has shed more than 45,000 members.

More than a million Australians have been diagnosed with cancer, and one in 23 Australians are now living in its shadow.

Scientists have found a way to reverse the ageing process, extending the lifespan of mice by 20 per cent and raising the prospect of an anti-ageing treatment for humans within a decade.

Two children and a young woman contracted measles and spent time in western Sydney while infectious

Halfway through her HSC, Rachel Woolley was suffering exhaustion and a stiff neck.

A 21-year-old cancer patient with just months to live had his Centrelink payments cut off because he failed to go job-hunting.

A man who allegedly impersonated a doctor worked shifts at the Royal North Shore and Mona Vale Hospitals, health authorities reported on Thursday.

She's the scientist who was appointed as editor to almost 50 academic journals. Trouble is she doesn't exist

Jan Wise is "rotting from the inside" after being implanted with a high-risk pig-intestine pelvic mesh device in 2012 by a doctor with a history of botched surgery involving women in America.

The manufacturer of EpiPen has issued a recall because of a defective part.

Requests for caesareans are "frowned upon" across Queensland Health because they're less cost-effective and carry greater risk, an inquest into a baby's death has heard.

Rye and sourdough breads may seem to be the healthier options at the supermarket. But researchers are raising alarm over high salt levels.

Food companies are being accused of hiding the unhealthiness of products by keeping the packaging void of health star ratings.

A consumer group says patients should investigate fees before they commit to a doctor and haggle if they can't afford it.

​There are calls for tighter restrictions on the sale of all over-the-counter painkillers in Australia after an international study found a significant link between ibuprofen use and cardiac arrest.

Several Sydney suburbs have been drained of their ambulances after a network shake-up, the Health Services Union warns.

Banok Rind was told she'd grow up to be unemployed and drunk. The aspiring nurse is combating racism from inside the health system.

Overworked hospital staff are being pushed to the brink by record numbers of sicker patients, the AMA NSW warned.

A small clinical trial using brain stimulation to fire up the neurons in Alzheimer's patients is showing promise. Jo Duff was one of those who experienced marked improvement.

Pelvic devices developed in Australia from the 1980s and 1990s are at the centre of a global medical scandal that includes regulatory failure, and allegations of research fraud and experimental surgery on women in multiple countries.

Nearly 64 per cent of Australians are obese or overweight. And fewer people are trying to shift it.

Canberrans paying an average $258 for each patient in an ACT hospital.