What a magnetic field did to a depressed teenager
Something has changed and getting out of bed is no longer the "hardest thing in the world" for this teenager.
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Rania Spooner
Rania is a health reporter at The Age.
Daughter's nursing home nightmare: what happened to Nita?
Nita was in her 90s and deteriorating from advanced Alzheimers.
Pandemic fears over new gastro strain, discovered in Victoria
A new strain of the virus that causes dreaded gastro has been identified in Victoria and the researchers behind the discovery expect it could become an epidemic within months.
VCAT butts out big tobacco's push for children smoking data
A judge has quashed a move by big tobacco to access a confidential survey of thousands of Australian schoolchildren that reveals their views on smoking and which brands they prefer.
Film festival drops anti-vaxx film amid firestorm of criticism
A widely condemned film by a key player in the anti-vaccination movement has been dumped from a Castlemaine festival after raging public and political opposition to what would have been it's Australian premiere.
Victoria 'dodged a bullet' this flu season
It doesn't feel like it in Victoria but this is probably peak flu.
Parents ignore warnings and give children under six cough and cold drugs
Parents are spending millions of dollars on cough and cold medicines that could be harming their young children, a survey has found.
Severe spring hay fever season tipped
This spring is expected to be the worst for hay fever in half a decade and it's already here for some of us.
Empty nest: how women are raiding their super to fund IVF
Lisa Mahar, 37, recently learned she needed IVF to increase her chances of having a baby. She had to move fast.
Why Melbourne is the food allergy capital
When you are trying to find a solution for a global surge in food allergies, you go to the centre of the problem. And that's Melbourne.
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