Aisha Dow reports on health for The Age and is a former city editor.
After decades of buying codeine over the counter, many Australians who have unintentionally become addicted to the drug will face literal withdrawals once it becomes prescription-only from February.
Crucial evidence that could have determined what caused a Melbourne boy to have a disastrous allergic reaction at Frankston Hospital was lost or destroyed, an inquest has revealed.
Millions of dollars raised in this year's 'Big Freeze' will fund a world-first trial of a drug hoped to significantly extend the life of those with deadly motor neurone disease.
Medical tourism should come with a health warning, according to the coroner examining the painful death of a young man who had extreme plastic surgery overseas.Â
Cas Willow and Heather Richards will make history on Monday, when it is likely they will become the first same-sex couple to marry in Australia.
Madilyn Hunt has a genetic disorder so rare, that at the time she was born in 2002, there wasn't even a name for it.
All Australian doctors aged 70 or over will have to undergo regular health checks, including possible cognitive testing, to prove they are fit to practise.
A devastating food labelling error that led to the death of a 10-year-old Melbourne boy has prompted the Victorian government to make it mandatory for hospitals to report cases of anaphylaxis.
It's been described as the one of the greatest medical mysteries of all time. All of a sudden, a patient is struck down by blindness. Others are paralysed. Some endure violent fits.
Bioethicist finds removing reproductive tissue 'ethically permissible, but not ethically required'.
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