Tassal's antibiotics use in salmon quadruples
The rise of superbugs has seen global health experts urge farmers to limit antibiotic use. But one salmon company says diseases have forced it to increase the dosage over the past few years.
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Esther Han
Esther Han is a health reporter at The Sydney Morning Herald and The Sun-Herald. Before that, she spent three years as Fairfax Media's consumer affairs editor. She has also covered food and wine.
Less than 5 per cent of kids eat enough veggies
With 22 per cent of children considered overweight or obese, the NSW chief health officer is urging parents to increase vegetable consumption.
'They've downgraded our internet': Sydney residents fury at NBN
These residents are trying to fight NBN and Telstra's plan to scrap their relatively new HFC connection, which gives them stunning broadband speeds of 100Mbps.
'It's an absurdity': Consumers tricked on high sugar in packaged foods
Health groups are urging food companies to disclose added sugars on product labels, saying this will lead to more accurate health star ratings and win back consumer trust.
Doctors urge ending e-cigarettes ban to extend lives
Australia's psychiatrists have broken ranks with the medical fraternity and begun calling on the government to lift the ban on e-cigarettes.
'Health insurance is so complex it's become toxic'
Spend an hour comparing health insurance policies and you'll find yourself slumped over your keyboard, exhausted by all the options and confusing jargon.
Three-quarters of public mistakenly believe coconut oil is healthy
If your daily diet includes orange juice, coconut oil and a muesli bar, don't expect a tick of approval from a nutritionist.
Tiny, 'potentially toxic' needles found in baby formula
Looking at the soft, white powder in a baby formula tin, you wouldn't think there were strange, potentially toxic needles lurking inside.
Norm feels 'vindicated' in fight against 'cruel policy'
A court has found NSW Trustee and Guardian had no authority to impose a scheme on private managers that forced some to pay thousands of dollars.
The trouble with Tony the Tiger and the Paddle Pop Lion
More than half of kids' foods featuring cartoons have been found to be unhealthy, prompting fresh calls for such cartoons to be restricted.
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