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Reprieve for Canberra families shut out of respite
Families who were shut out of respite care have been granted a last-minute reprieve.
Families who were shut out of respite care have been granted a last-minute reprieve.
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners abandons neutral stance on same-sex marriage in support of the 'Yes' vote after suffering heavy criticism from its members and the wider community.
Electricity providers that cut power off to people on life support without giving them proper notice have been fined $100,000.
Ready supermarket meals may seem like an easy dinner option but health groups are warning they could be increasing consumers' risk of heart disease and stroke.
More than 1300 cases of the highly-contagious virus have been recorded so far this year.
Boys who have personality traits associated with psychopathy do not laugh along with other children, new research has found.
Letting kids stay up at night and start school later could be worth billions.
New centre aims to dramatically bolster Australia's response to the rapid rise of the elderly population and growing burden of cognitive decline.
The state government is launching a sweeping new strategy to combat mental illness in workplaces across the state.
Marie Stopes has just won charity status and is setting up a fund to help disadvantaged women get abortions and contraception.
An initiative at the University of Sydney aimed at helping those with intellectual disabilities has turned to the public for help.
Residents of the Queensland town of Roma have been advised to boil water following the detection of E. coli in the area's water supply.
Banning the tackle and scrum in youth rugby may be the death of the game.
The flu vaccine's effectiveness may have dropped below 40 per cent this year, experts say.
It is believed she died after complications linked to the flu.
Patients in NSW public hospitals have higher rates of complications and longer wait times for cataract surgery and hip and knee replacements, a comparison of international health systems has found.
Doctors are ordering too many unnecessary X-rays for children with breathing problems or tummy aches, medical experts say.
Reducing Australia's per-capita alcohol consumption by just one litre a year would drive a significant reduction in head, neck and liver cancer deaths.
Australia has large untapped pool of potential deceased organ donors that could save the lives of hundreds of patients waiting on transplant lists, new research suggests.
Five-year-old Elsie Ryan has not yet asked why her mum died or what happened to her afterwards. But when she does, her dad will tell her that her mother Campbel Giles was part of something special.
Families and communities across the country are reeling after a horror flu season.
ACT government announces pill testing trial.
A procedure to create "three-person babies" could be on its way to Australia, with a campaign launched to overhaul a law on human cloning.
A new molecular cyclotron service at Liverpool Hospital is lighting-up cancerous tumours so patients can be diagnosed and treated faster and more accurately.
HPV screening is more effective at detecting precancerous lesions than pap tests, backing a new national cervical cancer screening program.
Families warn they'll be forced to surrender care of children if "critical" shortage of respite care is not solved soon.
Leading health organisations say obesity poses a greater risk to Australia than smoking.
Leading cancer researchers and doctors have announced an ambitious plan to cut the childhood cancer mortality rate to zero.
International bat experts are in Australia to study links between the health of forests and the health of bats to control the spread of infectious diseases.
A new one-stop shop clinic is keeping patients with vascular fistulas like 16-year-old Candice Murphy off the operating table.
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