Obese and malnourished: the worrying trend affecting children
Obese children will soon outnumber woefully underweight children worldwide, according to a major new study that typifies the changing silhouette of malnutrition.
Obese children will soon outnumber woefully underweight children worldwide, according to a major new study that typifies the changing silhouette of malnutrition.
A new study has shown smoking deaths are likely to rise in the next decade.
Low breastfeeding rates and baby formula marketing have raised the ire of delegates at the World Health Organisation's Western Pacific meeting on Tuesday.
Researchers have found an important link between a mother's immune history and severity of symptoms in children with autism.
The richer you are, the healthier your heart is, new data confirms.
Australia is not immune to potentially deadly infectious diseases pandemics, the World Health Organisation regional director has warned.
A little fish tank sits unwatched in a bustling tearoom at St Vincent's Hospital.
A breakthrough leukaemia and lymphoma drug that normally costs $187,000 per treatment will become easily affordable under a new government subsidy.
A Lake Macquarie man will have his hands and feet amputated this week after suffering catastrophic complications from a streptococcus infection.
A proposal to create a new euthanasia pill using a cocktail of legal medication has been slammed by assisted dying advocates on the eve of one of state parliament's most contentious debates.
Hospitals across the country will throw open their doors next month to international auditors, as part of rigorous examinations of local policies addressing pandemics and public health emergencies.
A forensic toxicologist thinks the benefits of Canberra's pill testing trial have been oversold.
An updated vaccine that will protect recipients against almost all cervical cancers will be given free to Australian students.
Surgeons who deny their specialty have a bullying problem are dragging their feet when it comes to completing compulsory training designed to quash the toxic culture.
Why does the flu knock out some people for a few days and kill others?
Her family make jokes about coat hangers, friends call her “the arborist” because they don’t want to say “abortion”. But Kitty Grozdich is proud of her work.
Elderly people are being taken to emergency departments in their final hours of life and dying "under fluorescent lighting in a hospital cubical" because many aged-care homes are not equipped to provide palliative care.
Vanika Idnani was three days shy of her fourth birthday when she died of influenza in her parent's bed.
A new surgical aid is helping doctors perform safer, more complex reconstructive surgery after mastectomy for women with breast cancer.
Last-minute reprieve for families shut out of care but advocates warn the solution is only temporary
Batches of do-it-yourself pregnancy test kits have been withdrawn from sale in Australia after they were found to be unreliable and inaccurate.
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.
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