A new study shows the legal sector has the healthiest executives in Australia, followed by the banking and consulting sector.

Action needs to be taken to reduce antibiotic resistance, otherwise deaths from treatable infections will overtake cancer deaths in 33 years, an academic says.

The soft drink industry said its fight against a sugar tax was "consuming vast amounts of resources", but by lobbying politicians and bureaucrats it had managed to keep the policy of the table.

Call to act on antibiotic over-use, or some operations 'will become too dangerous'.

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Jemma Caprioli is preparing herself for radical surgery to remove what could be a perfectly healthy stomach.

Cicadas' fairy-like wings have near-magical powers to withstand bacteria, a doscovery that has fascinated nanoscientists Gregory and Jolanta Watson.

The increase in several diseases in Queensland this year has prompted renewed calls for people to get vaccinated.

A Carnegie club is providing a lifeline to people who have lost someone to addiction.

The pill, which can stop people from contracting HIV, will now be available to 3000 people.

The move comes as people with disabilities in Canberra and across the country speak out about "soul-destroying" delays within the scheme.

A taskforce has found the after-hours home doctor is wasting taxpayer money, but the industry says if the government adopts the recommendations, it will have to shut up shop.

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The industries failing to protect the mental health of employees have been exposed by the NSW government's rigorous new benchmarking tool.

The colours of budgerigars spurred our top science prize winner to be a geneticist.

Not only can our gilled friends become depressed, but some scientists consider fish to be a promising animal model for developing anti-depressants.

The ACT govt has outlined significant failings with the NDIS, as it struggles to absorb its costs.

It has been 27 years since someone tried to stab Martin Bigmore while he was working as a police officer in Victoria.

Almost every time a measles case emerges in Australia, multiple news agencies will run a news story. 

The debate over the safety and efficacy of e-cigarettes, which are illegal in Australia, will step up a gear this week with the arrival of an outspoken, British e-cigarette advocate.

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Sugary drinks have been targeted by health campaigners in the battle against the bulge.

Plans to remove private health cover for natural therapies such as yoga will leave many in a bind.

Regulating advertising of alcohol to young people is easier said than done.

Melissa and John Grigsbey had just taken their newborn daughter home when there was a phone call. Something wasn't quite right.

​Women with a family history of breast and ovarian cancer will soon be able to undergo free genetic tests to see if they are at risk of developing the potentially deadly diseases.

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.