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'We were on the edge of death': 33 years after a life-changing diagnosis
No one was prepared for the first generation growing old with HIV.
No one was prepared for the first generation growing old with HIV.
St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney has significantly extended its usual holiday slowdown period to stanch its budget blowout.
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.
Making medical decisions for a hospitalised older relative can take a serious toll on mental health, a study has found.
Medications that can inhibit the growth of two "catastrophic cancers" will soon be made available to Australians at a tiny fraction of the original price.
Most Australians can keep their vitamin D levels up with only a few minutes sun exposure a day in summer.
Intense treadmill exercise may slow the progression of Parkinson's disease in people recently diagnosed with the condition, a study says.
Information booklets on medicinal cannabis, which aim to make it easier for doctors to prescribe the controversial drug, have been released.
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.
Canberra Hospital cleaners have won the right to strike after almost six years without a pay rise.
Canberra patients are commonly waiting years for some elective surgeries
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.
For six weeks, three-year-old Ivy Exantus was kept alive by anonymous blood donations of six dedicated strangers.
Professor Jennifer Byrne named as one of the 10 people who mattered in science this year.
A damning inquiry has exposed the "traumatising" use of seclusion and restraint in NSW mental health units and emergency departments
One in 10 Australians are exposing themselves to harmful levels of noise through their earphones and headphones.
"I think the staff thought we were in denial," Rachel Namoa said of her decision to continue her pregnancy.
No holiday for the patient: why blind faith in the safety of respite care is wrong.
Cases of cryptosporidiosis are expected to rise as people flock to public pools this summer, NSW Health warns.
Rob Hackett's forehead announces his name and job title every time he walks into an operating theatre.
Doctors representing 61,500 of their peers are demanding the Turnbull government to immediately provide care and treatment to the asylum seekers and refugees on Manus Island.
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.
Health authorities are warning people to take precautions to prevent salmonella poisonings, with 201 cases already reported in late November as temperatures stat to climb.
We are electrical beings. There lies the horror of how opioids shut us down.
One in 10 Australian women are believed to have endometriosis, but a lack of awareness has meant doctors are struggling to identify it, research is scarce, and thousands of women are suffering in silence.
We're often told to shop around, but for private hospital patients this can be extremely difficult, stressful and time-consuming.
Overstretched paramedic educators are struggling to support front-line staff.
A Sydney-based model and cosmetic doctor has been referred to health authorities by the anti-doping watchdog after he enthusiastically endorsed muscle-building peptides.
Georgia Burgess was four and seemingly winning her leukaemia battle when her right eye started turning inwards. A lumbar puncture revealed the awful reason why.
Thousands of haemophilia patients who live with the daily risk of major bleeding could be cured with groundbreaking gene therapy.
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