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The number of Australians living with or after cancer is expected to increase by 72 per cent in the next 22 years, according to a report released by the Cancer Council Australia.

Roughly half of people classified as having complete spinal cord injuries may still have surviving sensory nerve connections sending messages to the brain, a new Australian study suggests.

​January is the time we tend to contemplate what we want to achieve in the upcoming year.

An accumulation of mutated stem cells in bone marrow has been found to increases a person's risk of dying within a decade, usually from a heart attack or stroke, by 40 or 50 per cent.

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Sophie Martyr was just 13-years-old when she learnt she had brain cancer and was asked to make a decision about whether she wanted to have children in the future.

It's proving difficult for Australians to cut salt from their diets, with Aussie men consuming more than twice the daily recommended intake. 

Flu cases doubled last year but cases in aged care homes dropped.

More than a year after it announced it was opening up five regional hospitals to tenders that would have then privately built and run, the state government quietly decided to keep the last entirely in public hands on Friday.

The renegade researchers and vigilantes who exposed Australia's drug problem

Dentists are pleading with parents to cut the amount of sugar in their children's lunch boxes, as figures show NSW is in the grips of a child tooth decay crisis.

Parents who give alcohol to their teenagers on special occasions aren't heading off binge drinking. They're part of the problem, a new study shows.

The study found that military families sent to areas with higher obesity rates were more likely to be overweight - but the 'contagion' goes both ways.

Health groups have raised alarm about a new bill that, if passed, would see the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) abandon the pre-approval process of advertisements for complementary and alternative medicines, potentially risking lives.

All NSW children between six months and five years old will be eligible for free flu vaccines, after a horror season killed two preschoolers.

Archie Innes lives in a world he cannot see.

Do you keep forgetting to take your medication? Sydney start-up Perx has developed a solution, and it involves free movie tickets, fuel vouchers and even charitable donations.

Why two-thirds of children and teenagers are getting a ride to school in their parents' cars.

Prescription drug overdoses now kill more Australians than car crashes. Here, in the first of a three-part series, we look at the story of one young man and the gaps in the health system that failed to prevent his death.

Australians will consume less alcohol and tobacco, but obesity levels are set to rise as people exercise less.

Older men getting back in the dating game may be more vulnerable to sexually transmitted infections, with a new study suggesting they need a sex education fresher.

Kelly Boateng has given birth in water three times. Research shows for low-risk women, water births come with many benefits.

NSW has been ranked the worst for healthcare affordability among older patients in the latest survey that pits Australia's most populous state against international comparators.

There are two weeks left before over-the-counter codeine is banned, but lobby groups remain determined to fight the ban and are targeting state MPs and ministers.

Consumers will be slugged with an average 4 per cent rise in private health insurance premiums this year despite major Turnbull government reforms designed to rein in costs.

The Australian Medical Association says private health insurers should address low quality and sometimes "useless" products instead of attempting to use punitive tax hikes to push people into taking up their policies.

Jemma Caprioli admitted herself to hospital, healthy and strong. Two weeks later she left without her stomach.

There is a growing body of scientific research that suggests 'baby brain' real .

Sponsoring "educational activities" for doctors is so financially lucrative that drug companies are spending upwards of $200,000 on a single event, sparking fresh calls for a ban.

Canberra family begins new year preparing for their baby to have major surgery to remodel and reconstruct her skull.