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'I'm not inserting catheters for fun, mate': NDIS participant's fight for funding leaves him furious ABC - 2 hours ago
UK pandemic hero's daughter slammed by charity probe ABC - 4 hours ago
Trainee GP numbers will increase by 20 per cent next year, and rural communities are begging them to stay ABC - 5 hours ago
Calls for 'tough' residential rehab to be closer to home for recovering addicts ABC - 6 hours ago
Alcohol companies' digital marketing targets problem drinkers, research finds ABC - 10 hours ago

'Accept the farts': Why scientists say extra gas might not be a bad thing ABC - 12 hours ago
'Traumatised' woman endures four-hour wait for island medical evacuation due to chopper shortage ABC - 1 day ago
Volunteer delivers her 1,000th 'fidget quilt' to help hospital dementia patients ABC - 1 day ago
I was in a coma for four months. I'm determined to walk unassisted again ABC - 2 days ago
Cost of living continues to impact how often — if at all — Australians access health services ABC - 3 days ago
Cuddle beds bring the 'power of a hug' to outback palliative care ABC - 3 days ago
Scared about drink or needle spiking? Here are some things you might not realise ABC - 3 days ago
US reports first known case of new strain of mpox ABC - 3 days ago
When Chloe needed help a group of mums became her village ABC - 4 days ago
'Common, not normal': Breaking stigmas around pelvic health disorders in sport and exercise ABC - 4 days ago
Sports club scraps soft drink for research into childhood type 2 diabetes prevention ABC - 4 days ago
Caring can be 'emotionally challenging, draining' — and leave you with no career or financial stability ABC - 5 days ago
Rory dreams of being a famous drummer, and his ADHD might just help him get there ABC - 5 days ago
'I was frozen': Australian men struggling with transition to fatherhood ABC - 5 days ago
'Cooker, anti-vaxxer, sheep': The people Australia's Covid-19 response forgot ABC - 5 days ago
New survey finds 29 per cent of junior doctors feel unsafe working in Queensland hospitals ABC - 6 days ago
Australians are tripping, stumbling and falling off scooters — here's what the latest hospitalisation data tells us ABC - 6 days ago
Nearly a million Australians have used medicinal marijuana since it became legal. But is it allowed at work? ABC - 6 days ago
Victorian public hospitals operating with combined deficits of more than $1 billion ABC - 7 days ago
Schoolies will have access to potentially life-saving pill testing on the Gold Coast ABC - 7 days ago

Grace became a nurse to 'help people', but left Sydney for Melbourne due to the 'astounding' differences ABC - 7 days ago
How the return of Trump could limit abortion — in Asia ABC - 7 days ago
Family hopes dad's heartbreaking melanoma story could save lives ahead of scorching summer ABC - 7 days ago
Former TV star makes Nazi salute, police investigating ABC - 7 days ago
Is it helpful to know what phase of your menstrual cycle you're in, from follicular to luteal? ABC - 8 days ago
'I've pretty much given up.' Stressed and isolated carers say they can't get the support they need ABC - 8 days ago
Emails shows Queanbeyan Hosptial banned surgical abortions, after woman turned away on day of appointment ABC - 8 days ago
NSW nurses to strike over low pay, days after police receive a historic wage offer ABC - 8 days ago
First Australian woman to give birth after uterus transplant undergoes hysterectomy ABC - 10 days ago
Is Vitamin G a load of B? Debunking the 'grounding' trend ABC - 11 days ago
Pregnant mothers and newborns to get free access to RSV vaccines ABC - 11 days ago
Paramedic says mother lucky to survive after three-hour wait for ambulance ABC - 12 days ago
Australians kept living longer, until the COVID pandemic ABC - 13 days ago
Woman tells child abuse trial of the 'living nightmare' of having 22 different identities feuding inside her brain ABC - 13 days ago
Emergency volunteers struggle to find trauma support outside major cities ABC - 13 days ago
Mum forced to drive son to hospital amid overwhelming demand for ambulances ABC - 14 days ago
Tests show classroom CO2 levels far exceed guidelines putting children's learning at risk ABC - 15 days ago
For those who suffer from recurrent UTIs, there's a vaccine, but it's not that simple ABC - 17 days ago
Mark Butler defends politicians asking for upgrades ABC - 17 days ago
Second Chance: Organ transplants and regional Australians ABC - 18 days ago
High fees, long waiting lists leave parents spending thousands on ADHD treatment for kids ABC - 19 days ago
What's on the agenda for Queensland's new government? ABC - 19 days ago
'This is the COVID restaurant' tag hard to shake off four years on from the pandemic ABC - 19 days ago
Lead poisoning case linked to illegal 'Kamini' pellets triggers urgent health warning ABC - 20 days ago
Victorians closer to being able to drive while taking medicinal cannabis ABC - 20 days ago

After 20 concussions, a neurologist said this ex-footballer's brain now resembles a car-crash victim's ABC - 20 days ago
When the Nazis needed to 'extract secrets from prisoners', they turned to psychedelics ABC - 20 days ago
Aboriginal communities in remote NT sent bottled water after new research into fluoride exposure ABC - 20 days ago
Patients not being warned about side effects of osteoporosis drug Prolia ABC - 20 days ago
It's a common osteoporosis drug – but some patients say they're not being warned enough about side effects ABC - 21 days ago
Country pharmacist steps up to help town fill much-needed GP gap ABC - 22 days ago
Patients left in limbo after urgent care clinic closes without explanation ABC - 22 days ago
Tasmanian kids turned away from free annual dental check-ups if they're not in pain ABC - 23 days ago
Why doctors are fighting to keep 'life-saving' schoolies pill testing service ABC - 23 days ago
Six farmers grew up in the same tiny town getting 'covered' in chemicals. They all now have Parkinson's ABC - 23 days ago
Three years and $8m later, Mackay's health service says it has fixed its maternity and gynaecology woes ABC - 24 days ago
A former police officer who ended more than a century of Labor, and parliament's first Muslim woman among new Queensland MPs ABC - 24 days ago
Social media now a go-to resource for GPs seeking specialists ABC - 24 days ago
Paraquat is a common herbicide that's been linked with Parkinson's disease. Neurologists want it banned ABC - 24 days ago
When Elle's world stopped after the death of her baby, she found a way to honour her loss and save lives ABC - 25 days ago
You've just been bitten by a snake — what you do next could save your life ABC - 25 days ago
Who is Queensland's new premier? Here's what we know about David Crisafulli and the LNP's election win ABC - 25 days ago
The fatal bacteria that lives in dirt and water in Northern Australia ABC - 26 days ago
Taryn was just hours away from death when she received the news three new organs were ready for her ABC - 26 days ago
Kimberley town to get needle exchange program after residents raise safety fears ABC - 26 days ago
These ads warn Australians could soon start paying for pathology. Will that actually happen? ABC - 26 days ago
The town where 'power could go off any minute' grapples with continual outages ABC - 26 days ago
Make cigarettes cheaper: Inside the 'unpalatable' solution to break a black market business model ABC - 26 days ago
Labor and LNP leaders make their final pitches on eve of Queensland election ABC - 26 days ago
The health impact of gambling worldwide is much worse than previously known, international research says ABC - 27 days ago
Is it ever safe to consume food that has gone mouldy? ABC - 27 days ago
Clinical trial to test engineered skin on severe burns starts in Melbourne hospital ABC - 27 days ago
Expectant mothers left with no options as private maternity wards close ABC - 28 days ago
Diagnosis experiment cracks decade-long illness mystery for WA family ABC - 28 days ago
'Frustration with the prison system' led to this rehab centre. Thirty years on, it's changing lives ABC - 28 days ago
There's a reason so many dodgy tobacco shops are popping up across NSW — this is the plan to fix it ABC - 28 days ago
How your postcode can narrow your abortion options in Victoria ABC - 28 days ago
Vulnerable kids worry a social media ban could be a massive setback for them ABC - 28 days ago
A Perth man has been diagnosed with scurvy, a disease doctors thought they had eradicated ABC - 28 days ago
'PhD in cancer': The questionable qualifications of 'doctor' lauded by Elle Macpherson ABC - 29 days ago
Pill testing, workforce staffing and bed numbers — the report card is in on Labor and LNP health policies ABC - 29 days ago
Neville thought he'd received a 'dry' snake bite, but 15 hours later the venom kicked in ABC - 29 days ago
Cost-of-living pressures, gastric surgery lead to rare case of scurvy in Australia ABC - 29 days ago
Katter's Australian Party now says it would test a new parliament with an abortion amendment law before any attempt at repealing decriminalisation ABC - 30 days ago
Mum who endured 'living nightmare' raises enough money to vaccinate year 11 students at Victorian school ABC - 30 days ago
South Korean tourism island offers rent for $28 a month to boost fertility rates ABC - 30 days ago
Nurse asked anorexia patient for diet tips, inquest hears ABC - 30 days ago
Draft limits of PFAS in Australia's drinking water released by national medical research body ABC - 31 days ago
Addicts left with 'nowhere' to go amid 'disastrous levels' of methamphetamine use in WA ABC - 32 days ago
'It means the world': Paralysed teen rugby league player hopeful a human trial will help spinal cord injury patients ABC - 32 days ago
Gavin Mippy's partner saved his life one day after she completed her advanced life support course. Now he's urging people to learn CPR. ABC - 33 days ago
The cost of living has pushed Deenita to switch from brand-name medicines to generic. She saves $1,432 a year ABC - 33 days ago

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