Call to claw back Medicare from gouging specialists
Australians are being forced to skip or delay specialist care as fees rise far faster than inflation and cost growth, the Grattan Institute has found.
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Australians who take weight-loss drugs will have more options as the first daily tablet version of a GLP-1 medication is approved for use in the country.
Half of all GP clinics are now exclusively bulk billing patients, after hundreds signed on to a federal incentive program.
Seventeen members of former rugby star Joe Roff's family have a gene that makes them much more susceptible to developing cancer, prompting his urgent warning.
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Medical trial aims to beat ‘widow maker’ heart attacks
While heart attack risks like high blood pressure and cholesterol are important to address, researchers are developing a test for other silent factors.
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Liberals demand halt to specialist waitlist cuts
Canberra Liberals leader Mark Parton is calling on the ACT government to stop retrospectively removing patients from specialist outpatient waiting lists under revised referral criteria.
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Fast treatment for urinary infections and birth control
Access to subsidised treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections and hormonal contraceptives will be expanded.
Eating more fruit and drinking less sugary drinks has been linked in a new study with a reduced likelihood of developing anxiety or depression.
Fuelled by social media influencers chasing the elixir of youth, customers caught in the dangerous peptide craze are putting pressure on emergency departments.
Health authorities have been left scrambling to schedule urgent surgeries after a hospital inbox was found to contain thousands of unread emails.
The ACT Government has said that the construction of the new South Tuggeranong Health Centre in Conder has been completed, with the facility expected to open to patients by the end of the year.
More older Australians are arriving in emergency rooms, placing strain on hospitals and increasing the caseload beyond "bread and butter" work.
A coalition of ACT politicians and community advocates has accused the federal Labor government of breaking its election promise to deliver more respite beds in Canberra.
Canberra science storyteller Dr Chloe Lim has won the STEM Teachers Award at the 2026 Women of Colour in STEM Awards in Melbourne.
Nurse Practitioner of the Year Kate Reed-Cox is changing how people approach end-of-life care. She talks to DHWANI PATHAK.
Synthetic dressings based on honeybee silk could be programmed to detect and combat infections in wounds and improve the healing process, researchers hope.
Revelations staff at a major Melbourne hospital might have been exposed to toxic chemicals have left health workers desperately waiting for answers, a union claims.
Families are still largely in the dark about what will happen when their kids are moved off the NDIS onto state supports as a transition period gets underway.
More than 70 per cent of Canberra general practices have signed up to a system giving them access to patients’ ACT public health records with their consent.
